TrackBack - Definition and Overview

TrackBack is a system implemented by many blogging tools, including Movable Type and WordPress, that allows a blogger to see who has seen the original post and has written another entry concerning it. The system works by sending a 'ping' between the blogs, and therefore providing the alert.

TrackBack typically appears below a blog entry and shows a summary of what has been written on the target blog, together with a URL and the name of the blog.

The specification for TrackBack and its implementation were developed by Six Apart, creators of the MovableType weblog and content management system.

See also

• Pingback

External links

• A Beginner's Guide to TrackBack (http://www.movabletype.org/trackback/beginners/)
• TrackBack Development (http://www.movabletype.org/trackback/)
• Official specification (http://www.movabletype.org/docs/mttrackback.html)
• What is Trackback? (http://www.plasticbag.org/archives/2003/03/what_is_trackback_part_one.shtml) by Tom Coates
• HaloScan Trackback (http://www.haloscan.com)