Title: Pingback Spam?
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# Pingback Spam?

 *  [superdsblog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/superdsblog/)
 * (@superdsblog)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pingback-spam/)
 * I’ve got an interesting problem, it’s not with wordpress as such.
 * Lately I’ve noticed a lot of sites that are posting articles back to my site (
   then leaving a comment on my site leading to there’s ( i.e. [http://consoles.abeandblog.info/?p=19623](http://consoles.abeandblog.info/?p=19623))).
 * For the most part, I mark them as spam and move on but something strange happened
   today.
 * I posted an article about someones site, then went to there site to leave them
   a comment.
 * As I read my posted comment I noticed a strange comment above mine,
 * > # Super DS Blog » WiiPlayer – Watch BBC iPlayer on your Wii Says:
   >  June 20th,
   > 2008 at 4:15 pm
   > […] a short post, I thought I should share this for those who might not have
   > seen […]
 * Some spam bot, has posted a link back to my site.
 * I don’t understand why this has happened, ok it will help my site traffic with
   google but will also give me a bad repuation with the site owner that the comment
   is posted on.
 * I am wondering how I might stop this, if the user-agent or IP addresses of these
   spam bots are known so that I might block them from reading my posts?
 * Thanks for your help!

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 *  [cletch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cletch/)
 * (@cletch)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pingback-spam/#post-792814)
 * I am new to wordpress and seem to have the same issue show up. I was searching
   for answers when I came across the post above.
    I too had 3 comments show up 
   for moderation that all linked to my post being added to another blog. The link
   there came back to my site but the text link itself says the article was published
   another name.
 * Below is on my comment section on this page: [
    Pingback by My Empty Canvas ·
   Real-Estate101.ExplainedOnline.Net on 21
    June 2008:
 * […] Original post by TCI Blog […]
 * It links to: [here](http://real-estate101.explainedonline.net/2008/06/21/my-empty-canvas/)
   
   and displays a summary of my post credited to TCI Blog.
 * I’m trying to figure out what this is and who actually benefits from it. I’m 
   assuming it brings traffic to their site so that they get more $ from their advertisers?
 * Will these links help or harm my blog? Inquiring minds want to know!
 * Thanks for any insights you can offer.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [cletch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cletch/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pingback-spam/#post-792814)
 * Status: not resolved

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