Can You Ping More?

Posted on September 7, 2007
Filed Under WordPress Configuration, WordPress SEO |

by default WordPress included Ping-O-Matic as the “Update Services” in the Writing Options. Ping-O-Matic is a relay ping service that pings many other pingingservices automatically.

In addition, I also added Technorati to “Update Services” based on recommendation by Hasin Hayder, author of “WordPress Complete”. Thus my “Update Services” box has the following entries:

http://rpc.pingomatic.com/
http://rpc.technorati.com/ping

But that’s not enough. Brandon Hall provided a Recommended Ping List for Wordpress which includes 21 services:

http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2
http://api.feedster.com/ping
http://api.moreover.com/ping
http://api.moreover.com/RPC2
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/XMLRPC
http://blogdb.jp/xmlrpc/
http://coreblog.org/ping/
http://ping.blo.gs/
http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc/
http://ping.cocolog-nifty.com/xmlrpc
http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php
http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php
http://pinger.blogflux.com/rpc
http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/
http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080/
http://rpc.pingomatic.com/
http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2
http://topicexchange.com/RPC2
http://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2
http://xping.pubsub.com/ping
http://api.my.yahoo.com/rss/ping

This list is overwhelming to me. Since this list includes both PingOat and Ping-O-Matic which actually ping other services, many will be pinged multiple times, sounds like spam. That’s my concern.

However, as Brandon said this list has proven reliable and effective without much hassle, I decide to give a try. To enter this list, go to admin panel, select Options tab, click Writing submenu, go to the bottom of the page, enter it to the “Update Services” text box.

Also, install Christian Davén’s Smart Update Pinger plugin to ensure only post published posts get pinged. Smart Update Pinger replaces the built-in update ping functionality. Instead of always pinging when saving a post, the plugin only pings when the post has not previously been published. You don’t want to be banned for pingspamming, get it setup now especially if you use the ping list. To use this plugin, make sure the wp-content directory is writable (chmod 777).

Don’t change the order of the list. The ping list has to be in order according to Jack Humphrey.

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