Ping services allow you to automatically notify blog directories and search engines that your blog has been updated. 
If you’re a blogger, you know the importance of visibility. You want your content to reach as many people as possible, and that’s where ping services come into play. But what exactly are these services? Well, ping services are tools that notify search engines and blog directories every time you update your blog. This increases your chances of being discovered and drives more traffic to your site.
The bigger your ping list the higher the chances of receiving traffic from those sources, so check out the list below and include it on your blog. In WordPress, there’s a built-in functionality to automatically notify update services whenever you publish a new post. This is done by pinging a list of services that you specify in your WordPress settings.
Here’s how to do it:
- From your WordPress dashboard, go to “Settings” and then “Writing.”
- Scroll down to the section labeled “Update Services.”
- In the text box, you can add the URLs of the ping services you want to notify whenever you publish a new post.
One of the most popular and trusted ping services out there is Ping-O-Matic. It’s like a one-stop-shop for your pinging needs, allowing you to notify a variety of services, including blog directories, search engines, and social media platforms, that your blog has been updated.
But Ping-O-Matic is just the tip of the iceberg. There are numerous other ping services available, each with its own set of pros and cons. To help you navigate this landscape, I’ve put together a handy table comparing some of the top ping services out there:
Service |
Pros |
Cons |
|---|---|---|
Widely recognized and trusted, pings to a variety of services |
Limited number of services pinged |
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Focuses specifically on blogs, ensuring relevant pings |
Not as widely used, which may limit exposure |
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Can ping multiple services at once, saving time |
Interface is not as modern, which may affect user experience |
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Supports a variety of ping types, offering flexibility |
Limited number of services pinged |
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Offers additional SEO tools, providing more value |
Website design is a bit outdated, which may affect user experience |
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Can ping multiple services at once, saving time |
Not as widely recognized, which may limit exposure |
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Supports multiple languages, catering to a global audience |
May not ping as many services as some other tools |
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Offers premium options for more features, providing more value |
Free version is limited, premium version is paid |
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Focuses specifically on blogs, ensuring relevant pings |
Limited number of services pinged |
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Can ping multiple URLs at once, saving time |
Interface is not as modern, which may affect user experience |
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Offers bulk pinging, ideal for large blogs |
Website design is a bit outdated, which may affect user experience |
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GooglePing |
Can ping multiple services at once, saving time |
Not as widely recognized, which may limit exposure |
Offers additional SEO tools, providing more value |
May not ping as many services as some other tools |
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Focuses specifically on blogs, ensuring relevant pings |
Not as widely used, which may limit exposure |
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Can ping multiple URLs at once, saving time |
Interface is not as modern, which may affect user experience |
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Focuses specifically on backlinks, ideal for SEO |
Limited number of services pinged |
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Can ping multiple services at once, saving time |
Not as widely recognized, which may limit exposure |
Ping services can be a valuable tool for bloggers. They can help increase your blog’s visibility, improve its search engine ranking, and drive more traffic to your site. However, not all ping services are created equal. It’s important to choose a service that fits your specific needs and goals.
Now it’s your turn. Try out some of these ping services and see how they can boost your blog’s performance. And if you found this article helpful, don’t forget to share it with your network. I’d also love to hear about your experiences with ping services, so feel free to leave a comment below.
Updated Ping List for 2024
http://rpc.pingomatic.com/
http://rpc.twingly.com/
http://api.feedster.com/ping
http://api.moreover.com/RPC2
http://api.my.yahoo.com/RPC2
http://api.my.yahoo.com/rss/ping
http://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2
http://www.blogshares.com/rpc.php
http://www.blogsnow.com/ping
http://www.blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi
http://bulkfeeds.net/rpc
http://www.newsisfree.com/xmlrpctest.php
http://ping.blo.gs/
http://ping.feedburner.com
http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php
http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php
http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/
http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2
http://www.feedsubmitter.com
http://blo.gs/ping.php
http://www.pingerati.net
http://www.pingmyblog.com
http://geourl.org/ping
http://ipings.com
http://www.weblogalot.com/ping
http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080/
http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2
http://1470.net/api/ping
http://bblog.com/ping.php
http://blogmatcher.com/u.php
http://coreblog.org/ping/
http://www.lasermemory.com/lsrpc/
http://mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatt
http://www.mod-pubsub.org/ping.php
http://www.popdex.com/addsite.php
http://www.snipsnap.org/RPC2
http://trackback.bakeinu.jp/bakeping.php
http://www.bitacoles.net/ping.php
http://www.blogoon.net/ping/
http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates
http://www.blogroots.com/tb_populi.blog?id=1
http://www.blogshares.com/rpc.php
http://www.blogsnow.com/ping
http://www.blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi
http://www.mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatter/ping.php
http://www.newsisfree.com/RPCCloud
http://www.newsisfree.com/xmlrpctest.php
http://www.snipsnap.org/RPC2
http://www.weblogues.com/RPC/
http://xmlrpc.blogg.de
http://xping.pubsub.com/ping/
Please note that this is a comprehensive list and some of these services might not be necessary for your blog. It’s always a good idea to research each service to understand what it does and whether it’s relevant to your blog’s audience. Excessive pinging can be considered spam by some services, so use this list judiciously.
