TRACKBACKING ETIQUETTE It's a fine art to use trackbacking as a traffic building tool. Many bloggers make the mistake of going trackback crazy before their blog has any content. This may bring new readers in but they won't stay long or bookmark you because you don't give them a reason to. It's also important to know your place in the blog hierarchy. The really popular bloggers are trackbacked constantly so you won't likely get their attention by trackbacking because you will be one of many. You need to carefully pick and choose who you trackback and when you trackback if you want to use it for building your blog traffic. Trackback spam is also a big problem nowadays, so when you receive a trackback to your blog, make sure you check to see the blog that initiated it, it could be a spam blog. You will know this because the blog doesn't have any original content, it just republishes the content of other blogs. I suggest you delete any trackback spam and only let the real trackbacks from real blogs go through live on to your blog. Try some trackbacks today and see if it will open doors to new relationships with other bloggers. Here's to your blogging success,