Traffic with Trackbacks

There are a lot of good reasons why you should link to other posts that you find helpful or that you get your information from. Linking is a big part of being a blogger, so help others by linking to their posts! You help your readers too, when you link to relevant posts. That way they can read on and learn more. But wait, that’s not all! When you link to another person’s post inside your post, it creates a link back to you, or a trackback (can also be called a pingback).
Up until I read Kevin’s helpful post, I did not really understand what trackbacks were, but now I’m taking full advantage of them! Some others who blogged about trackbacks were Stephen Welton, Dylan Kingsberry, and Leroy Brown. They’re all getting in on the pros of trackbacks!
If you don’t know what a trackback/pingback is, it is basically when you are writing a post, you link to another person’s post in yours. Then on their post page, if they haven’t turned trackbacks off, a link will appear to YOUR post. It helps generate a lot of traffic for you! So next time if you’re reading a post someone wrote about traffic exchanges and you get inspiration, instead of posting your ideas in a comment to their post, elaborate on what they’ve said and add your own thoughts to a post in your own blog, and link to their post! Thus, a trackback will develop, and you’ll have a link back to your blog. Of course, don’t go link crazy, and it’s especially important to link to posts that are relevant. Good luck with your future trackback success!