Working with Trackbacks

Whenever a web page links to a blog entry, a trackback reference can be created on the blog.

You can create your own trackbacks to other blogs, or you can choose to delete trackbacks to your blog, and block the URLs of the web pages that linked to your blog.

Note: IP information is not always reliable, and in some cases blocking IPs is not an effective way to prevent linking to your blog. For example, spammers will simply use a different IP, which you haven't blocked. If multiple computers use the same IP, you risk blocking all computers that use that IP, not just the computer that originated the trackback to your blog.

In this section

Creating a trackback to a blog

You can create a link to an entry on another blog so that it is also listed on your own blog or web page.

Managing trackback links to your blog:

Moderating trackbacks

Trackback moderation allows you to view and approve trackbacks before they are posted. This topic describes how to enable trackback moderation and process trackbacks that have been moderated.

Using the Dashboard to delete and block trackbacks

On the Dashboard, you can select and delete trackbacks that are listed in the Recent Trackbacks section. You also have the option to block the IP address of the web page that linked to the entry in your blog.

Deleting trackbacks from the Article Trackbacks page

On the Dashboard, you can select a specific trackback in the Recent Trackbacks section and open the Article Trackbacks page. From this page, you can chose to delete the trackback, or delete the trackback and block the IP address of the web page that linked to your blog entry.