"Pinging"

[countrygirl]

Somewhere along the line, I read someone talking about pinging an article or a lens when it is updated. Can someone explain this to me? Thanks!

[Forum Admin 2]

This is a great way to get noticed. Ping each time you your articles get published, yoru lenses when updated, blogs wehn updated, etc.:)

Here are 3 that I use - http://technorati.com/ping/
http://pingler.com/index.php
http://pingoat.com/

[countrygirl]

Do you ping the article or the website?

[Forum Admin 2]

I ping them all. So once your article has been accepted, ping it. After you publish your lens after updating, ping. Do the same with your websites and blogs. :)

[Moderator 1]

Yes, you can ping all of your work. Your articles, lenses, blogs, etc. :)

[krisner]

This may be a dumb question, but what is pinging?

[Roseanne]

Hey, good question. You ping an article, a website, blog, or lens when you let the web crawlers in goole know that s.th. is new on the web, so this can help with page ranking. Two useful sites to go are. You ping also after every up-date, important!

http://www.pingoat.com
http://www.pingomatic.com

Hope this helps!!

[krisner]

Thank you for the help, but one more questions, are the sites only for blogs, or can I put in a website or article also?
Kati
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[johnjimat]

This is a great way to get noticed. Ping each time you your articles get published, yoru lenses when updated, blogs wehn updated, etc.:)

Here are 3 that I use - http://technorati.com/ping/
http://pingler.com/index.php
http://pingoat.com/

wow this was great bro.. thanks a lot... :)

[simplyg]

Perfect. I love it when someone gives me the exact thing to do to move forward, and I've been wanting to learn more about pinging.

Thanks!

[Forum Admin 2]

When updating, ping, websites, lenses, blogs, articles (after published), UsFreeAds :)

[countrygirl]

Thanks for the help!:)

[MargaretJones]

Now see, this is showing all the more value in what can be found on this forum. I don't remember reading anything about pinging from before (altho honestly, my memory's not the best, for sure!), and here is something useful about it right here. Thanks for the help!

[Forum Admin 2]

Make sure you include this step in your updating routine. You will really begin to see a difference in you ratings:)

[KitKat]

Very true... I am the queen of ping! I ping everything! Just ask TSF! LOL :D

[buckwild]

Thanks for the reminder about pinging, I usually forget to do that after I update. I think I will put a sticky note on my computer, maybe if I look at it all the time it will become ingrained.

[CryptiK]

Thanks this has been very useful info

[rosa41]

I'm just at the stage of learning, signing up and then doing the pinging for my articles and sites. I need to ping each individually with each site, right?

[Forum Admin 2]

Whenever you update your website, blogs, etc. you should ping them. Once your articles have been approved ping these also along with your ads if you have them. Articles and ads should only be pinged the one time for these are ones that we do not update like we do websites and blogs :)

[praz3fa]

Whenever you update your website, blogs, etc. you should ping them. Once your articles have been approved ping these also along with your ads if you have them. Articles and ads should only be pinged the one time for these are ones that we do not update like we do websites and blogs :)

I would like to know how to ping my blog since I write articles at least once every week in each of my 5 blogs. I have two of them in spanish and three in english.

Thanks!

[Forum Admin 2]

Here are 3 that I use. Just add what they are requesting. Normally it would be your url. Some ask for the url, and title :)

http://technorati.com/ping/
http://pingler.com/index.php
http://pingoat.com/

[kjdonn]

When you talk about pinging, are you refering to RSS feeds? If so how and what do you add to squidoo when you have created a blog? I know you have to add it to the RSS mudule but I am usure what to type in it! I am very new at all of this forum, article and blog writing. Odd really seeing that I can create a basic webpage!

[Forum Admin 2]

You do not have to add these to your RSS. You can click on the links above and just fill in what they are requesting. Very fast and simple :)

[Moderator 1]

Pinging and RSS Feeds are two separate things. Like Forum Admin 2 said it best. :)

[TshirtFrank]

Hey all,

Here is a little technique that I use for the Twitter users out there. Whenever I update a web site or article I imediately Tweet a message and a link to that site which gives it about 10 -20 fresh hits after the ping. I am not sure why it works so well but it does!

