QotD: TrackBacks Dead?
Posted February 16th, 2006 @ 11:24am by Erik J. Barzeski
Question: Kasia is asking whether TrackBacks are dead or not, so I'm asking you too: are they?
My Answer: For the most part, they seem to be. That's unfortunate, because TrackBack was great. I still use it quite heavily on this site and The Sand Trap as a way of linking between related articles within the same site. I miss the days of getting TrackBacks from others, following the links and seeing what someone else had to say. Damn SpamBackers.
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Posted 16 Feb 2006 at 11:45am #
I think they're dead. Technorati et al already do a pretty good job of keeping track of the links between sites, blogs, and blog entries, so there's rarely a need to explicitly inform someone else that you're talking about them. I used to enjoy getting pinged (a rare occasion) but now that enjoyment comes from finding links to my site in Technorati or Google Blog Search (still a pretty rare occasion).
Posted 16 Feb 2006 at 12:41pm #
I've never used them, and I've never understood their purpose.
Posted 16 Feb 2006 at 1:12pm #
Trackbacks Dead?
Erik on NSLog() asked if TrackBacks are dead. I'd have to say pretty much. Although, I do like using them when I can, but the spammers do love them.
Posted 16 Feb 2006 at 6:03pm #
I killed mine off, after forgetting that they were still on 🙂
http://www.randyrants.com/2006/02/trackbacks_or_l.html
Posted 17 Feb 2006 at 12:01pm #
QotD: TrackBacks Dead
Question: Kasia is asking whether TrackBacks are dead or not, so I’m asking you too: are they? Since I only know of one package that integrates them, probably. Maybe they should have come up with a better name for them....
Posted 18 Feb 2006 at 3:39pm #
I also never used Trackbacks. I have wanted to since I started blogging, but I either never got them working or never had someone link to me. I'm not exactly big in the blogging community.
Posted 21 Feb 2006 at 4:32pm #
FWIW, TrackBacks have been submitted as an Internet standard.