Title: Pingbacks, why allow them?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Pingbacks, why allow them?

 *  [Dave333](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dave333/)
 * (@dave333)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pingbacks-why-allow-them/)
 * I have read a lot of pingbacks and trackbacks but most pages I have read just
   talk about what they are and how to impletement them. I have not been able to
   find any discussion on WHY we would use them.
 * I would love to hear from anyone who thinks it is a good idea to allow others
   to post pingbacks on my blog. I can think of many reasons not to, such as: they
   are ugly, they add no value to my post, they are nonsensical to the reader who
   thinks it is a supposed to be a legitimate comment, they have the potential to
   take my readers away from my blog, etc, etc.
 * But I have never seen any explanation of a benefit to allowing others to post
   pingbacks on my posts.
 * Is there any benefit?

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 *  Thread Starter [Dave333](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dave333/)
 * (@dave333)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pingbacks-why-allow-them/#post-1093580)
 * Anyone?

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