Just a few days ago… I finally learned about the difference between good and bad trackbacks.

I was over at http://netprofitstoday.com on Rosalind Gardners Blog where she posted a short article about just this subject. It’s amazing how clear something will become in your mind if someone will just use a few visual aids!

I started building blogs in 2006 after I participated in Rosalind Gardner and Anik Singal’s Blog Classroom… which if you haven’t started your first blog yet, I highly recommend. I now have too many blogs to keep up with… really! But, I couldn’t get my head around trackbacks… what are good trackbacks and which are the bad or “spammy” trackbacks.

Now… if you don’t have a blog yet, this won’t make a bit of sense. But it you do… you will know that when you are moderating your comments you will often see comments that don’t make any sense.

These “comments” are filled with links and things with … in where normally you would see a few paragraphs of comments.

These are trackbacks! When someone makes mention of something on their website about your website and “links” to that article… that link creates a TrackBack.

So… wouldn’t that be good? Don’t we want all then link “juice” we can get?

Whoa… hang on partner. All links are not “good links. If the link is coming in from a site that has nothing to do with the subject of your website… well why would we want that link. Google (nor any other search engine) is going to think it’s a hot ticket.

So how can you tell if a trackback is good or bad? Check out Ros’s post over at NetProfitsToday.com

You’ll be so much smarter!

Second time this blog classroom has ever been offered! I took this class the first time it was offered and it was one of the best decisions I ever made concerning business website development.

I was using Dreamweaver to build websites and could never get what CSS was or how it should be working. HTML wasn’t the problem… I picked up what I needed to know pretty quick, but those websites have been a constant pain in my neck. Just no easy way to keep them updated.

Blogs didn’t seem to be the cure for my problems… but I was so wrong.

They are the perfect solution to every business website woes.

• Do you know that Dreamweaver software costs about $300???

• Do you know that Wordpress blog software is free to use???

Okay… I admit the free software had me intrigued… but how do I get it to make a website? I mean… really, when someone said I needed a SQL database… my eyes glazed over and my brain went to mush…

Then, Rosalind Gardner started talking on her blog about how easy Wordpress is to use and that she and Anik were going to start this newbie class. Sign Me Up!

They had limited seating... and I was siting at my computer with my finger on the BUY Button waiting for the signal that registration was open. As I said before… best decision I made that year!

Blog Classroom starts April 29, 2008 2:00 p.m.

This time… they are going one better! They are giving away a bunch of the stuff I paid for… FREE. Go now and sign up for the free classes.

I am amazed at what Blog Classroom is giving away… and the first class is online right now.