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Trackbacks - Are They Dying?

Steve Rubel at MicroPersuasion thinks trackbacks are dying. He cites tests of news trackback features at CNET and Yahoo that didn’t last as indicators that enthusiasm about trackback is waning.

Blogs - The Emotional Description

One topic that often comes up in conversations about blogging is how do you define a blog.

Terapad Aims to Change the Blogging Game

A new UK-based hosted blog service came out of private beta last week and is now open for business.

Interview with PRWeb CEO David McInnis

PRWeb is best known for being in the news distribution business. With the acquisition by public relations software firm Vocus last week, PRWeb has bumped up it's own presence in the news.

Press Releases Get TrackBacks...

But Will They Send Them Too?

PRWeb Adds TrackBacks, Spam

On the heels of Six Apart's renewed commitment toward the TrackBack as a social protocol and a web standard, comes related news that PRWeb is adopting/enabling TrackBacks within its press releases.

Trackbacks and Press Releases

PRWeb officially announced the launch of their support of trackback functionality with press releases.

Yahoo News Tests Trackbacks, Enhancements

Yahoo News is gearing up to implement trackbacks.

Are Blog Trackbacks Conversations?

Steve Rubel's post in which he explains his reason for rejecting a trackback from Jeremy Pepper has produced a blizzard of comments-26, along with three trackbacks, at last count.

Weblogs Inc. Takes "Lincoln Logs" Approach to Trackbacks

Marc Orchant discusses how Weblogs Inc. and Boing Boing are integrating trackbacks via Technorati, thereby avoiding link spam.