Comments on: WordPress - Separating Comments from Trackbacks and Pingbacks

By: Gary R. Hess

Gary R. Hess — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 07:45:50 +0000

Trackbacks don’t necessarily bring quality to your own blog, so if it is spam like a scraper, definitely delete it.

I let all non-spam trackbacks/pingbacks show. When you show the trackbacks/pingbacks, it is sort of an incentive. Some people, particularly those just starting out like to trackback/pingback to other blogs because it will show somewhere on the page and hope for a click through. It may also give more of an incentive to long-time members to link back because of this.

By: Internet Entrepreneur

Internet Entrepreneur — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 07:02:29 +0000

Hey Gary,

I want your opinion on this one….

Is it better to leave the trackback as a comment on the blog, or to delete the trackback?

I don’t mind the trackbacks from blogs that link to my post. But What I mainly concerned is from scrapers who scrap content and then link back to my blog post. Should I delete it? Ignore it? whats your take on this.

Here is a link to an example of a trackback that I am referring to. citimastercard.net/scammed-by-an-ebay-member/

-Jean Costa

By: Gary R. Hess

Gary R. Hess — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:31:40 +0000

Thanks for the stumble, Brian.

By: Elite By Design

Elite By Design — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:10:08 +0000

I think I will add this in soon. I agree that it can be frustrating to have pings in the middle of the comments, so thanks for this post! Stumbled.