{"id":15677,"date":"2020-04-21T15:44:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T19:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/blog\/?p=15677"},"modified":"2022-03-11T13:26:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T18:26:53","slug":"what-alternatives-are-there-to-pingbacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/blog\/what-alternatives-are-there-to-pingbacks\/","title":{"rendered":"What Alternatives are there to Pingbacks?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Updated April 21, 2020<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019d like to disable <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/what-are-pingbacks\/\">pingbacks<\/a><\/strong>, or <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/what-is-wordpress-xmlrpc\/\">XML-RPC<\/a><\/strong> completely, you\u2019ll be stopping the automatic notification to other sites when you link to them in your WordPress blog posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The act of notifying site owners that you\u2019ve linked their way is an important thing that lets site owners track their popularity and content uptake.&nbsp; So how do you notify site owners <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.knownhost.com\/kb\/how-to-enable-disable-sending-pingbacks\/\">without doing it using automated tools like pingbacks?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Method #1 &#8211; Call Them<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Have you ever even considered calling up someone, out of the blue, to thank them for their valuable contribution, discuss their post and how it influenced you to write yours?&nbsp; Probably not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Before you discount this as crazy, go back and think about it.&nbsp; You can exert more influence in one call than a dozen emails (or more).&nbsp; You\u2019re 10x more likely to be mentioned by them and 100x more likely to be linked, followed and liked by them later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Method #2 &#8211; Email Them<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Much easier and less costly than a telephone call, using email is a great way of breaking the ice, letting them know you like what they\u2019ve written and explain that you\u2019re publishing something that links to their content.&nbsp; Also, it\u2019s easier to submit using a web form on their site than to try and locate a phone number, which sometimes are scarce on websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This approach is actually much more widely used in blogger outreach, where you contact someone before publishing the link and get their buy in, approval, and hopefully a mention.&nbsp; There are dozens of tools on the market for conducting outreach email campaigns, many of which provide for follow-ups as well. In fact, top tools will help you identify influencers on given topics so that you can approach those who have large social audiences, large website traffic, or a combination of the two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Method #3 &#8211; Socially Mention Them<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Like, thumbs up, follow, message and otherwise reach out to them via their social networks.&nbsp; Besides being regularly monitored by many, and easy to contact via social channels, you\u2019re likely to be seen in discussions with them by their audience.&nbsp; It\u2019s a great way to get added visibility &#8211; and when they respond, it\u2019s like an endorsement, particularly if they\u2019re thankful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In conclusion, pingbacks aren&#8217;t for everyone, or even every business. 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