TSF

[Forum Admin 2]

Thanks for the tip TSF :)

[Moderator 1]

That is a good tip TSF - that will help anyone who Tweets! :)

[rosa41]

Along the same line, I don't yet know how to ping my lens.
Anyone have a link or tutorial for help?

[Forum Admin 2]

You can use http://technorati.com/ping/, http://pingler.com/index.php, and http://pingoat.com/

Just add your url and what they are requesting and you are good to go :)

Only use this when updating your lenses, websites, blogs, articles when approved, and ads.

[TeeLady]

Hhmmm, I've been pinging whenever I update my blog or write a new lens on Squidoo, but I've never done my articles. How do I find the direct link to my articles in EzineArticles, GoArticles, Article Alley, diectories etc.? Or is it a link to websites that have downloaded/accessed the articles? I've never looked -- didn't know there were links to the actual articles in the directories. I can see how that would be helpful in getting more exposure.

Oh, so much to learn ...

[Forum Admin 2]

Majority of the time after you sign into your submission site you can click on your article. This will bring up your article. Once it is up use the url provided and ping. Normally ezine sends you an email to let you know your article is approved so your link is provided.

Let us know if you need further explanation :)

[rosa41]

True Forum Admin2. I finally figured pinging out and use the three mentioned above. After article is approved. Sign in, usually there is a "view" button, then copy URL at top.

[Forum Admin 2]

Good for you Rosa. Its pretty simple once you do it a few times. :)

[Andy3568]

I think pinging was originally created to test connections. If you weren't sure if some component on your computer was connected correctly, you could ping it to test the connection. I didn't know the search engines used pinging until coming to this forum. Thanks, all. :)

[Forum Admin 2]

I agree Andy. The other purpose is to let the engines know that there is new content to be indexed :)

[Moderator 1]

When you ping, you may find your content, websites, blogs, ads, etc. further up in the search engine ranks anywhere from 6 - 24 hours on most occasions. Works very well and gets you more traffic! :)

[mschuerer]

Hey, good question. You ping an article, a website, blog, or lens when you let the web crawlers in goole know that s.th. is new on the web, so this can help with page ranking. Two useful sites to go are. You ping also after every up-date, important!

http://www.pingoat.com
http://www.pingomatic.com

Hope this helps!!
I have a really stupid question, but one others who are new to online marketing may be wanting more information about:

What is pinging and how does it work?

[Forum Admin 2]

Pinging is getting the attention of the web crawlers to let them know that there is new information to be looked at. It is also letting the crawlers know that the particular ip address exists.

So the far the best ones to use are the ones listed above and:

http://pingler.com/
http://feeds.technorati.com/ping/

Let us know if you have any other questions:)

[Jamie]

Can someone tell me if we can only ping from one pinging source. What i mean is if i ping my website from pingler.com can i then go over to mypagerank.net.

If this makes sense can we ping our sites with more than one pinging source at the same time.

[Moderator 1]

Yes, Jamie you can send to several ping sites. You may notice that some ping services may overlap, but it will just give you a message saying that you can only do it once a day or when there is an update. So you are good to go! :)

[Forum Admin 2]

Yes!! Plus some of these pinging sites are sending out to different areas. So by all means ping away :)

[Jamie]

Thanks guys i always like ping pong.

[Moderator 1]

Yeah ping pong is very different from pinging. Thanks for the laugh! LOL

[Forum Admin 2]

lol, Remember the old Atari game that had the ping pong game? It was just a bar that you hit the ball back and forth on. Geeeeeeeeeezzzzz, just brought up an old memoy hahahaha. I needed that Jamie :)

[Jamie]

The old atari was great with the tank game that was awsome for it's time.

[Forum Admin 2]

Good times, good times!! Not as violent and graphic as the ones out today. What a big change that's for sure. :)

[Jamie]

I was pinging nearly allday today it takes ages, best to do it as i go along i think.

[Teddy]

Hi guys,

Here are two other sites I also use to ping:

http://pingomatic.com/
http://www.pingoat.com/

KitKat mentioned them.

