UPDATE: 243 Ways to Ping

Update services are used by search engines to keep their directories up to date.  By telling WordPress which update services it should be talking to—often referred to as “pinging”—you’ll ensure that search engines are aware of updates to your blog the instant they happen—or perhaps with a few millisecond delay.

You’ll find this under Writing in the Settings menu in the back-end of WordPress.  Once there, you’ll notice this service is already in the Update Services box:

http://rpc.pingomatic.com/

You can leave pingomatic in place, but you should add my full list of services, listed below.

UPDATE: Since I first published this post in February, I’ve updated my master list of update services—some of which are unverified.  But, there’s no harm in using them, so you have nothing to lose.  Drop these into the Update Services box and watch your traffic double:

http://rpc.pingomatic.com/

http://api.moreover.com/ping

http://api.my.yahoo.com/rss/ping

http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2

http://cullect.com/feed/ping

http://ping.bitacoras.com

http://ping.feedburner.com

http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php

http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/

http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080/

http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping

http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2

http://topicexchange.com/RPC2

http://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2

http://www.blogoole.com/ping/

http://www.popdex.com/addsite.php

http://www.wasalive.com/ping/

http://www.weblogues.com/RPC/

http://blogping.unidatum.com/RPC2/

http://1470.net/api/ping

http://api.feedster.com/ping

http://api.feedster.com/ping.php

http://api.moreover.com/RPC2

http://api.my.yahoo.com/RPC2

http://bblog.com/ping.php

http://bitacoras.net/ping

http://blogdb.jp/xmlrpc

http://blog.goo.ne.jp/XMLRPC

http://blogmatcher.com/u.php

http://bulkfeeds.net/rpc

http://coreblog.org/ping/

http://mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatt

https://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZFinance.woa/wa/pingPodcast

http://ping.amagle.com/

http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc/

http://ping.blogmura.jp/rpc/

http://ping.blo.gs/

http://ping.cocolog-nifty.com/xmlrpc

http://pinger.blogflux.com/rpc/

http://ping.exblog.jp/xmlrpc

http://ping.myblog.jp

http://pingoat.com/goat/RPC2

http://pingqueue.com/rpc/

http://ping.blogg.de/

http://ping.rootblog.com/rpc.php

http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php

http://ping.weblogs.se/

http://rcs.datashed.net/RPC2/

http://rpc.blogbuzzmachine.com/RPC2

http://rpc.britblog.com/

http://rpc.newsgator.com/

http://rpc.tailrank.com/feedburner/RPC2

http://rpc.wpkeys.com/

http://services.newsgator.com/ngws/xmlrpcping.aspx

http://signup.alerts.msn.com/alerts-PREP/submitPingExtended.doz

http://trackback.bakeinu.jp/bakeping.php

http://www.a2b.cc/setloc/bp.a2b

http://www.bitacoles.net/ping.php

http://www.blogoon.net/ping/

http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates

http://www.blogroots.com/tb_populi.blog?id=1

http://www.blogshares.com/rpc.php

http://www.blogsnow.com/ping

http://www.blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi

http://www.lasermemory.com/lsrpc/

http://www.imblogs.net/ping/

http://www.mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatter/ping.php

http://www.newsisfree.com/RPCCloud

http://www.newsisfree.com/xmlrpctest.php

http://www.rssfwd.com/xmlrpc/api

http://www.snipsnap.org/RPC2

http://xmlrpc.blogg.de

http://xping.pubsub.com/ping/

http://a2b.cc/setloc/bp.a2b

http://api.mw.net.tw/RPC2

http://blog.with2.net/ping.php

http://blogbot.dk/io/xml-rpc.php

http://blogdigger.com/RPC2

http://blogoole.com/ping

http://blogoon.net/ping

http://blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates

http://blogsdominicanos.com/ping

http://blogsearch.google.ae/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.at/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.be/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.bg/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.ca/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.ch/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.cl/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.cr/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.hu/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.id/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.il/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.in/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.it/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.jp/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.ma/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.nz/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.th/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.uk/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.uk/pingRPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.ve/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.za/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.ar/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.au/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.br/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.co/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.do/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.mx/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.my/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.pe/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.sa/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.sg/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.tr/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.tw/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.ua/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.uy/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.vn/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.de/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.es/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.fi/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.fr/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.gr/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.hr/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.ie/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.in/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.it/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.jp/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.lt/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.nl/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.pl/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.pt/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.ro/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.ru/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.se/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.sk/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.tw/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.us/ping/RPC2

