December 08, 2003
Blogs with TrackBack support
THIS WEEK NetSpeak examines the concept of `TrackBack' and introduces a blog hosting service that enables you to build blogs with TrackBack support for free.
Assume that you have stumbled on an interesting article posted on a site and you want to comment on it. If the site/blog provides a `comment' option, you can use it for planting your thoughts on the content. This is certainly a valuable feature as it provides a mechanism for the content provider to get some feedback on a specific thread posted on his site. But one limitation of this feature is that your comment is stored on the content creator's site where you have little control. You cannot add to or alter comments already posted on a site.
Assume that you have stumbled on an interesting article posted on a site and you want to comment on it. If the site/blog provides a `comment' option, you can use it for planting your thoughts on the content. This is certainly a valuable feature as it provides a mechanism for the content provider to get some feedback on a specific thread posted on his site. But one limitation of this feature is that your comment is stored on the content creator's site where you have little control. You cannot add to or alter comments already posted on a site.
