What is a pingback?

Steven Hill · 3rd Jun 2012, 07:31 PM

Can any Warriors tell me what a Pingback is exactly? Is it a good idea to approve them when an article of yours has a Pingback request?

Patrician · 3rd Jun 2012, 09:41 PM

Pingback

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A pingback is one of three types of linkbacks, methods for Web authors to request notification when somebody links to one of their documents. This enables authors to keep track of who is linking to, or referring to their articles. Some weblog software, such as Movable Type, Serendipity, WordPress, and Telligent Community, support automatic pingbacks where all the links in a published article can be pinged when the article is published. A number of more advanced content management systems support pingbacks through the use of addons or extensions, including Drupal and Joomla.

Essentially, a pingback is an XML-RPC request (not to be confused with an ICMP ping) sent from Site A to Site B, when an author of the blog at Site A writes a post that links to Site B. However, it also requires a hyperlink. When Site B receives the notification signal, it automatically goes back to Site A checking for the existence of a live incoming link. If that link exists, the pingback is recorded successfully. This makes pingbacks less prone to spam than trackbacks. Pingback-enabled resources must either use an X-Pingback header or contain a <link> element to the XML-RPC script.

See also
Linkback, the suite of protocols that allows websites to manually and automatically link to one another.

Refback, a similar protocol but easier than Pingbacks since the site originating the link doesn't have to be capable of sending a Pingback request.
Trackback, a similar protocol but more prone to spam.
Search engine optimization

References

External links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pingback

Jeffery · 4th Jun 2012, 12:07 AM

Before you approve it always a good idea to check that the site is a friendly site and relative to your site.

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Steven Hill · 4th Jun 2012, 12:32 AM

Thanks all for the replies. Jeffery, I will do that thanks.

winiw · 7th Aug 2012, 11:43 AM

thank you Patrician for the thread.

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Patrician OffTheWallflowerChild War Room Member Join Date: 2004 Location: USA Posts: 2,776 Thanks: 6,161 Thanked 2,625 Times in 1,763 Posts	Re: What is a pingback? Share on: Pingback From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A pingback is one of three types of linkbacks, methods for Web authors to request notification when somebody links to one of their documents. This enables authors to keep track of who is linking to, or referring to their articles. Some weblog software, such as Movable Type, Serendipity, WordPress, and Telligent Community, support automatic pingbacks where all the links in a published article can be pinged when the article is published. A number of more advanced content management systems support pingbacks through the use of addons or extensions, including Drupal and Joomla. Essentially, a pingback is an XML-RPC request (not to be confused with an ICMP ping) sent from Site A to Site B, when an author of the blog at Site A writes a post that links to Site B. However, it also requires a hyperlink. When Site B receives the notification signal, it automatically goes back to Site A checking for the existence of a live incoming link. If that link exists, the pingback is recorded successfully. This makes pingbacks less prone to spam than trackbacks. Pingback-enabled resources must either use an X-Pingback header or contain a <link> element to the XML-RPC script. See also Linkback, the suite of protocols that allows websites to manually and automatically link to one another. Refback, a similar protocol but easier than Pingbacks since the site originating the link doesn't have to be capable of sending a Pingback request. Trackback, a similar protocol but more prone to spam. Search engine optimization References External links Documentation: Trackbacks / Pingbacks in Serendipity WordPress Codex specifications Pingback Specifications http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pingback
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