Also is it worth while using Digg? I am told it is very useful?

Thanks
Teddy

[Forum Admin 2]

You should try to get into the habit of pinging everytime you change your content this keeps you on track.

Yes Teddy!! These are called social bookmarking sites. There is Digg, Stumbleupon, Del.icio.us, Reddit and Furl.

If you haven't already, check them out and add them to your marketing campaigns :)

[Moderator 1]

It really shouldn't take too long to ping. Possibly try using Mozilla Firefox if you aren't already. Also, make sure your computer is clean. Delete your temporary files, etc.

[Jamie]

Hi Guys whilst doing all my pinging i came across this suidoo lense on free pinging sites thought it might help people. http://www.squidoo.com/Ping-Tools. I could not seem to get pingoat to work says you have to put the text from a image below but there's no image.

[Teddy]

Hey Jamie, funny you say that Pingoat asks for an image and it doesn't appear. I am just busy pinging and have come across the same problem but it is not the first time. I managed to ping one article and was busy doing the second when I got this problem. Hmmmmm....

Teddy.

[Forum Admin 2]

Pingoat is notorious for not working at times.

Have you tried using this one yet?

http://www.pingmyblog.com/

Jaime,

That is a great find. Some of those I have not used. A great one to be saved to my favorites. Thank you :)

[Moderator 1]

A couple of them are notorious for not working from time to time. Thankfully, there are plenty of others. :)

[Jamie]

Teddy i also found it hard but got it pinged in the end. As for http://wwwpingmyblog.com it pings to lots of sites but can take a while and i have an upto date computer.

[Moderator 1]

It could be on there end Jamie - possibly their servers. :)

[Forum Admin 2]

There are a few of them that take longer than the others. As long as it finishes the process I'm okay with it :)

[Jamie]

Me to FA2.

[Teddy]

Hey thanks for the other ping site. I am going to give it a try. By the way tried Pingoat today and it is working fine again...

Teddy :)

[Moderator 1]

That is how it is! Just weird isn't it? Glad to hear it is working for you again! :)

[Forum Admin 2]

Glad to hear it is up and operating again. Thank goodness for the other ping sites :)

[Sweetestmiracle]

Hey thanks everyone! There is a few more ping sites I have not tried out yet! WAHOO!! Pinging away! ;)

[Dennis Anthony]

Thanks for all the tips!
This is a very helpful place to hangout for sure...

[Forum Admin 2]

Its great to check back for we have members coming in and posting with new information every week :)

[Moderator 1]

Every little bit helps our members. :)

[j11_cook]

Should a variety of pinging sites be used, or should you just pick one that you like best and stick with it?

[Forum Admin 2]

I recommend using a few of them. Not all pinging sites ping the same. :)

[Moderator 1]

Use a few or you can use one and sometimes add to it. :)

[KitKat]

I tend to use pingoat and pingler... actually like Mod 1 said, you can also add (I know with pingler you can)... but that becomes a pain sometimes unless you have a list saved then it would be good.

Hope this helps! :D

[Forum Admin 2]

Here is a great list of pinging sites that can be used :)

http://www.squidoo.com/Ping-Tools

[j11_cook]

Here is a great list of pinging sites that can be used :)

http://www.squidoo.com/Ping-Tools

Thanks for the list. I have currently been using Pingoat, Ping-O-Matic, and Ping.fm. I will check out some of the others and also the one other one that KitKat suggested. Someone else had suggested FeedPing, but I haven't tried it yet.

[Forum Admin 2]

There are some really good ones. Don't forget that Squidoo also has there own pinging:

http://squidutils.com/ping-lens.php

I tend to go down the list and find the ones that I like the best and save them in a file under my favorites for easy access. That way when I am ready to ping I am good to go :)

[Moderator 1]

The more the merrier! :)

[KitKat]

I used to be more vocal about it, but I seriously am the Queen of Ping! LOL Just ask TSF! :D

[Forum Admin 2]

Yeah no kidding on that one KitKat! lol

[Moderator 1]

Yes you were kitkat :)