Original List of Ping Services
http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2
http://1470.net/api/ping
http://api.feedster.com/ping
http://api.moreover.com/RPC2
http://api.moreover.com/ping
http://api.my.yahoo.com/RPC2
http://api.my.yahoo.com/rss/ping
http://bblog.com/ping.php
http://bitacoras.net/ping
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/XMLRPC
http://blogdb.jp/xmlrpc
http://blogmatcher.com/u.php
http://bulkfeeds.net/rpc
http://coreblog.org/ping/
http://mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatt
http://www.lasermemory.com/lsrpc/
http://ping.amagle.com/
http://ping.bitacoras.com
http://ping.blo.gs/
http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc/
http://ping.cocolog-nifty.com/xmlrpc
http://ping.blogmura.jp/rpc/
http://ping.exblog.jp/xmlrpc
http://ping.feedburner.com
http://ping.myblog.jp
http://ping.rootblog.com/rpc.php
http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php
http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php
http://ping.weblogs.se/
http://pingoat.com/goat/RPC2
http://rcs.datashed.net/RPC2/
http://rpc.blogbuzzmachine.com/RPC2
http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/
http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080/
http://rpc.newsgator.com/
http://rpc.pingomatic.com
http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2
http://topicexchange.com/RPC2
http://trackback.bakeinu.jp/bakeping.php
http://www.a2b.cc/setloc/bp.a2b
http://www.bitacoles.net/ping.php
http://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2
http://www.blogoole.com/ping/
http://www.blogoon.net/ping/
http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates
http://www.blogroots.com/tb_populi.blog?id=1
http://www.blogshares.com/rpc.php
http://www.blogsnow.com/ping
http://www.blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi
http://www.mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatter/ping.php
http://www.newsisfree.com/RPCCloud
http://www.newsisfree.com/xmlrpctest.php
http://www.popdex.com/addsite.php
http://www.snipsnap.org/RPC2
http://www.weblogues.com/RPC/
http://xmlrpc.blogg.de
http://xping.pubsub.com/ping/
wow good stuff, im already using it on my personal website and it’s look great
Great list, I am not familiar most of them.
Nice, added them to my ping list. But I need a standalone ping script . anybody knows where to get one?
http://www.myspaceye.com
Thanks a lot for providing me to this valuable list, As i am junior SEO It is very helpful to me for pinging my blogs
Once again thanx…!
Value Addded!!!!!!
thanks yar. . nice work .
I will use it on my blog for sure.
Good list!
Thanks i add ti on My Blog..Plz uPDATE the list http://www.shayariquote.com
Really a very helpful resource to those who want to genuinely promote their content on the web.
thx a lot…
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Thanks for the ping list.
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I thought that this was true but it seems that it was really only an issue with pre 2.1.x versions of WordPress. Since I have upgrade a number of my installs, I have found that the publishing times are nearly instant. There are however issues when ping services timeout. The list that Daniel has posted here works well in all late releases of WP.
thats a good list but if you have too many services to ping it can take ages to publish your posts.
Thank You for the ping list
Is it possible to ping multiple ping sites as we do in normal wordpress installation in wpmu, as wpmu has only rpc.pingomatic.com only and there is no option to add more ping urls?
I want a standalone pinger or pinging multiple ping services for wordpress mu. I could not find one such utility/
ah thanks i get it
thanks
how to use them with wordpress?
