The Write Transition: Pingbacks and Twitter Mentions, Are You Up to Snuff?

Unknown's avatarCarrie Rubin

Like a toddler teaching astrophysics, Iโ€™m probably the last person to give tech advice.

But I wonโ€™t let that stop me.

For any bloggers not yet savvy about pingbacks and Twitter mentions, here are two tips Iโ€™d like to share that will make things easier for your followers:

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1. Pingbacks

Itโ€™s an honor to be mentioned in someone elseโ€™s blog post, and itโ€™s a great way to build blogging connections. But unless our blog gets a notification, we wonโ€™t be aware we were mentioned unless we stumble upon the post. And since most of us canโ€™t read every post of every blogger we follow, we risk not seeing the mention at all.

The good news is, we can help our fellow bloggers by activating a pingback whenever we mention them in our posts. Pingbacks are an automated way to alert other bloggers we haveโ€ฆ

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7 responses to “The Write Transition: Pingbacks and Twitter Mentions, Are You Up to Snuff?”

  1. Haven’t heard from you in so long, hope all is well with you.

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    1. Hi GP! All is well here. Finished up Book 2 and Book 3 sequels to The Wolf’s Moon. Back in the saddle! Thanks so much for caring ๐Ÿ™‚

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  2. Thanks for sharing, Patrick. Mega weekend hugs!

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    1. Hi Teagan! Back in the saddle here after a brief hiatus! Finished Book 2 and Book 3 of the sequel to The Wolf’s Moon. Hope you’re doing great!

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  3. Thank you for the reblog! Much appreciated.

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    1. Most welcome! It was great information! Had to share ๐Ÿ™‚ Happy New Year and thanks for visiting!! ๐Ÿ™‚

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      1. Happy New Year to you too!

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