When you first heard about blog, what do you think about the whole concept of this ?

The first what I think about blog concept is , what made blog different from a normal website. I quickly grasped the key different – The diary style concept, easy interface for adding new content, and the comment. It all made sense until I hit something called a “trackback”.

 “What is a trackback ? “

 When I want to learn something I go ahead and do it. About now is the time to write a nice and simple definition so you can get your head around trackbacking. Now I’ll try to explain but this concept is difficult to fully grasp until you actually do it.

A trackback is a form of blog conversation that link two or more relevant blog entries together. One blogger writes an articles that references to another blog’s articles. When the blogger published the articles the blog leaves a trackback on the other blog’s article, which usually appears in the comment area as a truncated summary with a link.

 If you still confused, I suspect you probably are. The only smart solution is to initiate a trackback yourself. In the next articles you write be sure to reference another blogger and send him or her some trackback lovin so you can get your head around the concept.

 HOW TO SEND TRACKBACK
Each blogging system handles trackback differently .Blogger can also switch trackback is require every trackback be approved before going live or Trackbacks off. So don’t be surprised if you send the trackback and it doesn’t show up.

Some blogs will trackback automatically, especially if they are the same format. For example a wordpress Blog trackbacking a wordpress blog. In that cases as long as you include a link to other blog’s post your blog will attempt a trackback.

HOW TO GET  TRAFFIC
If you trackback someone else’s blog post you are leaving a link point back to your blog. Someone who read the articles may click through from the link and visit your blog. In some cases, they are not using the nofollow tag , you get some pagerank juice. 

The “nofollow” tag is a line of code that some blogging systems, such as WordPress, implement automatically. The tag is added to every link left in comments and trackbacks so the search engines don’t follow the link (humans however view it like a standard link so can follow it like normal).

 It’s supposed purpose is to stop people spamming blog comments purely for links but it really doesn’t work that well as a deterrent.

FOR TRAFFIC
Trackbacks are good because they bring traffic to your blog when you trackback other blog, even if you are the “victim” of trackback is good also because it mean another bloggers has read your blog and deemed something you wrote worthy of including in

their blog. There is a good chance if they trackbacked you that they also made a direct link to your blog too.

However the real power of trackbacking is an awareness building tool to get the attention of other bloggers. When you first start blogging not many people will know your blog exists. By trackbacking other bloggers you demonstrate interest in their content which is a surefire way to make them interested in you and your blog.

It’s very likely that the blogger you trackbacked will follow the link and see what your blog is all about. If you have been following my advice and have written some pillar articles your new visitor will like what they see, very likely subscribe to your blog and if you are lucky may even trackback you or mention your blog in a future entry on their blog.

If nothing else, by trackbacking a blogger you will forever occupy some of their mind space, which in the future may open up all kinds of doors and opportunities for traffic.