What is Pingback?

[dennis123]

What is Pingback?

[thaichacha]

A pingback is one of four types of linkback methods for Web authors to request notification when somebody links to one of their documents. This enables authors to keep track of who is linking to, or referring to their articles.

[nikki shah]

A pingback is a type of comment that's created when you link to another blog post where pingbacks are enabled. The best way to think about pingbacks is as remote comments: Person A posts something on his blog. Person B posts on her own blog, linking to Person A's post.

[Sara James]

A pingback is one of four types of linkback methods for Web authors to request notification when somebody links to one of their documents. This enables authors to keep track of who is linking to, or referring to their articles.

[Neo_5678]

Pingback: an automatic notification sent when a link has been created to a person's blog post from an external website, allowing a reciprocal link to that website to be created.

[soniamary]

A pingback is one of four types of linkback methods for Web authors to request notification when somebody links to one of their documents. This enables authors to keep track of who is linking to, or referring to their articles.