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    • ClaireH-184886
      ClaireH-184886 last edited by

      Hi I am looking for advice to get my new articles out there and my news stories. I would like to know if i should ping my articles and news stories each time i write a new one and if so which ping services do you recommend and what do they really do.

      Can anyone recommend any other services that i could use to promote my new articles and news stories to gain more traffic.

      Many thanks

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        ClaireH-184886 @BoxLimited last edited by

        is there a tool that will allow you to enter all the ping sites that are availabe and then enter the details like pingomatic and enter the url that you want to ping which will then ping all the ping site that you want.

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        • ClaireH-184886
          ClaireH-184886 @BoxLimited last edited by

          thanks andrew, i use these at the moment, just wondering if there is one where it will ping all the sites at once.

          have tried buying a k2 ping tool for my joomla 1.5 site but it does not work with the 1.5 site which is a sahme as it would make it a lot easier if it was done automatically like word press.

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          • BoxLimited
            BoxLimited last edited by

            You could try these pinging services below as I used these quiet a lot to ping our blog and news stories.

            http://pingomatic.com/ http://feedshark.brainbliss.com/

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            • ClaireH-184886
              ClaireH-184886 @gfiorelli1 last edited by

              thanks for this, i will start using google plus.

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              • gfiorelli1
                gfiorelli1 @ClaireH-184886 last edited by

                If you use Joomla you can install a component in order to use ping services like in Wordpress.

                Just do a search in Google like this one

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                • gfiorelli1
                  gfiorelli1 last edited by

                  If you mean to use ping services in order to have your new article indexed, than the fastest and surest ping is system is Google+ itself (as once was Twitter).

                  Just few minutes after shared a link on G+, it's visited by Googlebot and indexed.

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                  • ClaireH-184886
                    ClaireH-184886 @ChrisDyson last edited by

                    hi, how can i add these ping services to one service. I use joomla so i do not think they have an automatic ping service. What will it actuall do for my site and for attracting visitors to my site.

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                    • ChrisDyson
                      ChrisDyson last edited by

                      Diane

                      I ping numerous services at all once automatically, simply add this list to your Ping Services in your WordPress installation:

                      http://api.moreover.com/RPC2

                      http://bblog.com/ping.php

                      http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2

                      http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php

                      http://ping.feedburner.com

                      http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php

                      http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc/

                      http://rpc.pingomatic.com/

                      http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2

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

                      http://topicexchange.com/RPC2

                      http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates

                      http://xping.pubsub.com/ping

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                      • RankSurge
                        RankSurge last edited by

                        Yes, ping every article you post.

                        Depending on your platform will dictate what you can do. If you're on wordpress, they have a built in system that automatically does that for you.

                        I'm sure other systems have them in place as well, but I am not familiar with them.

                        If you need to manually do it, here are a few sites I am aware of:

                        pingler.com

                        pingoat.com

                        Good luck!

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