Right, thanks for the effort. Though, you might want to make sure that all these ping URLs are actually working – some of them aren’t available anymore, which probably causes some posting delay …
Thanks for the list it was a great help.
Thank You.
Coisas Aleatorias
Trying it out now…
Thanks for the list and happy pinging
I wouldnt ping pinggoat either. especially if your blog is a litle spammy.. or used for blackhat methods.. they actively hunt u down and spoil your day 🙂
Hi there. I am not sure if I’m the only person who’ll have a comment like this.
But i think, most of URLs you’ve been listed aren’t working. I have only one successful registration on my blog which is
Great list… I only ping pingomatic, technorati and Google.
Remember, the more the add, the slower your blog posting gets.
Daniel and everyone,
After upgrading one of my blogs from WP2.02 to 2.11 the timeout thing stopped being an issue and post publishing became almost instantaneous.
I would say as a reference that for old pre 2.1 versions you should stick two just a few pingers and post 2.1 versions should be okay although I think these issues may have actually been addressed as of version 2.05.
All the best,
Jay
Everton, you might have a point, if it weren’t for the fact Pingoat doesn’t ping all services – it pings a lot of em, but quite some not. That’s the reason I posted a pingback to this article, if you use that five or six multi-ping-servers you’ll be fine.
Daniel,
Thanks for rescuing me from Akismet. Let me know how it goes for you. I love being wrong. It means I learned something new.
ATB,
Jay
Jay, I also heard that it is not necessary to ping all the services, but I also heard positive feedback from people using the ping list.
I implemented it and I am tracking the results to see if its worth or not, and since its not slowing my posting process at all I decided to give it a shot for 1 month.
Thanks for sharing the plugin though!
Just add pingoat to your blog following these instructions – no need to ping that many services:
Hmmm, good point Leftblank…My only response to that then is, Inferior software + inferior server = inferior blog.
Well not really, I guess the content could be good. But who is going to stick around for that if the blog runs poorly. That’s all I’m getting at here though. I don’t know if there is a benefit to having all these services pinged or not. But it is worth a try, I’ll see in a month if adding these increased any incoming traffic, see which particular services brought in more traffic and optimize from there.
Anthony, it doesn’t have to be a problem with WordPress in particular indeed as it sends those requests without making the user wait, however, a lot of blog software doesn’t do this and will seriously increase the waiting time.
In addition to that some services wont like it if you ping them a lot over a short timespan, in addition to that it’s useless as well 😉
I added the “revised” list earlier this morning and have posted a few articles since then. I have seen no noticeable difference in the time it takes to publish an article, maybe an added second… If publishing using that list is slowing down your posting, I suggest you take a serious look at your host. My suggestion would be to upgrade, if they can’t handle the few extra processes that list will create, they probably can’t handle any real traffic either.
Leftblank, yeah as I mentioned before some of the ping services included will also ping other addresses, therefore the big list will just make sure that you are not missing any.
But the ping services will not slow down your site at all, at most they might slow down the process of publishing new posts (and that should not be tangible if WordPress is configured properly).
Thanks for the comment!
Nice article Daniel, however, as you can read on the trackback above here; I don’t agree with this list. The majority of these websites already ping multiple websites. For instance Pingomatic sends out pings to Technorati, Feedburner and a lot more. Using this list might unnecessarily slow down your website 😉
Leandro, some of the services like pingoat or pingomatic are supposed to ping all others, but if you add all those addresses to your list you make sure that you will not miss any.
Great, thanks…
Is convenient to use all these services ?
Nice list. Thanks. I took Ben’s advice and did the same thing. There were quite a few dupes. No worries, though. I’ve definitely increased my ping list. Thanks.
Clever Dude, I am not experiencing any lag when publising posts with the ping list, maybe it is related to your WordPress settings.
The traffic increase is not big, but every small bit helpts since the list is something and add and forget about.
Alright I added Google and removed the duplicates from the list, should be cleaner now.
Good list though there are quite a few duplicates. I imported it into an excel file and merged it with mine. Deleted the duplicates and repasted into my wordpress. Thanks for the new pings.
where’s google? (
Glad it is being useful, I also implemented the whole list a couple of weeks ago and it was definitely worth it.
Awesome, I hate going to 3 different sites to ping all the services. Thanks, man
Thanks For the List
VATU
Awesome! Thanks alot 🙂
thanks for the list
I have a bigger ping list on my blog 😉