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Q1)i want to know that when i submit my site on some social bookmarking site ,there is an option of "trackback url",so which url is submit on this field?.

Q2)Another point is that there is any problem if we blank the field of trackback url?

Q3)what is the advantage and disadvantage of giving trackbak url?

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Short, practical summary for (and to clarify what , and observed):

A "trackback URL" is the target post's TrackBack endpoint — a notification endpoint that some blogs publish so other sites can tell them "I linked to you." Trackbacks are sent (manually) to that endpoint; pingbacks are the automated XML-RPC version many platforms use. On WordPress the traditional trackback URI often ends with "/trackback/" and is shown by the post when the site supports it. (wordpress.org)

Leaving the trackback field blank causes no harm. The trackback field is optional: if there is no trackback URI on the target page, nothing is sent and the bookmark submission proceeds normally. Also, a trackback is a notification mechanism — it is not a redirect or an alternate URL to fall back to if a link fails (that idea is incorrect). The receiving site may accept, reject, or simply ignore/display the incoming trackback. (wordpress.org)

Advantages and disadvantages in practice: a valid trackback can show up on the linked post as an acknowledgement (and sometimes helps discover scrapers or conversations), but the feature has been heavily abused by spam and even exploited in amplification attacks against sites — many site owners therefore disable or moderate trackbacks/pingbacks. For modern interoperable link-notification, Webmention is the newer, cleaner standard that replaced much of the old TrackBack use. (wordpress.org)

Practical takeaway / what to do now: paste the target post's TrackBack URI in the field only when the target explicitly exposes one (WordPress-style /trackback/ URI or a link rel). If it is absent, leave the field blank. For site owners who do not want the moderation burden or risk, disable trackbacks/pingbacks in your CMS (Settings → Discussion in WordPress) or block xmlrpc.php at the server level and use spam filtering. Finally, don’t expect social-bookmarking forms or bookmark links to provide reliable SEO value — many bookmarking sites add nofollow-type handling and the direct ranking benefit is limited; focus on quality sharing and earned editorial links instead. (wordpress.org)

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Member Avatar for trendykarthick

I think if you give trackback URL means if your submitted URL got error means it will redirect to your trackback URL but not sure about this.
There is no problem if we leave the trackback URL as blank

Member Avatar for spyindiarahul

i am also don't know about that question and whenever i do submission i left that fields

Member Avatar for Austinlanger

I had done a lots of bookmarking submission but i never given trackback url in any on bookmarking submission and i don't think so there will be any disadvantages to leave blank this part in bookmarking submission.

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