| Pinging Your Blog - The 5 "Ws" and the "H?"What | | | | traffic in the long run and in fact, can hurt your blog |
| does it mean to Blog and Ping? Sounds like a | | | | stats since many sites you ping to can decide to |
| grammar school game, doesn't it. Well, after some | | | | delete you from their list. It can also hurt others who |
| research, I can now say that I have a fairly good | | | | are trying to get traffic to their sites this way since |
| understanding about not only what Pinging means, | | | | the ping sites are flooded by spam pingers.Those |
| but also the When, Where, Why and How of Pinging | | | | thoughts are important since they give the final |
| your blog. Oh, and don't forget the Who!So, here is | | | | answer to the question about when is a good time |
| what I came up with:1. What is Pinging?In 2004, | | | | to ping. It is understood by the blog community at |
| Priyah Shah, a partner in the search engine marketing | | | | large that pinging should be done no more than 2-3 |
| firm, SEO & More, wrote an article about blogging | | | | times a day, if that. Most importantly, you should only |
| that gave me some insight. She wrote, "There are a | | | | ping your blog when you have added a fresh post or |
| number of services designed specifically for tracking | | | | made significant changes to an old post or your blog |
| and connecting blogs. By sending a small ping to each | | | | site as a whole.4. Where should you Ping your blog |
| service you let them know you've updated your blog | | | | and How?In order to intelligently write this article, I |
| so they can come check you out."I think that is one | | | | had to experience what pinging was for myself. Is it |
| of the simplest explanations I have found, so now I | | | | difficult? How is it done? You will be happy to know |
| share it with you.2. That obviously answers the | | | | that it is so easy! I found a site that allows you to |
| questions, "Who should Ping" and "Why should you | | | | ping your blog many times over just by filling in your |
| Ping?"Do you want to make money? Do you want to | | | | URL, clicking a button and then 1-2-3 your blog is |
| increase traffic to your site so that your | | | | pinged instantly! How do you like that - a single click? |
| advertisements can be seen? Do you want your | | | | It sounds impressive right?Now if I were you, I |
| Google Adsense advertisements to be clicked? In | | | | would want to know where to find this site. I won't |
| short, do want your bottom line to grow?If you are | | | | keep you guessing. It is Of course, there are many |
| like me, then you want all of these things. Therefore, | | | | other sites that you can ping your blog to and I'll list |
| you should Ping your Blog!3. When should you | | | | them in another post, but this is one of the best ping |
| Ping?To answer that question, first did you know | | | | sites out there and it is also recommended by the |
| that it was possible to "spam ping?" Well, it is. Spam | | | | best.So what are you waiting for? You are now |
| pinging is pinging your blog(s) many times a day for | | | | educated on the 5 "Ws" and the "H," so GO FOR |
| weeks and weeks just to get traffic to your site. On | | | | IT!This is your friendly neighborhood blogger signing |
| top of that, it is pinging without updating your | | | | out. |
| blog(s).Do not do this! It will not help your blog get | | | | |