trackback

trackback — noun

1. A short electronic message that a blogging platform automatically sends to anoth

1.名詞C1
釋義

A short electronic message that a blogging platform automatically sends to another blog to let it know that someone has written about or linked to one of its posts, allowing the two posts to be connected to one another.

例句

Bilal's blog sent a trackback to Luca's site after linking to one of his articles.

trackback + to [site] — destination pattern

Aarav saw a trackback from Gabriela's blog and opened it to see which post she mentioned.

trackback from [source] — destination pattern

同義詞
  • pingback

    a similar but technically distinct automatic notification; pingback uses XML-RPC while trackback uses HTTP POST

  • backlink

    refers to any incoming link to a webpage, not only automated blog notifications

  • notification

    general term for any alert or message; not specific to blog-linking systems

文法句型

trackback + noun (attributive use)

send/receive + trackback

用法筆記

Often used attributively before nouns such as system, URL, feature, or spam. The term belongs to early-2000s blog culture and has become less common with the rise of social-media sharing. A trackback is sent automatically by the blogging software — the writer does not need to send it manually.

常見錯誤

❌Every time someone visits my blog, I get a trackback.
✅Every time another blogger links to my post, I get a trackback.
💡A trackback is sent when another site links to you, not when someone merely visits your page.
❌The blog sent a trackback for every comment left on the post.
✅The blog sent a trackback when another site mentioned the post in an article.
💡Trackbacks are for external references, not for on-site comments.