Comments on: TrackBacks Tough to Understand? http://nslog.com/2003/03/31/trackbacks_tough_to_understand The Weblog of Erik J. Barzeski Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:21:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: scrapydapy http://nslog.com/2003/03/31/trackbacks_tough_to_understand#comment-49898 scrapydapy Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:56:43 +0000 http://nslog.com/2003/03/31/trackbacks_tough_to_understand/#comment-49898 Hi, The Libra that I am appreciates your article as well as Tom's. I truly didn't have a clue. :?: Thanks to you all Hi,

The Libra that I am appreciates your article as well as Tom's. I truly didn't have a clue. :?:

Thanks to you all

]]> By: Jack S. http://nslog.com/2003/03/31/trackbacks_tough_to_understand#comment-48971 Jack S. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:42:34 +0000 http://nslog.com/2003/03/31/trackbacks_tough_to_understand/#comment-48971 Yes, the answers to Matt's questions would really clear things up for me. Thanks Matt. Yes, the answers to Matt's questions would really clear things up for me. Thanks Matt.

]]> By: Harry Massey http://nslog.com/2003/03/31/trackbacks_tough_to_understand#comment-1646 Harry Massey Thu, 02 Mar 2006 10:27:14 +0000 http://nslog.com/2003/03/31/trackbacks_tough_to_understand/#comment-1646 It's pretty clear from the comments above that the concept and terminology are confusing. Once you've actually seen it in action then perhaps it all clicks into place. Matt Simpson raised some of the key questions that are not clear to someone who is new to the topic. It's pretty clear from the comments above that the concept and terminology are confusing. Once you've actually seen it in action then perhaps it all clicks into place. Matt Simpson raised some of the key questions that are not clear to someone who is new to the topic.

]]> By: TrackBacks: The Utility | NSLog(); http://nslog.com/2003/03/31/trackbacks_tough_to_understand#comment-1649 TrackBacks: The Utility | NSLog(); Tue, 22 Nov 2005 16:51:34 +0000 http://nslog.com/2003/03/31/trackbacks_tough_to_understand/#comment-1649 Today I stumbled onto an article I wrote quite awhile ago (Mar/03!). It's called "TrackBacks Tough to Understand?" In 2004 TrackBack spamming swelled like crazy. As a result, many people turned TrackBacks off entirely, and their utility is still being... Today I stumbled onto an article I wrote quite awhile ago (Mar/03!). It's called "TrackBacks Tough to Understand?" In 2004 TrackBack spamming swelled like crazy. As a result, many people turned TrackBacks off entirely, and their utility is still being...

]]> By: joelpt http://nslog.com/2003/03/31/trackbacks_tough_to_understand#comment-1645 joelpt Fri, 21 Jan 2005 21:35:32 +0000 http://nslog.com/2003/03/31/trackbacks_tough_to_understand/#comment-1645 Well I found Tom's explanation helpful enough for me to understand what a trackback was. Prior to that, it wasn't clear. And I am computer literate. So when you write "I don't understand what's so difficult to understand about TrackBacks, but this surely wouldn't clear it up if I was confused." -- well clearly that doesn't apply to all people. A previous poster is right -- the term trackback, on its own as well as in web-context, is unclear in meaning. "Pages linking to this post" is far better, because you don't have to use Google to figure out what the hell it means. Well I found Tom's explanation helpful enough for me to understand what a trackback was. Prior to that, it wasn't clear. And I am computer literate.

So when you write "I don't understand what's so difficult to understand about TrackBacks, but this surely wouldn't clear it up if I was confused." -- well clearly that doesn't apply to all people.

A previous poster is right -- the term trackback, on its own as well as in web-context, is unclear in meaning. "Pages linking to this post" is far better, because you don't have to use Google to figure out what the hell it means.

]]> By: Matt Simpson http://nslog.com/2003/03/31/trackbacks_tough_to_understand#comment-1644 Matt Simpson Wed, 29 Dec 2004 23:04:14 +0000 http://nslog.com/2003/03/31/trackbacks_tough_to_understand/#comment-1644 Sorry guys. Niether of you make sense. The problem is directionality. Who is linking to whom saying what? AND what do they have to do to do it, whatever it is. It's not clear. I write something. Someone reads it. They write about it and reference my article. OKAY, I GET THAT... Then what? How does the original author know this? Does the software do something automatically? Does the author of one of those two articles have to do something manually? Which one? What do they have to do? What do see once they do it, whatever it is? And I've been tested at an IQ greater than 80. I'm sure that the concept itself isn't complicated. But the information I've seen so far explaining it, has been poorly presented. Sorry guys. Sorry guys. Niether of you make sense. The problem is directionality. Who is linking to whom saying what? AND what do they have to do to do it, whatever it is. It's not clear.

I write something.

Someone reads it.

They write about it and reference my article.

OKAY, I GET THAT...

Then what? How does the original author know this? Does the software do something automatically?

Does the author of one of those two articles have to do something manually?

Which one? What do they have to do? What do see once they do it, whatever it is?

And I've been tested at an IQ greater than 80. I'm sure that the concept itself isn't complicated. But the information I've seen so far explaining it, has been poorly presented. Sorry guys.

]]> By: T J Sawyer http://nslog.com/2003/03/31/trackbacks_tough_to_understand#comment-1643 T J Sawyer Thu, 23 Dec 2004 06:36:37 +0000 http://nslog.com/2003/03/31/trackbacks_tough_to_understand/#comment-1643 Well, If it weren't called "Trackback", we wouldn't be here looking it up. A nice little heading like "Links to this posting" wouldn't require any explanation. It appears, on first encounter to be just some links to the posting; but not having seen the term before, maybe it means more than that, so let's google it! Well, If it weren't called "Trackback", we wouldn't be here looking it up. A nice little heading like "Links to this posting" wouldn't require any explanation. It appears, on first encounter to be just some links to the posting; but not having seen the term before, maybe it means more than that, so let's google it!

]]> By: Quarter Life Crisis http://nslog.com/2003/03/31/trackbacks_tough_to_understand#comment-1648 Quarter Life Crisis Thu, 03 Apr 2003 23:23:39 +0000 http://nslog.com/2003/03/31/trackbacks_tough_to_understand/#comment-1648 <strong>Random Rants</strong> Just all the random things crossing my mind in the past few days. Steffen pointed me to this nifty Random Rants

Just all the random things crossing my mind in the past few days. Steffen pointed me to this nifty

]]> By: Listen to Musak http://nslog.com/2003/03/31/trackbacks_tough_to_understand#comment-1647 Listen to Musak Tue, 01 Apr 2003 21:47:46 +0000 http://nslog.com/2003/03/31/trackbacks_tough_to_understand/#comment-1647 <strong>Trackback away</strong> It's unrealistic to believe everybody will have something new to say but it doesn't mean they are any less valuable in the debate Trackback away

It's unrealistic to believe everybody will have something new to say but it doesn't mean they are any less valuable in the debate

]]> By: eli sarver http://nslog.com/2003/03/31/trackbacks_tough_to_understand#comment-1642 eli sarver Mon, 31 Mar 2003 21:11:53 +0000 http://nslog.com/2003/03/31/trackbacks_tough_to_understand/#comment-1642 I just think of trackbacks as automated backlinks initiated by the linkee. No big deal. And I don't think the pictures really help, but maybe that's because pictures rarely help. For example, ready.gov. I just think of trackbacks as automated backlinks initiated by the linkee. No big deal. And I don't think the pictures really help, but maybe that's because pictures rarely help. For example, ready.gov.

]]>