This is my cat Orangey. She has kept me company many hours while I compose blogs and she is an excellent tracker. Ask any mouse around. Oh, that's right, there aren't any.Unlike Orangey, most of the time I do more backtracking than trackbacking.
Since I began blogging, I have added approximately 15 blogs to my favorites column. I check these blogs on a mostly daily basis.
On top of that I have added about 16 links to a variety of articles with helpful hints from experienced professionals on writing and blogging.
Within all those links there will invariably be more links to research and digest. Deeper and deeper I go. What’s a girl to do?
My brain freezes and I get overwhelmed. I wail “Iwillneverbeabletodothis!! Iwillneverbeabletodothis!!!!" Then I exhale a long and weary sigh.
There is one word that keeps popping up in regards to linking and blog posts. That is trackback. I Googled it but it confused me more than helping. Then I went to Liz Strauss at Successful Bloggers and read her post on “What New Friends Have You Met and How Have You Made Life Easy for Them?” which prompted me to get brave and ask the question "What the heck is a trackback?"
She not only answered me but also sent me links to access some tools. I’m so thankful to have found such a wonderful community of caring people.
EDIT NOTE: AUTHOR ADDING CONTENT MARCH 30
Here are the Links Liz Strauss sent me. I am sure someone may have asked "Where are the links?" :)
Trackback Links here
Who uses trackback? What is a ping? I imagine I will, in time, become more familiar with blogging terminology, but until then I will take baby steps.
Write it down,
Karma
