http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2004/09/17/trackbacks Distributed Action Research, communities of practice and social objects by Andy Roberts Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:30:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2004/09/17/trackbacks#comment-30265 Linda H Mon, 20 Sep 2004 20:28:24 +0000 http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2004/09/17/trackbacks#comment-30265 Yes I just stated to use the one Pete mentions, but I wonder about how accurtate it is sometimes. Blogdrive allows you to have pings enabled but they are done via something called weblog.com so not quite the same as what you are describing Andy. They just ping this service when I update the blog, not very useful really. Yes I just stated to use the one Pete mentions, but I wonder about how accurtate it is sometimes. Blogdrive allows you to have pings enabled but they are done via something called weblog.com so not quite the same as what you are describing Andy. They just ping this service when I update the blog, not very useful really.

]]> http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2004/09/17/trackbacks#comment-30264 Peter Kleiweg Mon, 20 Sep 2004 19:24:39 +0000 http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2004/09/17/trackbacks#comment-30264 You don't need access to your webserver's log to track reverrals. All you need is a little JavaScript in your pages and some cgi-scripting on your server. If that is too hard, you could use some web-based service to keep track of referrals for you, such as: http://www.truefresco.org/referrers.htm You don’t need access to your webserver’s log to track reverrals. All you need is a little JavaScript in your pages and some cgi-scripting on your server. If that is too hard, you could use some web-based service to keep track of referrals for you, such as: http://www.truefresco.org/referrers.htm

]]> http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2004/09/17/trackbacks#comment-30263 Andy Mon, 20 Sep 2004 11:23:31 +0000 http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2004/09/17/trackbacks#comment-30263 Thanks Eve. I like Peter's method because it makes use of functionality which already exists in every browser, to tell websites where they have just come form, so that is indeed a simpler and more elegant solution than having to implement trackback functionality into every pice of blog software. The only thing is, I'm not sure how most people are supposed to be able to get the information from their websever statistics page onto their blog. Thanks Eve. I like Peter’s method because it makes use of functionality which already exists in every browser, to tell websites where they have just come form, so that is indeed a simpler and more elegant solution than having to implement trackback functionality into every pice of blog software. The only thing is, I’m not sure how most people are supposed to be able to get the information from their websever statistics page onto their blog.

]]> http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2004/09/17/trackbacks#comment-30262 Eve Thirkle Mon, 20 Sep 2004 04:36:44 +0000 http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2004/09/17/trackbacks#comment-30262 Thanks for a great explanation - I wondered what trackback was - and now I understand why my blog has a bit about 'ping' on it as well! I think I understand your comment better than Peter's! Thanks for a great explanation - I wondered what trackback was - and now I understand why my blog has a bit about ‘ping’ on it as well!
I think I understand your comment better than Peter’s!

]]> http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2004/09/17/trackbacks#comment-30261 Peter Kleiweg Sun, 19 Sep 2004 20:27:56 +0000 http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2004/09/17/trackbacks#comment-30261 I think these trackbacks are needlessly complex. It requires special software and user actions to apply them. It is much simpler to record referrals. You make a blog entry commenting on something I wrote in my blog (if anything interesting were going on there), you add a link in your blog entry to my blog entry, then you or someone else uses that link, and then your blog entry shows up on my list of referrals here: http://odur.let.rug.nl/kleiweg_bin/lnplinks I think these trackbacks are needlessly complex. It requires special software and user actions to apply them. It is much simpler to record referrals. You make a blog entry commenting on something I wrote in my blog (if anything interesting were going on there), you add a link in your blog entry to my blog entry, then you or someone else uses that link, and then your blog entry shows up on my list of referrals here: http://odur.let.rug.nl/kleiweg_bin/lnplinks

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