Using trackbacks to get more links and traffic

by Jack Humphrey on Dec 2

blogging softwareExactly how to use trackback posts to get links from other bloggers and sites that use trackbacks.  Trackbacks are more powerful than commenting on someone’s blog because they use the title of the post you link to them with as the link back to your site.

Instead of signing a direct comment, which becomes the link to your site, with “Jack Humphrey,” a trackback link to your site will include your post title which should have keywords in it you are trying to score for in the engines.

So a post I make about “Blog Marketing” which includes links to other bloggers’ posts on the topic, this will return links to my blog marketing post with the anchor text:  Blog Marketing.  Very cool.  Very effective.

This video will explain it all and you will be doing a trackback in a matter of minutes from watching, I promise!

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  • http://www.largerlifestyle.com/blog Peter

    Good video. However I’d like to have a trackback url on my blog and when I click “trackback url” I get nothing.

    So I clicked “trackback url” on your blog and also get nothing. Well by nothing I mean the same page i was on, no trackback url is visible.

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  • http://surayblog.blogspot.com suray

    thanks for the tips bro.

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  • http://ANicePlaceInTheSun Ann Clemmons

    I really appreciate this post. I’m in the children’s book market, however I’m a new blogger. I’m sooo lost, so I really appreciate this tip!

    Ann
    A Nice Place In The Sun

  • http://www.top-work-from-home.com Chris Stirling

    Jack – great video – I have always wondered what the deal with Trackbacks was and why I should use them – after watching your 6 minute video it is so obvious to me why I need to start using trackbacks on my blog!

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  • http://tecacentre.net ausisit

    Hi I was so impressed I just did a write up about this topic at tecacentre

    I have been blogging a while now and never really understood the deal with ping trackbacks and the like as you will see when you visit. I now intend to implement as much as I can of what Jack says.

    Oh and that means I’ll BE BACK Jack with my friends.

  • http://www.tristanluke.com/wordpress Tristan L. Sullivan

    Thank you for this! Very informative. Helpful.

  • http://www.enginestartbutton.org Philip Chan

    Thanks Jack, you’ve helped me quite a bit!

  • Franco99

    Trackbacks are good. but i’m also always looking for ways to get more ppl to link to me and to get more hits and higher on google etc. i check those on http://technorati.com/
    Posting on forums and blogs is good
    Tip – site called http://www.whoistopofthelist.com, u can post a bit about your site/blog and link to it
    it’s free
    nice :)

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  • http://revellian.com Bobby Revell

    Hey Jack, thanks. This video has cleared things up for me a lot. I have seen and been told other incorrect ways to do this, but this is the one I’ll be recommending:)

  • http://www.HumaBPost.com Barrett Laurie

    Hey Jack, GREAT video! I found you via my friend Bobby Revelle’s sight! I thought I knew what a trackback was! That was really helpful! I just moved to a self hosted sight and am adjusting to word press! I will be faveing you blog, I have a feeling your posts will be very helpful! Thanks again!
    B~

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  • http://www.fastandfreeinsurancequotes.com/ Fast and Free Insurance Quotes

    Hi Jack! I’m reading the authority black book which led me to your trackback video. Thanks for the good information on web 2.0 tactics. Jim Westin, Fast and Free Insurance Quotes

  • http://www.steverenner.com Steve Renner

    Hi Jack,
    This is great, I have been wanting to learn about TrackBacks. Your tutorial makes it simple and easy to understand. I am going to try it, and see if I can get some results with using TrackBacks.

    Thanks!

    Steve

  • http://www.boogie-designs.com Craig Towsley

    Thanks for putting together the informative video. You’re a great resource.
    I missed one thing however… When I make a TrackBack how do I know if it was accepted? Hopefully this is not too dumb of a question for you. Does a bell ring? Do I get a text message on my cell phone? Will my dog bark?

