Title: Strange Pingback behavior
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Strange Pingback behavior

 *  [crosscontinent2010](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crosscontinent2010/)
 * (@crosscontinent2010)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-pingback-behavior/)
 * I linked to my own blog in a post, and the pingback was nothing but tags, which
   led to the pingback getting flagged as spam (I’ve approved the comment so everyone
   can see).
 * Why did this occur? Shouldn’t the pingback have some of the post text in it?
 * Post that generated pingback:
    [http://the-fuqua-experience.com/2009/09/14/managerial-effectiveness-you-tease/](http://the-fuqua-experience.com/2009/09/14/managerial-effectiveness-you-tease/)
 * Post linked to:
    [http://the-fuqua-experience.com/2009/09/10/crowdsourced-or-elite-unit-innovation-link/](http://the-fuqua-experience.com/2009/09/10/crowdsourced-or-elite-unit-innovation-link/)
 * Pingback, flagged as spam:
 * > […] Tags Accounting Apple B-school application Bourbon bschool Business Charity:
   > Water Choosing MBA program Confusion Cross Continent MBA Culture developed 
   > countries Developing countries Dining Distance learning Duke Duke Candy Ethics
   > Executive MBA Fuqua Fuqua essays Fuqua Interview Global politics GMAT Guest
   > Speaker Harvard HBS History Honor Code iPod Leader of Consequence Leadership
   > London M&M’s MacBook Pro Macroeconomics Management MBA MBA Oath Outward Bound
   > Strategy Technology Test Prep Time management Work-life balance ← Crowdsourced
   > or Elite Unit Innovation? (Link) […]

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-pingback-behavior/)
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