{"id":1038,"date":"2003-03-24T17:28:26","date_gmt":"2003-03-25T09:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/03\/25\/what-is-trackback\/"},"modified":"2019-12-06T08:58:57","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T16:58:57","slug":"what-is-trackback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/03\/24\/what-is-trackback\/","title":{"rendered":"What is TrackBack?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve tried to <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/09\/oooh_hes_cute.html#c219011\" title=\"Oooh - he's cute!\">explain TrackBack<\/a> in the past when asked, though I&#8217;ve never been too sure how well I did. Handily enough, I don&#8217;t have to try anymore, as Ben and Mena Trott &#8212; the creators of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.movabletype.org\/\" title=\"MovableType\">MovableType<\/a> &#8212; have written <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sixapart.com\/log\/2003\/03\/a_beginners_gui.shtml\" title=\"A Beginner's Guide to TrackBack\">A Beginner&#8217;s Guide to TrackBack<\/a>. Good stuff!<span hidden class=\"__iawmlf-post-loop-links\" data-iawmlf-links=\"[{&quot;id&quot;:7289,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.movabletype.org&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260306004502\\\/https:\\\/\\\/movabletype.org\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-09 20:10:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-15 05:52:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-24 17:25:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-28 03:37:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 10:45:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 16:49:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 00:00:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-10 05:19:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-13 07:08:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-16 07:33:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 14:36:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-23 02:36:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-26 14:33:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-30 01:59:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-03 05:24:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-06 13:04:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-11 11:13:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-15 04:43:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-19 02:08:50&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-23 02:48:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-26 09:39:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-29 17:33:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-04 21:32:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-09 02:44:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-12 12:04:39&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-16 14:20:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-21 14:36:56&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-26 19:52:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-30 19:12:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-07-05 13:52:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-07-08 19:59:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-07-13 17:15:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-07-17 17:22:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-07-22 03:32:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-07-22 03:32:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:15036,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.sixapart.com\\\/log\\\/2003\\\/03\\\/a_beginners_gui.shtml&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20050207043953\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.sixapart.com:80\\\/log\\\/2003\\\/03\\\/a_beginners_gui.shtml&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-13 12:09:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 10:45:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 14:30:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 23:10:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-23 09:03:31&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-06 17:38:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-07-08 15:17:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-07-17 17:22:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-07-17 17:22:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve tried to explain TrackBack in the past when asked, though I&#8217;ve never been too sure how well I did. Handily enough, I don&#8217;t have to try anymore, as Ben and Mena Trott &mdash; the creators of MovableType &mdash; have written A Beginner&#8217;s Guide to TrackBack. 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