    Thanks Again,

    Craig

  • http://www.jackhumphrey.com/cd Jack Humphrey

    Craig,

    Nothing happens – not even a dog bark. You have to manually click to the site and check if your trackback was accepted – they are moderated just like comments on most blogs to keep spammers for getting a million links a second with no moderation.

    I frequently do trackbacks and don’t even check if they are accepted anymore. There’s nothing you can do if they aren’t, so it got to be a waste of time worrying about someone not accepting a trackback – seems more their problem than mine and I don’t have time to counsel people on accepting good trackbacks. Just move on to the next one, I say.

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  • http://blog.umgsp.com Steve Warshaw

    I am currently researching all of the “Web2.0″ methods of building traffic to a website.
    I think there is no doubt that trackbacks, when written for the honest purpose of giving the author their props while promoting high quality content on your site must be an effective marketing method. I have recently been running several tests using stumbleupon, but as soon as I’m finished I am going to run some tests using trackbacks to a couple of well respected blogs that I frequent. Jack, should you read this, thank you for explaining this concept; I am amazed that in the 100′s of hours of research I’ve been doing, there hasn’t been 1 tutorial on using trackbacks.

    -Steve Warshaw

  • http://www.jennyupthehill.com jenny-up the hill

    Thanks so much for this tutorial. I have always been perplexed about trackbacks, but your video made it crystal clear!

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  • http://www.mentalhero.com Hero

    How many minutes, hours or days does it take for the other blogger to receive notification of the trackback? Does being a new blog put one at a disadvantage, because of less frequent spidering by the search engines? Or does pinging Technorati simply get the job done? Then how long does it take? Thanks in advance.

  • http://www.jackhumphrey.com/cd Jack Humphrey

    Hero,

    It is as instant as an email. Using their trackback link you are pinging them and they get an email right away that someone has made a comment, just like regular comments, and that they need to moderate it.

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  • http://www.7leads.wordpress.com 7leads

    Very informative and loved the video’s. Be back again.

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  • http://truthminicourse.com Darrel Blow

    This is new to me, so I’ll be a frequent visitor.

    Darrel

  • http://www.cindyszponder.com Cindy Szponder

    Wish I’d found this video before I wasted about two hours of my life trying to figure out what a trackback was and how to do one. I’ve posted the link for this video on my blog in the hopes of helping others find it. Well worth the 6-7 minute investment for viewing it.

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  • http://pineforestresort.com Zhivko Yankov

    10x Jack for the video.
    i really find it very very useful.
    all best,
    z

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  • http://www.imafish.co.uk Pete White

    I often overlook trackbacks when posting however they are very useful – great video thanks.

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  • http://www.fortuneblogger.com tonywong

    Great and very informative video. Wish I had seen this before I did all the running around cracking my head trying to increase traffic. One comment, though. Your trackback url seems to be missing. I’m sure it’s somewhere in the blog.

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  • http://www.thesnoringstop.com Chris Lawson

    Now I understood how what is Track Back and how it can be used for getting more traffic and back links. Nice video! Thanks!!

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  • http://www.seoservicesusa.com Fabio Uncinotti

    Great! Your video was very very interesting! And thanks for the 16 steps just I think I have been very lukky to be in that program, sorry I had to mention that, anyways I have the same comment as an other I just red: Your trackback url seems to be missing. That means you don’t accept tackbacks I guess….
    lots of people like my would love to do a trackback to you, or maybe the link is somewhere in the blog.

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  • http://786-heba-ks.com/blog kelly

    I understood what is trackback , how important for generating traffic

    Thanks for the info

    Kelly

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  • http://www.mizpah.tv Mizpah

    The clearest article i’ve seen yet about trackbacks, a subject many find obtuse.

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  • http://DoweneedtoinserttrackbackURL? steve

    Hi Jack,

    Based on my test, you DON’T have to put in trackback URL. I believe current version of WP automatically attempts to ping the other WP site, as long as you insert the blog’s link in the body. This option is on by default in WP.

    steve

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