Do your trackbacks display before your comments?
Since learning that comments can be separated from pingbacks/trackbacks, many bloggers have adopted the format. However, there are some blogs which put the pingbacks/trackbacks before the comments and if you run a popular blog, this can be a pain for your readers who wish to leave their own thoughts.
Pingbacks and trackbacks reference your idea elsewhere, however, comments continue the conversation directly on your site, therefore they should receive priority. Don’t make your readers scroll for eons just to see that conversation.
Take a moment to make the switch if you find that your pingbacks/trackbacks are being displayed before your comments.
The first thing I had to do before leaving this comment was check my blog. I did not give any thought to how my pingbacks/trackbacks worked.
Though saying that I have only had a handful of them so have never really thought in great detail about them. But fingers crossed it could suddenly go ‘BOOM’ overnight
Anyways mine, at the current moment in time are interweaved with the comments. Are you saying it is best to have the comments first and then trackbacks/pingbacks or will it be ok to have them both together like I have at the moment?
David Black
# July 8th, 2009