This is probably a stupid question, but are pingbacks good or bad? I've recently been getting quite a few on the new blog in my sig.
A pingback is great, because it means that someone linked to your blog. You should follow the link to who linked to you. It is also nice to express thanks for the link in some way or another.
Pingback is good for your blog but sometimes you will get something like a spam pingback which you must delete immediately. Realated posts here: Money Making By Splogging and Keeping Out Sploggers
How incoming links are different from pingbacks. I am new to WP. On my new WP blog webtoolsandtips.com, whenever somebody links to any posts in it, it is shown as a pingback. Technorati also doesn't count it as a link. But when somebody links it from this sidebar, then it is counted as an incoming link. Is it normal?
I didn't know if Technorati doesn't count it as a link? you will get a Pingback if another blog put link to your blog post inside their post. but you will get no pingback if the other blog put links to your blog or post outside of their post. (ie their sidebar, footer etc).