http://blogshares.com/rpc.php

http://blogsnow.com/ping

http://blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi

http://catapings.com/ping.php

http://effbot.org/rpc/ping.cgi

http://feedsky.com/api/RPC2

http://fgiasson.com/pings/ping.php

http://focuslook.com/ping

http://holycowdude.com/rpc/ping

http://imblogs.net/ping

http://j-ranking.com/ping.cgi

http://lasermemory.com/lsrpc

http://mod-pubsub.org/ping.php

http://newsisfree.com/RPCCloud

http://newsisfree.com/xmlrpctest.php

http://ping.amagle.com

http://ping.blogg.de

http://ping.blogoon.net/

http://ping.blogs.yandex.ru/RPC2

http://ping.fakapster.com/rpc

http://ping.fc2.com/

http://ping.gpost.info/xmlrpc

http://ping.kutsulog.net/

http://ping.namaan.net/rpc

http://ping.speenee.com/xmlrpc

http://ping.weblogs.se

http://ping.wordblog.de

http://pinger.blogflux.com/rpc

http://pinger.onejavastreet.com

http://pingqueue.com/rpc

http://queerfilter.com/ping

http://r.hatena.ne.jp/rpc

http://rcs.datashed.net/RPC2

http://rpc.britblog.com

http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080

http://rpc.newsgator.com

http://rpc.reader.livedoor.com/ping

http://rpc.wpkeys.com

http://rssfeeds.com/suggest_wizzard.php

http://rssfwd.com/xmlrpc/api

http://serenebach.net/rep.cgi

http://snipsnap.org/RPC2

http://thingamablog.sourceforge.net/ping.php

http://wasalive.com/ping

http://weblogalot.com/ping

http://weblogues.com/RPC

http://xianguo.com/xmlrpc/ping.php

http://zhuaxia.com/rpc/server.php

http://blogupdate.org/sverige/ping/

http://blo.gs/ping.php

http://ping.feeds.yahoo.com/RPC2/

http://pingoat.com/

http://rpc.pingomatic.com

http://zing.zingfast.com

http://www.zhuaxia.com/rpc/server.php

http://www.xianguo.com/xmlrpc/ping.php

http://www.weblogues.com

http://www.snipsnap.org

http://www.popdex.com

http://www.mod-pubsub.org/ping.php

http://www.lasermemory.com

http://www.holycowdude.com/rpc/ping/

http://www.feedsky.com/api/RPC2

http://www.catapings.com/ping.php

http://www.blogsdominicanos.com/ping/

http://www.blogroots.com

http://www.blogpeople.net

http://www.a2b.cc

http://weblogues.com/RPC/

http://weblogues.com/ping/

http://wasalive.com/ping/

http://topicexchange.com

http://syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php

http://rpc.twingly.com

http://rpc.technorati.jp/rpc/ping

http://rpc.bloggerei.de/ping/

http://rcs.datashed.net

http://popdex.com/addsite.php

http://ping.wordblog.de/

http://ping.snap.com/ping/RPC2

http://packetmonster.net/xmlrpc.php

http://newsblog.jungleboots.org/ping.php

http://mod-pubsub.org

http://lasermemory.com/lsrpc/

http://imblogs.net/ping/

http://holycowdude.com/rpc/ping/

http://hamo-search.com/ping.php

http://bulkfeeds.net

http://blogupdate.org/ping/

http://blogroots.com/tb_populi.blog?id=1

http://blogpeople.net/ping

http://blogoon.net/ping/

http://blogoole.com/ping/

http://blogdb.jp

http://blog.goo.ne.jp

http://bitacoras.net/ping/

http://bitacoles.net/ping.php

http://bitacoles.net/notificacio.php

http://bblog.comping.php

http://audiorpc.weblogs.com/RPC2

http://api.my.yahoo.com/ping

http://api.my.yahoo.co.jp/RPC2

http://www.a2b.cc/setloc/bp.a2b

http://xping.pubsub.com/ping

http://blog.youdao.com/ping/RP2

WordPress keeps a fairly good list of these service at the Codex, which is the technical lexicon for all things WP.  You can also find a link to this page on the Settings/Writing page within WordPress.

Using Smart Update Pinger plugin will ping these services only when you post the article not when you edit it—saving your server processing time.  This plugin also allows you to check its “smart-update-pinger.log” file in the wp-content folder to see if any services are refusing ping requests from your site.  You can remove these services as another way to save on processing time.

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