Posted on December 1, 2008 - by Kelly Verge
Streamlined, No-Duplicate List of Ping Servers
One of the benefits of using Wordpress as a platform is its ability to automatically notify “the world” when you’ve made a new post. It does this by sending a small bit of XML to a ping server letting it know that there’s new content. These ping servers are used by aggregators and search engines to determine when a site has changed so that they can more efficiently crawl for new content.
By default, Wordpress is set up to use rpc.pingomatic.com, which in turn relays your ping out to a list of other ping servers.
The problem with using ping relays like pingomatic is that if a server starts using their service and you already have that server on your ping list, they might consider the duplicate pings as spam and stop announcing your blog’s changes. This happens even more frequently if you just grab a big list of ping servers from the web since pingomatic isn’t the only relayer (pingoat is another, for example).
If you leave the default setting alone, you’ll be safe, but you’ll also miss out on a handful of ping servers which in turn could cause delays in getting your new posts crawled by some sites.
I’ve begun using a streamlined list of ping servers which doesn’t include any relay services. This should eliminate any chances of getting flagged for ping spam while maximizing my exposure when I make new posts.
Here’s the list:
http://1470.net/api/ping
http://api.feedster.com/ping
http://api.moreover.com/RPC2
http://api.my.yahoo.com/RPC2
http://bblog.com/ping.php
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/XMLRPC
http://blogmatcher.com/u.php
http://bulkfeeds.net/rpc
http://coreblog.org/ping/
http://ping.blo.gs/
http://ping.bitacoras.com
http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc/
http://ping.blogmura.jp/rpc/
http://ping.feedburner.com
http://ping.myblog.jp
http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php
http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php
http://ping.weblogs.se/
http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/
http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080/
http://rpc.newsgator.com/
http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2
http://topicexchange.com/RPC2
http://trackback.bakeinu.jp/bakeping.php
http://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2
http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates
http://www.blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi
http://www.newsisfree.com/RPCCloud
http://xmlrpc.blogg.de
http://xping.pubsub.com/ping/
Please note that some of these servers require you to manually visit the site and initiate the first ping for your site. It’s fast and easy, but that step keeps their services from being abused.
If you know of a ping server that you think should be on the list, comment below and I’ll do some research to see if it is a relay server.
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December 2, 2008
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Hi Kelly, great content. Are you saying that doing some more “hand” work pinging might produce better results? You are probably right as all those set and forget ideas do not usually perform as described. Great list! Thank you for sharing!
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December 2, 2008
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@Valentin - Not at all. Some of the servers just require you to visit their site and paste your URL into a form and click “submit” before they will accept any automated pings from your site. It’s just there way of slowing down the sploggers.
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December 3, 2008
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Thank you for this updated non-duplicated list!
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December 3, 2008
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Very interesting comments. I am somewhat new at this but will explore this list. Thanks very much for the information.
Lorna
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December 4, 2008
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Great resource, though it would be extra helpful if you could indicate which ping servers require a manual first visit
All the same, good work. Stumbled!
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December 4, 2008
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@Gerard
I suppose the best way to do this would be to do the automatic ping then see which servers show the post. I’ll put this on my to-do list.
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December 12, 2008
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I’m kind of new to all of this. If this question is too basic, I apologize. After trying to follow four or five links in the list and having them all come up unavailable, I have to assume that I can’t use my browser to submit my blog to these ping sites. Is there some special ping software I’m supposed to be using?
Thanks for the info.
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December 12, 2008
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@Kim
Assuming you’re using Wordpress, just drop this list into your configuration. Look under Settings -> Writing -> Update Services.
Just make sure that you don’t leave pingomatic in the list. It’s the default service within Wordpress, but relays your pings to other services.
Most other blog platforms have a way to set up your ping services, but you’ll have to dig if you use something other than Wordpress.
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December 18, 2008
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Don’t forget the website urlfan.com ping server.
http://rpc.urlfan.com/ping
its one of the largest and most well known web 2.0 site ranking services, as well as having an impressive rss aggregation system for bloggers.