This is a guest blog post by Susanne Myers of Affiliate Treasure Chest.
I recently mentioned blog and ping on my blog and shared an updated ping list I am using. Glennette loved the post and asked me to share some information on pinging with you.
Let’s start with what pinging is. It is simply a way to let the search engines know that you have fresh new content on your blog. You can ping manually each time you add content using a site like Ping-o-matic, or you can automate the process through your blogging software.
I run the free wordpress software (which Glennette can help you get set up with) to run my blogs and content sites. In WordPress, log into your admin panel and then click on the “Settings” link in the left-hand sidebar. Click on “Writing” within that section of links, then scroll down until you see the heading “Update Services”.
NOTE: If you told wordpress to allow other people to find your blog, you will already have a link in the box of update services. If not, your box might be empty.
Simply copy and paste the list below into that box and click on “Save Changes”. That’s it!
- http://a2b.cc/setloc/bp.a2b
- http://api.moreover.com/ping
- http://api.moreover.com/RPC2
- http://api.my.yahoo.co.jp/RPC2
- http://audiorpc.weblogs.com/RPC2
- http://bitacoras.net/ping
- http://blog.goo.ne.jp/XMLRPC
- http://blogmatcher.com/u.php
- http://blogpeople.net/ping
- http://blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates
- http://blogroots.com/tb_populi.blog?id=1
- http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2
- http://blogsnow.com/ping
- http://blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi
- http://feedsky.com/api/RPC2
- http://ping.bitacoras.com
- http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc
- http://ping.blo.gs
- http://ping.blogs.yandex.ru/RPC2
- http://ping.cocolog-nifty.com/xmlrpc
- http://pinger.blogflux.com/rpc
- http://ping.fc2.com
- http://ping.feedburner.com
- http://ping.kutsulog.net
- http://ping.myblog.jp
- http://ping.namaan.net/rpc
- http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php
- http://ping.wordblog.de
- http://www.popdex.com/addsite.php
- http://rcs.datashed.net/RPC2
- http://r.hatena.ne.jp/rpc
- http://rpc.bloggerei.de/ping
- http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger
- http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080
- http://rpc.pingomatic.com
- http://rpc.reader.livedoor.com/ping
- http://rpc.twingly.com
- http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2
- http://rpc.wpkeys.com
- http://services.newsgator.com/ngws/xmlrpcping.aspx
- http://www.wasalive.com/ping
- http://www.a2b.cc/setloc/bp.a2b
- http://www.bloglines.com/ping
- http://www.blogoole.com/ping
- http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates
- http://www.blogroots.com/tb_populi.blog?id=1
- http://www.blogsnow.com/ping
- http://www.blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi
- http://www.popdex.com/addsite.php
- http://www.wasalive.com/ping
- http://xping.pubsub.com/ping
- http://zhuaxia.com/rpc/server.php
Now each time you write and publish a new blog post, a little ping (or notification) goes out to these various sites to let them know that you have updated your site. This will then cause search engines spiders to come to your site who will index your content and rank it.
By itself, blogging and pinging doesn’t do much, but if you combine it with a little bit of keyword research and basic SEO, it can quickly increase the amount of traffic you are getting to your site.
I hope you have enjoyed this short little tutorial. For more tips from me, take a look at my affiliate marketing blog and sign up for regular email updates.
Susanne Myers of www.AffiliateTreasureChest.com
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