Linkbacks?

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CharlesW

The Rainmaker
Can someone explain what the "LinkBacks" are?
This morning I had 10 e-mail notifications of LinkBacks for different threads.
None of them seemed to be relevant to me or the thread.
Obviously, they must serve some purpose, but so far I haven't figured them out.

Charles
 
LinkBacks (Trackbacks, Pingbacks and Refbacks) allow you to notify another site that you wrote something related to what is written on a specific page. This improves the chances of contributors to this page noticing that you gave them credit for something, or that you improved upon something they wrote.

It looks like maybe if you have your profile set up to receive emails when someone has replied to one of your threads???

If its not then I am not sure.
 
I received emails also...

Is there a way to turn off receiving the link back notice while still getting a new reply notice
 
Stephan said:
LinkBacks (Trackbacks, Pingbacks and Refbacks) allow you to notify another site that you wrote something related to what is written on a specific page. This improves the chances of contributors to this page noticing that you gave them credit for something, or that you improved upon something they wrote.

It looks like maybe if you have your profile set up to receive emails when someone has replied to one of your threads???

If its not then I am not sure.
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Hi Stephan:
Yeah, I read the information about LinkBacks that is posted on the site, but I still have no idea as to how this is of interest/benefit to me or anyone else.

And yes, I did have my options setup to receive emails when someone has replied to one of my threads. It no longer is. :)

Charles
 
The only thing could be if someone maybe posted a a new thread and wanted to know when it was answered...

Other then that not sure...I don't have it on, expect for PM's.
 
The email notification about thread replies was great, but if getting all those LinkBack notices is part of the deal, then I can do without both.
Gee, does it come across like I don't care for LinkBacks?:)

Charles
 
CharlesW said:
The email notification about thread replies was great, but if getting all those LinkBack notices is part of the deal, then I can do without both.
Gee, does it come across like I don't care for LinkBacks?:)

Charles
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Never would have guessed.

I'm sure that it does do something good, maybe it's just too early to tell

"J"
 
Geesh! Everyone always assumes the worst but no one ever assumes that this might have been just a glitch that occured and not a regular thing.
 
CharlesW said:
The email notification about thread replies was great, but if getting all those LinkBack notices is part of the deal, then I can do without both.
Gee, does it come across like I don't care for LinkBacks?:)

Charles
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I agree with Charles on this one. Not only am I getting notification of someone posting to a link I subscribed to but I am also getting the LinkBacks to the same post....
it's not that we/I don't like change...
It'a just that I have a low tolerance to over redundancy...
 
Are you still getting them or was this a one time occurance that people are still talking about and assuming is going to be a regular thing without even asking Dwayne if it is a new feature of the site or just an innocent glitch that happened and is now over with?
 
Today is the first time it happened to me, as of yet it did not happen to this "e-mail notification".... But the nights young.

we'll keep you posted if it happens again.
 
The Fuzz said:
Are you still getting them or was this a one time occurance that people are still talking about and assuming is going to be a regular thing without even asking Dwayne if it is a new feature of the site or just an innocent glitch that happened and is now over with?
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Other than the original 10, I have not received anymore notifications of LinkBacks. However, I did try to disable the e-mail notifications in the "Options" of the User Control Panel. As of right now, I don't know if that is the reason I no longer get the LinkBack notifications or if they were indeed a glitch and the situation has been resolved.

My original post attempted to touch on the questioning part when I made it.

CharlesW said:
Can someone explain what the "LinkBacks" are?
This morning I had 10 e-mail notifications of LinkBacks for different threads.
None of them seemed to be relevant to me or the thread.
Obviously, they must serve some purpose, but so far I haven't figured them out.

Charles
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