This is Step #11 in the 101 Steps to Becoming a Better Blogger. If you are interested in joining me on this journey, please leave a comment and check my previous posts in this category - Better Blogger.
Use trackbacks.
Trackbacks have been instrumental in helping me find out what bloggers find interesting here. I also use trackbacks to let other bloggers know what I like on their sites. I need to strengthen my use of trackbacks, in order to build more organic linking, so I will definitely keep working on this more in the future.
Trackbacks are perhaps the second most important way to generate traffic to your site. If someone sees that you have left a trackback on an interesting or pillar post elsewhere, they will probably visit your site to see what you had to say about it. If you can expand on what you have already read and add some additional insight OR argue against the original posting, you may attract new readers! 
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- 101 Steps to Becoming a Better Blogger
- Use WordPress!: Step #1
- Sign up for Feedburner: Step #2
- Post at least once a day: Step #3
- Optimize your blog for SEO: Step #4
- Have an “About Me” page: Step #5
- 101 Steps: #6-8
- Blog and Ping - Step #9 in 101 Steps to Becoming a Better Blogger
- Submit your blog to RSS and blog directories: Step #10
- Trackbacks are important - Step #11
- Get involved in the blogosphere - Step #12
- Give your blog its own unique voice - Step #13
- Create unique, quality content - Step #14
- Add a large RSS button to your site
- Place an RSS feed link at the bottom of every post
- Install the MyBlogLog Widget
- Social Bookmarking - Step #18
- Better Blogger - Steps 19-31
- Create a custom blog design
- Add photos to each of your posts
- Use tagging in WordPress
- Tips to get more out of your WordPress blog
- Turn your blog posts into podcasts!
- Follow these 12 Steps and Get MORE Readers!
- Create a customized 404 page
- Keep Working at Becoming a Better Blogger!
- 11 Ways to Monetize Your Blog
- 19 Final Tips to Becoming a Better Blogger
feve on August 29th, 2007
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yep, trackbacks are important. sometimes in my commercial campaigns i like to ask for them. i first started because i was curious how many would do it. i found not everybody did of course, but some did. i wondered if it was because they didn’t know how or didn’t understand what a trackback is.
either way, i’ve found the use of trackbacks important.
Ellie on August 29th, 2007
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I think that a lot of people don’t have any idea what a trackback is. I didn’t know at first, but I did a little research on how trackbacks work and decided it was a worthwhile adventure for this site.