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Has anyone tried this? I am recently new to marketing my affiliate sites and i started a blog a few months back, i had a friend tell me that they pink their blog and it has some advantages. I know its pretty simple to do it i just wanted to know if anyone actually sticks with it or if it brings enough traffic/rating to matter weither i do it or not. Thanks!

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A ping in blogging terms is a short notification sent to update services or "hubs" saying your feed has changed. It is not the old network-level "Ping of Death" and it is different from trackbacks/pingbacks (those tell other blogs you linked to them). Pings mainly help feed readers, hubs, and some aggregators discover updates faster; they do not magically boost search rankings by themselves. See the WebSub (push hub) model for how feed hubs deliver real-time updates: WebSub (W3C).

Practical setup and rules of thumb:

  • If using WordPress, use the Update Services area to register hub/ping endpoints so your site notifies them on new posts; WordPress documents this option and offers examples: WordPress Update Services.
  • Only ping on meaningful new content. Avoid pinging on every tiny edit or on automated content churn; repeated identical pings look like spam to hubs and can get blocked.
  • For feeds and podcasts, ensure the feed is valid and includes hub info where possible; validators help catch format issues: W3C Feed Validation.
  • Pinging is most useful for sites that publish fresh, original content and want faster discovery. If blog updates are rare, a good sitemap and submitting it to Google Search Console is a more reliable way to ensure indexing: Google Search Console.

How to check it worked: watch your server logs for POSTs to the hub endpoints and 2xx responses, or use the hub/service dashboards where available. In short: pinging is a low-effort way to speed discovery for new content, but do it selectively and monitor for signs of overuse.

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Member Avatar for tiger86

pinging your blog doesn't sound like it would have any good advantages unless it makes it look like you have more viewers but always beware of the P.O.D (Ping Of Death) I wouldn't ping your blog to much!

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What is pinging your blog? Isn't that for trackbacks or something?

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I ping my podcasts to update them quicker, but I was under the impression that you only ping rss or xml feeds. I can't see it making that big of a difference for a blog.

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