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[BlogSolution]

Hi there fellow members!

Do you use blogging ang pinging techniques in you SEO work?

[send2paul]

I'm not quite sure how you use pinging in SEO work, but I do use Pingomatic.com for a series of blogs which I update - using Google Alerts and the Blogthis! toolbar insert from Blogger.

Edited by Jill, 03 December 2005 - 11:20 AM.

[qwerty]

I recently switched from Pingomatic to Pingoat. But most blogging software will let you set a list of URLs to which it will automatically ping whenever you update the blog. The thing is, at least in my experience, that doesn't always work.

[Randy]

Welcome BlogSolution !

I don't view pinging as being directly connected to SEO in any way. Marketing yes, as it's a way to create a Buzz. But not Optimization.


Same here Bob. I ping and have recently switched to Pingoat. But it doesn't always seem to work quite as advertised.

[Nicolette]

I use TypePad which has an automatic pinging feature. Every time I post, I copy and paste the following list into my trackback window:

CODE

http://rpc.pingomatic.com
http://www.bitacoles.net/ping.php
http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUdates
http://www.blogroots.com/tb_populi.blog?id=1
http://www.blogshares.com/rpc.php
http://www.blogsnow.com/ping
http://topicexchange.com/RPC2
http://bulkfeeds.net/rpc
http://ping.cocolog-nifty.com/xmlrpc
http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc/
http://rcs.datashed.net/RPC2
http://thingamablog.sourceforge.net/ping.php
http://blogmatcher.com/u.php
http://www.snipsnap.org/RPC2
http://www.mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatter/ping.php
http://mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchat
http://www.weblogues.com/RPC/
http://www.newisfree.com/xmlrpctest.php
http://xmlrpc.blogg.de/
http://ping.rootblog.com/rpc.php
http://www.a2b.cc/setloc/bp.a2b
http://www.bblog.com/ping.php
http://blogbot.dk/io/xml-rpc.php
http://blogdb.jp/xmlrpc
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/XMLRPC
http://coreblog.org/ping/
http://www.lasermemory.com/lsrpc
http://www.a2b.cc
http://www.blogmatcher.com
http://www.blogpeople.net
http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2
http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc/php
http://www.google.com/apis/
http://www.blogexplosion.com/pingmyblog/
http://api.feedster.com/ping
http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php
http://pingoat.com/goat/RPC2
http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/
http://ping.blo.gs/
http://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2
http://www.blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi
http://ping.feedburner.com
http://api.moreover.com/RPC2
http://xping.pubsub.com/ping
http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080

My traffic has been growing steadily.

Nicolette

Edited by Jill, 03 December 2005 - 01:28 PM.

[qwerty]

Nicolette, I've got a much shorter list (I think I'm about to steal yours) but I'm wondering if you've had problems with IceRocket. I have that same port for them on my list, and I get an error every time, which is why I started using Pingoat.

[Raphael]

What is pinging in terms of blogging? I know what the "real" ping is, but since the blogging subculture is something I have managed to successfully avoid so far, I'm not up on the terminology.

[qwerty]

When a blog pings another site, be it a blog directory, or another blog to which a trackback has been posted, it's just sending a message that it's been updated.

[dmcconkey]

Very confusing to those of us used to the networking, command line ping. This thread suddenly makes a lot more sense. Thanks for asking the question I was affraid to ask, Raphael. Thanks for the answer, qwerty.

[bwelford]

I think one of the important benefits of pinging is that Google Blog Search will rapidly become aware of your new blog entry - say within 1 hour. If your blog entry as recorded in your RSS news feed contains the full content of your blog post, then there is a good chance that you will rank well for keywords that appear within the post. This can be a source of useful extra traffic, since I find a good slice of visitors are using Blog Search now.

[Nicolette]

Qwerty,

No problem with IceRocket so far. A few times I rec'd an error message and believed it to be a problem with my blog server. I would just re-ping, so to speak. Or you could just ping IceRocket by itself and see if it goes through. This list I use is so extensive, I'm sure there are duplicate pings, so missing out on one won't add up to much I think.

Nicolette