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Pingbacks - are they good for me?

by finebird
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Hi all,

I started my affiliate wordpress blog a while back and now I'm receiving e-mails like "A new pingback to the post XXX is waiting for your approval". If I go to that site from my e-mail, I find a link to my blog - which is, essentially, a backlink and it is great, right?
Should I approve these pingbacks - is it good or bad for me? What are the incentives of those who send them? What happens if I do approve them and what happens if I don't?

Thanks in advance
#good #pingbacks #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author salikkhan
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    • Profile picture of the author BripTech
      Originally Posted by salikkhan View Post

      It depends on the site from which you getting a pingback..
      Yeah that's the question.
      Usually 99% of the times pingback(s) come from bots, so you can disregard them... if they come from genuine blogs, feel free to approve!
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      • Profile picture of the author finebird
        Yes, it seems that sites are created by bots.I just don't understand why they do it? They add a link to my site and hope that I will approve and add the reciprocal link?
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        • Profile picture of the author Johnny Optimo
          ahh blogspam...

          legitimate pingbacks are good, the spread the link juice around a bit.. they aren't anything TOO special but it is an easy way to get some links to your internal articles - although 2 way linking isn't all that awesome to begin with.. but it's ok
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        • Profile picture of the author packerfan
          Originally Posted by finebird View Post

          Yes, it seems that sites are created by bots.I just don't understand why they do it? They add a link to my site and hope that I will approve and add the reciprocal link?

          They're probably not linking to your site. They probably use scrapebox and use trackbacks instead of blog comments. It just makes it look like they linked to you...
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          Nothing to see here

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  • Profile picture of the author Psst
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    Beware of bad neighborhood
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  • Profile picture of the author imback
    Real ping-backs from high PR relevant blogs are good.



    CHAD
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