I'm a bit confused. Do i need to submit my blog to pingomatic and other directories before i ping them...or can i just ping them. Whats the difference to submitting my blog to directories and just pinging them?
Good question. I think submitting blogs to directories should be done first. This is the process where more details about the content are submitted. Pings are just title and urls. I guess some sites don't care about the differences, but some of the directories want more info than just urls.
A combination of the two I must say. If you're using technorati there is an automatic pinging of your blog. And directories will give you a solid backlinks because most of them offers permanent listings.
Yep, some of the blog directories have insane pr's and are permanent. So what you say Bondat regarding technorati is: One submit per url, and that's that? No more extra pings required from my side? thanks