Hi..i'm having trouble understanding. Say I have a brand new blog. What is the difference between submitting to blog directories and pinging? 1) Does anyone know of a master list of blog directories that I should submit too? 2) After each post..where should I ping? Basically I want to have a set schedule or blueprint, so after every post, I go and follow a list of places to ping. Thanks..
ping is simply a command to blog directories to let them know you have made new post on your blog . so that they can update your post in directory .
here is the part i don't understand...say i submit my blog to every one listed at: http://www.masternewmedia.org/rss/top55/ after each post...do i have to go back and ping them all? it would take forever! How do i know which blog directories i need to ping after each post?
Hi, I have used that list before and i dont think you have to go ping them again as once they get your feed they will visit for updates.
Wordpress blogging software has options to automatically ping major directories, and you can easily add in a bit of code to ping more (go to the site and find instructions for the XMLRPC calls for pinging). Or, I think Technorati auto pings a whole bunch. Or is it Feedburner that pings? I don't remember.
My problem is with technorati, they dont update regularly inspite of pinging and tagging, still its showing only the older posts.