Wordpress Ping List, does pinging Google Help? Could it hurt?
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So I was looking at updating my ping list in WP. Some of the lists I have come across have a lot of "blogsearch.google" What does a WP site risk in pinging all of these google properties?
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For me the only goal at the end of the day is to be indexed by Google and Bing as soon as possible. That is happening for me on my WordPress sites without changing any thing with the ping feature built in. So in my opinion adding more pings to more places might get you indexed elsewhere and may help in other places, but if you over ping Google or Bing I could see them not appreciating that. So I don't risk it. Kind of the don't fix what ain't broke mentality for me.
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So you don't believe having more than pingomatic will help?
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My understanding is that WordPress has a built in ping feature by default, pingomatic I think? Either way, I have never changed anything related to pings on my wordpress sites and they all get indexed very quickly. One of them is indexed within a minute or two of going live. Only way Google is finding that so fast is through the ping, so I know it must be helping. I don't think it would be all the helpful to increase the number of times or properties of Google you are pinging. I have stuck with the built in default WP feature and it is working just fine for me.
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