Comments on: How do I stop pinging myself? http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2005/05/11/how-do-i-stop-pinging-myself/ sharing ideas thoughts and feedback Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:24:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: D'Arcy Norman http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2005/05/11/how-do-i-stop-pinging-myself/#comment-93 Thu, 12 May 2005 20:39:45 +0100 http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2005/05/11/how-do-i-stop-pinging-myself/#comment-93 I get that too, but it's actually kinda helpful for following threads through a blog - put yourself in the shoes of someone who stumbled across a blog post via Google - they'd have access to related posts by following the trackbacks through your weblog. There is a better solution for that case (the "related posts" plugin), but the trackback trail works fine. If it bothers you having self-referential trackbacks, I think the only way to prevent them is by killing trackbacks altogether (although I could be wrong). I get that too, but it’s actually kinda helpful for following threads through a blog - put yourself in the shoes of someone who stumbled across a blog post via Google - they’d have access to related posts by following the trackbacks through your weblog.

There is a better solution for that case (the “related posts” plugin), but the trackback trail works fine.

If it bothers you having self-referential trackbacks, I think the only way to prevent them is by killing trackbacks altogether (although I could be wrong).

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