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It is a weird word, you can’t really make sense of it just by reading it. So what exactly is a trackback? It is yet another device to help build a blogging community. A trackback allows you to inform a blogger you are referencing their blog in yours. Say you read something in a blog you really enjoyed and wanted to link to it in your blog, you can send a trackback which will inform the blogger that you have linked to their site in your blog, which hopefully will generate more traffic for them.

Trackback to the Future

Using trackbacks will potentially invite more readers to your blog as well. The way you use a trackback is reference the blog in your post and provide a link. In the trackbacks field of your post place the link to the URL you are referencing. This will do two things, the first thing it will do is notify the other blog that you linked to their site. The second thing it will do is post a comment on the original article linking back to your blog.

It may sound confusing at first but once you begin using trackbacks you will fully understand the concept. Sometimes it may end there but other times it will become a gift that keeps on giving, the idea is the other blogger will find something interesting on your blog and reciprocate the favor. If you have any input or questions feel free to leave a comment.