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title: Webmention
date: 2021-01-24
link: https://www.w3.org/TR/webmention/
tags:
    - W3C
    - standard
    - IndieWeb
published: 2017-01-12
---

Webmention is a [[W3C]] Recommendation, and is an [[IndieWeb]] spec.

> Webmention is a simple way to notify any URL when you mention it on your site. From the receiver's perspective, it's a way to request notifications when other sites mention it.

I wrote about [[Run your own WebMentions]]