PSA: Trackbacks and Pingbacks are now disabled on my blog

I find them to be more trouble than they are worth. While the comment spam filtering technique absolutely rocks in SubText (my blog engine), it isn't very effective against trackbacks and pingbacks. They are all moderated so my site isn't soiled by them, but it is a PITA to approve/reject them. Commonly I find a vast number more trackbacks/pingbacks that are spam than are valid, so I am tossing in the towel. I'd rather make better use of my time than wade through that crap.

Blog post comments will remain on, and moderated.

posted on Sunday, January 27, 2008 7:48 PM

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# re: PSA: Trackbacks and Pingbacks are now disabled on my blog 1/28/2008 9:44 AM Sahil Malik

LOL. I agree man, I never enabled trackbacks on my site for the very same reason. But I do look at my stats, and see all these screwy sites trying to get through.

# re: PSA: Trackbacks and Pingbacks are now disabled on my blog 1/29/2008 8:54 AM Anna

Thanks! They're really annoying to look at. I like to read people's comments, but I hate having to scroll through all those things.

# re: PSA: Trackbacks and Pingbacks are now disabled on my blog 1/29/2008 7:30 PM John Wagner

Hey man, does that mean you're switching to a MOSS blog?

Thanks for the Jan JOG session. Had a great time.

# re: PSA: Trackbacks and Pingbacks are now disabled on my blog 2/1/2008 10:21 PM AC [MVP MOSS]

John-
I sort of wish... I'd like to do a WCM blog, but licensing gets in the way :)

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