WordPress and PingBacks

[babrees]

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I've only just started with WordPress so am absolutely new to all this pinging lark!

So, my site is receiving some pingbacks from AdsBidWorld - Just another WordPress weblog Is this a good thing? Should I approve it? My only hesitation is because it is basically a "directory" and I wondered if that would go against me with the search engines.

On the plus side it seems a lot of other people have approved their pingbacks, so....

[madweb]

You don't have to approve pingbacks - they are just other sites adding a link to your site.
If you approve them then they become comments on your wordpress blog. I usually just ignore mine.

[babrees]

Thanks madweb. Having had no replies to this I approved them, but will know in future!