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Pingback and Trackback

30th September 2002

Hixie has written a whitepaper comparing Pingback to Trackback, and answering pretty much every question that has been asked about Pingback in the past week.

Posted 30th September 2002 at 1:16 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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