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[Tech-Seeker Blog] The flood of Trackback initiated by spammers can put a strain on server resources. The amount of Trackback spam that a site is getting may be seen by clicking on “Trackbacks” from the main blog menu and select “Junk Trackbacks”. ...

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[Insider.pk] Website and Blog Launch Glossary: Splog - (Also known as a “spam blog”) A blog that exists solely to rank highly in search engines to attract visitors and have them click on ads for revenue; content is often stolen and automatically harvested (“scraped”) from other blogs and ... Trackback - A notification on a blog or website that another blog or website has linked to it. Traffic - The movement and flow of visitors to and from your website or blog, or from one page to another within your site structure ...

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