I’m always curious who is linking to my blog and that’s why I’ve subscribed to both my Technorati trackbacks and my Google Blogsearch incoming links RSS feeds. Even so, not all of these incoming links show up as trackbacks on my blog, because some just don’t get picked up. What’s the simplest solution to this little conundrum?

The Kramer WordPress plug-in seems to do the trick. Originally developed by Nik Culbrilovic and then expanded and tested by Mark Jaquith, Firas, and Kevin Marks, Kramer is designed to add all inbound links to a post as pingbacks. In their own words:

What this means is that when a post in blog A links to a post in blog B, blog B will find the inbound link and add it as a pingback, without the need for the author of the post on blog A to send a ping to blog B. The way it finds the new links is by searching Technorati for all new inbound to a particular post and also by analyzing and verifying incoming referrers.

In this way, any incoming link picked up by Technorati will show up on your blog as a trackback. This can help to perpetuate a “blogging conversation”, so to speak, because readers are able to see what other blogs have to say about your posts. It’s not a necessary plug-in, but it sure helps to develop the blogging community.