Abandoning trackbacks in favour of Technorati linkbacks
That’s it. I’ve had it with trackbacks. They’re a spam-ridden piece of garbage that simply don’t work. So it’s bye-bye time for them.
So from now on, there’s no longer a “trackback” feature on this site. I only had a few good ones for the past few years anyway.
However, there’s something much better, and namely Technorati “blog reactions” using their Link Count tool. Instead of trackbacks link, you see a link to Technorati with a count of posts indexed there that link back to the given post. And when you click, you’re taken to Technorati where you’ll see the posts linking back here.
In a way, it’s exactly the same thing as trackbacks, only it’s Technorati instead of myself who maintains the database and does the heavy-lifting regarding spam removal and such. I see no inherent reason why locally maintained trackbacks would be any simpler. Their only advantage is security against service provider problems, when Technorati is too slow or decides to go down and sell out altogether. But so far their service has been pretty consistent and not much to complain about.
Technorati “linkbacks”, as I call them, actually provide more links back to me than trackbacks. For a trackback, the site writing about me must implement the trackback protocol. But with Technorati, it’s sufficient if the link back to my post simply exists in the other post’s body, and Technorati does all the rest.
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