When you want to announce to the world that you have made a new blog entry, ping it! Some blogs automatically ping blog search engines every time the blogger creates a new post. The ping sends a signal (XML-RPC) to notify blog search engines "ping servers", that a Blogger has made a new post or updated an old post.
Blog search engines provide fresh results very quickly by checking only recently published blogs. Then they add them to a list of blogs having new content.
Pinging might sound complicated, but they've made it a cinch. Do you have a Blog? No, Get a free blog now!. Yes, you do have one? Let's ping it now! We'll use Ping-O-Matic for our test ping.
This Ping-O-Matic link opens in a new window. Click on it and open it now.
Type the name of your blog in the "Blog Name".
Put your blog's complete URL where it reads "Blog Homepage" How? Go to your blogs main page and copy the website address from the top browser window. It starts with "http://www." and includes the rest of your blogs address. Copy the entire thing and paste it into "Blog Homepage".
Scroll down a little and check the services you want to ping. There are 22 to choose from. Now don't just check them all. Check any service thats appropriate.
Following me so far? Good your almost done. Press the "Send Pings >>" button and Ping IT Now! Wasn't that easy?
Here's a list of Blog Pinging Services and Blog Search Engines:
pingomatic.com
technorati.com
blogflux.com
Pingoat.com
publisher.yahoo.com/rss_guide/submit.php
blogdigger.com
blogshares.com
coreblog.org
blogsnow.com
weblogs.com
blogstreet.com
icerocket.com
ping.blo.gs
ping.feedburner.com
moreover.com
ping.weblogalot.com
popdex.com
feedster.com
blogrolling.com
ping.syndic8.com
topicexchange.com
pubsub.com
There are now many blogging communities to join for networking opportunities with other bloggers. Here are a few that are popular. WeBlogs is a nice blogging community and it's absolutely free. Other popular services like BlogFlux and technorati are also popular.
