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Pingback specification

4th September 2002

Stuart has published the first draught of the PingBack specification, detailing how PingBack works and how it should be implemented. PingBack is brilliant—it just works. What could be simpler than just quietly telling someone’s blog that you’ve linked to them?

Posted 4th September 2002 at 5:05 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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