TrackBacks with Google's Blogger

It seems like many blogs have turned off TrackBacks because of spams. Many actually thinks that TrackBacks are dying. However, I still see many popular blogs keeping their TrackBacks on for legit linkbacks.

Using TrackBacks with Wordpress and TypePad is easy. The blog would automatically send out or receive requests if it is enabled.

If you are using Google's Blogger and you would like to send out a TrackBack request after you have linked to a post, you can use Wizbang or HaloScan to do it. There are two pieces of information that you need to know for any pingback; the TrackBack URL that you would like to ping and the permalink of your blog post. WordPress or TypePad usually have the TrackBack URL labeled as "trackback" and it can be found at the bottom of the post. The permalink of your post is the actual URL of your particular blog post (not the blog home page).