{"id":10272,"date":"2015-06-02T10:35:08","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T17:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/?p=10272"},"modified":"2026-03-31T12:47:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:47:53","slug":"pinging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/pinging\/","title":{"rendered":"How Pinging Can Immediately Boost Your Blog Reach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ping, you&#8217;re it!<\/strong>\u00a0For me, this usually means playing phone tag. Or,\u00a0<strong>ping me<\/strong>, which means\u00a0feel free to bug\u00a0me if I\u00a0haven&#8217;t gotten back to you by Friday morning! But what does pinging have to do with a blog?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10246\" src=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Phone-Tag.jpg\" alt=\"Pinging - Phone tag, you're it!\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Pinging\"><\/span>What is Pinging?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>For the social media newbie, a ping can take on a slightly different meaning. <strong>Pinging is a way for your website to tell the world you\u00a0have new or updated content.\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/improve-wordpress-seo-with-scribe\/\">WordPress<\/a>\u00a0has this feature built-in and automatically notifies (pings) update services each time you add, modify or edit a post. The update services then take the information they receive from your site and tell other search engines, blog directories, news websites, feed aggregators, social networks, and all subscribers to those services, that you updated your blog.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_is_Pinging_and_Maintaining_a_Current_Ping_List_Important\"><\/span>Why is Pinging and Maintaining a Current Ping List Important?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Three words: Traffic, Reach, and SEO<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Notifying &#8220;the world&#8221;\u00a0of fresh content the instant it is posted, helps improve the\u00a0following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Helps in getting\u00a0<strong>instant traffic<\/strong>\u00a0from a variety of sources = INCREASED TRAFFIC<\/li>\n<li>Getting\u00a0<strong>indexed faster<\/strong>\u00a0by major\u00a0search engines = INCREASED\u00a0REACH<\/li>\n<li>Increase your\u00a0<strong>blog\u2019s exposure<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>SEO benefits\u00a0<\/strong>= INCREASED SEO<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Can you Add Additional Ping Lists?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By default, WordPress uses\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pingomatic.com\/\">Ping-O-Matic<\/a>\u00a0to notify all major\u00a0<em>ping services<\/em>\u00a0about your blog update.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10251\" src=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/About-Ping-O-Matic1-1024x440.png\" alt=\"Pinging Search Engines\" width=\"760\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/About-Ping-O-Matic1.png 1024w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/About-Ping-O-Matic1-300x129.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, you\u00a0can always extend your blog reach\u00a0by pinging more services by adding them manually.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To update your ping\u00a0list:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Login to your WordPress admin area and navigate to:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><strong>Settings<\/strong>\u00a0&gt;\u00a0<strong>Writing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2. Scroll down to\u00a0<strong>Update Services<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10252\" src=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Update-Services-1024x358.png\" alt=\"Wordpress Pinging\" width=\"760\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Update-Services.png 1024w, https:\/\/dlvrit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Update-Services-300x105.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3.<strong> Manually paste\u00a0<\/strong>any reliable and authoritative pinging services that you want to add to the list.<\/p>\n<p>4.<strong> Save Changes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A simple Google search resulted in many updated 2015 WordPress Ping lists including the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mygenesisthemes.com\/wordpress-ping-list\/\">Recommended WordPress Ping List 2015<\/a>\u00a0from Genesis Themes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>One word of advice:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Avoid\u00a0using long ping lists that contain services which no longer exist. The other problem with a large list is that you\u00a0could end up pinging the same URL multiple times,\u00a0and may get labeled as a ping spammer by those services. Not good!<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Happy pinging!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ping, you&#8217;re it!\u00a0For me, this usually means playing phone tag. 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