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pingback

pingback

1 6.4
An automatic message a blog gets when another site links to its post
  • noun
  • Texting
: pingback
  • The pingback feature helps track all the sites that are sharing your content.

Examples

  • He received a pingback whenever other bloggers linked to his posts.

  • If one follows my link, one can find his pingback in the comments.

    Blog text (28)

  • For example, I had no idea what pingback was (thanks @Sue Waters) until I read this post.

    Blog text (15)

  • Laura Agustin left the following comment this July on the blog of a certain piece of work, lo tekk, after approving a pingback from him on her post.

    Blog text (28)

  • The system combines several adaptive learning engines to evaluate inbound comments, trackbacks, and pingbacks, determining whether they are spam or not.

    Blog text (16)

  • When a website links to your article, it often sends a pingback to notify you.

Synonyms

trackback
vspingback
  • Jargon
8 7.0

A message from one blog telling another blog it linked to an article

operates automatically rather than needing manual action from a blog or user

Surface Forms

pingback singular
pingbacks plural

Morphology

pingback = ping + back (semi-transparent) = ping + back

The compound is composed of 'ping' (a technical network signal) + 'back' (return/response); the logic is clear to technically literate users but not to an average B1 learner.

Etymology

Pingback joins ping (a short signal or sound, like the computer 'ping' that checks a connection) and back ('in return'), so a pingback is a small 'return' notification a website gets when another site links to one of its posts.