Building Links Using Trackbacks
I’m sure you are familiar with Blogs. If by some chance you are not, then you have probably been sleeping under a rock the past couple of years. But just in case you don’t know what a blog is: it is simply software that presents content in a journal style.
What makes blogs so darn great is that search engines absolutely love them, and for good reason: They contain fresh content!
SO HOW DOES THIS HELP YOU?
Well, the short answer is blogs have a neat little feature called Trackbacks.
What Exactly is a Trackback?
Trackbacks were designed to enable webmasters to notify other webmasters that there is another web page with relevant information.
The Normal Trackback Lifecycle.
Alice sees an interesting article on Bob’s blog. Alice writes her own article, linking to Bob. Alice’s blogging software sends a Trackback ping to Bob’s blog, containing Alice’s name, the URL of her website, and a short comment. Bob’s blog software receives the Trackback ping and automatically inserts a link back to Alice’s blog from Bob’s website.
Getting Links Using Trackbacks
The beauty of the trackback system is that all of this linking can happen without human interaction, which increases the chance of getting the desired nother thing that is great about Trackbacks is that they use a standardized protocol across all blogging platforms.
Hopefully by now, you are beginning to see that Trackbacks can be an excellent way to build up your backlinks!
How to Exploit Trackbacks Step-By-Step
Alice actively searches for a relevant article relatedto the theme of her site. Alice uses a Trackback pinging software to send a
Trackback ping to Bob’s blog, containing Alice’s name, the URL of her website and a short comment. Bob’s blog software receives the Trackback ping and automatically inserts a link back to Alice’s blog from Bob’s website.
Where Can You Find Trackbacks?
Trackbacks can be found just about anywhere. So one obvious way to find Trackbacks would be to use Google Blog Search!




























