OTA and Friends
This article is an example of an open trackback forum. If you have an article you would like to promote, you can trackback from this article as long as you link this article in your article.
The purpose?
To get more readers out there aware of your excellent writing and to reciprocate the favour by linking me. It's all about respect in the blogosphere, informing each other about what's going on and what cool write-ups you have, and increasing your blog ranking (which can be considered an acknowledgment of the efforts you put into your blogging).
Unlike other open trackback systems, my OTA (Open Trackback Alliance) does not exclude anyone based on race, sex, political stance, hair colour, shoe size, etc. So, don't be shy; you're blogging for a reason, so why not let that reason be known and voice yourself.
If you were an OTA member, you wouldn't have to link other people's articles like I'm doing below, but I'm doing it to promote OTA members and to increase OTA membership.
Bow-wow-wow Yippy-Yo Yippy-Yay: Dianes Stuff asks the all-important question, "Who can admit that you thought that a pony was a baby horse?"
My answer: ponies ARE baby horses, aren't they? Perhaps I'm wrong now.
And, My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy is desparately seeking a resolve to blog burnout that does not include a "take a break" response.
Newest on-board the OTA is Committees of Correspondence has a wicked-arse frappr map. Go in, add your name and quote, and check out what other's have to say.
It's so cool.
So, please consider this an Open TrackBack post. That means free advertising to your site. All I require is a link in the article to this article (no link = deleted trackback).
(if you'd like to become an OTA member, read the Open Trackback Alliance information and follow the instructions)
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Comments
ok
added technorati and TTLB to my site.
how do I play!
Posted by: moonbat monitor | November 7, 2005 07:36 PM
Hello Sam! I really like the OTA and the partnering sites but I'm not really sure about installing trackbacks, seems an open invitation to spammers to me.
Anyway: If you use a system that doesn't support trackbacks, you could use Kalsey's tool: http://kalsey.com/tools/trackback/
Posted by: Zep | November 8, 2005 12:37 AM
Spammers are vile creatures no doubt. Trackbacks at least can be filtered, i.e. you can moderate any link that does not link to you (which is typically equals spam).
Posted by: MrBig | November 8, 2005 01:10 AM