Link building is the most valuable part of search engine optimization (SEO). Therefore, many webmasters uses almost any possible way to gather as much as backlinks possible. One of the most common used techniques to get backlinks from related blog post is by using pingback and trackback. In most cases, it is also called as “link bait” technique. Rise in autoblog numbers increases the trackback and pingback type of link baits used vastly. Almost all my new blog post will receive at least 20 trackbacks and pingbacks within few hours of posting. Most of the sites that give link are autoblogs that fetches content using RSS from other blogs. It is used to get more contents published in their blog in order to get more organic traffic.
What most autoblog webmaster doesn’t realize is the content duplicate issue. Google has its own way to detect duplicate content and only that origin content will get listed. Other duplicate content will be removed from Google search result listings. However, there are some duplicate posts still lurking in search results and waiting to get penalized. This can be considered as a quick way to increase popularity for a domain name. Although, it could lead to penalty; it is still a shortcut to gain quick popularity. Plus, some sites even hide the link to your page. Surely, some “black hat” SEO method involved there. Don’t fall for this trick anymore.
If you receive any trackback or pingback, make sure to check whether it is genuine. Giving link to a link to a bad neighborhood site can get you penalty from Google as well. Search engine loves blogs that moderate comments and trackbacks. A good site will monitor its entire outgoing links, thus it will get reputation and ranking in search engine results position (SERP). I’m not a big fan of link exchange. But, giving trackback and pingback is similar to link exchange. If someone link to your blog post, you will receive a trackback or pingback request. If you publish it, you are giving a link back to that particular site. Google also doesn’t like excessive link exchanges and may lead to penalty as well. Are you still publishing trackback and pingback? Think again.
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Trackbacks and spamming is very common nowadays, especially in the world of SEO. It is one of the common source to gain some rank but somehow it is not advisable to use.
By the way, I learn a lot by reading this awesome article of yours.
I was spending so much time deleting SPAM that at one point, I had to disable comments. Annoying and time consuming to say the least.
I did the same when this blog was dofollow. But, the spam comments still pouring in. I guess a good captcha will save the day.
yup, you can erase the malicious comment
Yes, it is easy. I don’t know why this comment get so famous.
@Ruben
Spam or you can erase the duplicate one
It is easy but for large number, it is annoying.
I get about 2 per post but I never knew its for spamming purposes , I usually get trackbacks from wpmash and toppy, is that considered spam or can I approve?
You need to check this sites. Is it automated site. I prefer to give the backlink if the site is genuine and the writer refers our site in the blogpost.
I get that many ping pack spammers to my blogs that I just click delete all every morning, shouldn’t really but its so hard trawling through them.
I understand how you feel. I am doing the same thing too. Almost 30-50 spam comments daily and most of it from unique IP. So, it is hard to control with IP-Ban plugin.
I have always been paranoid about google because of the duplicate content issue , Its a nightmare to every SEO guy or girl =p out there.
Duplicate contents will not get any credit and even if they get, it is temporary. So, don’t worry about it.
I have already received that too, and i handle it with self moderation, i change their links but keep the comments.
for example like in this article:
ninoholic.com/cheapest-6-dollar-vps-hosting-with-two-web-server-options-feature.html
their link is not clickable anymore, but i still got comments count, dont know this is good or not
If it is not clickable, it is not counted as outbound link. So, I guess you are safe, and it is adding more keywords in your post. Nice idea.