If you have a WordPress blog and website, you need to be able to have people find it on the internet. There are a million different things you can do to drive traffic to your web site but few are as easy as making sure that the blog servivces out on the internet are aware of your blog. Not only do these blog services need to know your blog exists, they also need to know when and what you publish on your website. One of the first steps to accomplishing this is to make sure that your WordPress settings are set up so that your WpordPress blog will announce new content. WordPress has a setting that you can just add the URL’s of these updating services and WordPress will handle the rest. Some hosts may not support pinging your blog. If this is the case, get another web hosting provider. I recommend FatCow > Host your Web site with FatCow!.
How To Use the WordPress Update Services List
- Go to the Admin panel in your WordPress website.
- Open Settings in the WordPress Admin menu.
- Select Writing in the WordPress Admin menu.
- Go down to the bottom of the WordPress writing settings page and you will see a section titled Update Services.
- Copy the WordPress Update Service List below. (Control+C)
- Paste the WordPress Update Service List into the box for the Update Services. (Control+V) Make sure there is one URL per line or the WordPress Update Service will not work correctly.
- Make sure to save your save your settings in WordPress.
It’s as easy as that to update your WordPress Update Services. Now, whenever you post something new on your WordPress website all of these services will be pinged with the changes to your website. This can increase your website traffic quite a bit in some cases.
Here is a WordPress Update Services List I have compiled from about a dozen “comprehensive” lists that all were missing some update services or another.
WordPress Update Services List
- http://rpc.pingomatic.com/
http://pingler.com
http://api.feedster.com/ping
http://api.moreover.com/ping
http://api.moreover.com/RPC2
http://api.my.yahoo.co.jp/RPC2
http://api.my.yahoo.com/RPC2
http://api.my.yahoo.com/rss/ping
http://audiorpc.weblogs.com/RPC2
http://bblog.com/ping.php
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/XMLRPC
http://blogdb.jp/xmlrpc/
http://blogdigger.com/RPC2
http://blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates
http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates
http://bulkfeeds.net/rpc
http://ping.myblog.jp/
http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc/
http://coreblog.org/ping/
http://ping.blo.gs/
http://ping.cocolog-nifty.com/xmlrpc
http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php
http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php
http://pinger.blogflux.com/rpc
http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/
http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080/
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.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.com/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://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2
http://topicexchange.com/RPC2
http://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2
http://xping.pubsub.com/ping
http://ping.weblogs.se/
http://blogmatcher.com/u.php
http://trackback.bakeinu.jp/bakeping.php
http://ping.bitacoras.com/
http://ping.blogmura.jp/rpc/
http://xmlrpc.blogg.de/
http://1470.net/api/ping
http://xping.pubsub.com/ping/
http://ping.feedburner.com/
http://rpc.newsgator.com/
http://www.blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi
http://www.newsisfree.com/RPCCloud
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/XMLRPCishinao.net
http://blogdb.jp/xmlrpc
http://blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi
http://coreblog.org/ping
http://newsisfree.com/RPCCloud
http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc
http://ping.blogmura.jp/rpc
http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger
http://blogpeople.net/ping
http://feedsky.com/api/RPC2
http://hamo-search.com/ping.php
http://holycowdude.com/rpc/ping
http://newsblog.jungleboots.org/ping.php
http://ping.blogoon.net/
http://ping.blogs.yandex.ru/RPC2
http://ping.fc2.com/
http://ping.kutsulog.net/
http://ping.namaan.net/rpc
http://ping.snap.com/ping/RPC2
http://ping.wordblog.de/
http://r.hatena.ne.jp/rpc
http://rpc.bloggerei.de/ping
http://rpc.reader.livedoor.com/ping
http://rpc.technorati.jp/rpc/ping
http://rpc.twingly.com/
http://wasalive.com/ping
http://zhuaxia.com/rpc/server.php
http://rpc.pingomatic.com
http://rpc.twingly.com
http://www.blogshares.com/rpc.php
http://www.blogsnow.com/ping
http://www.newsisfree.com/xmlrpctest.php
http://ping.feedburner.com
http://www.feedsubmitter.com
http://blo.gs/ping.php
http://www.pingerati.net
http://www.pingmyblog.com
http://geourl.org/ping
http://ipings.com
http://www.weblogalot.com/ping
http://rpc.blogcatalog.com/
http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080
http://www.bloglines.com/ping
http://a2b.cc/setloc/bp.a2b
http://api.my.yahoo.com/ping
http://bitacoras.net/ping/
http://blog.goo.ne.jp
http://blogdb.jp
http://blogoole.com/ping/
http://blogoon.net/ping/
http://blogsnow.com/ping
http://blogupdate.org/ping/
http://effbot.org/rpc/ping.cgi
http://holycowdude.com/rpc/ping/
http://imblogs.net/ping/
http://lasermemory.com/lsrpc/
http://packetmonster.net/xmlrpc.php
http://ping.amagle.com/
http://ping.bitacoras.com
http://ping.blogg.de/
http://ping.exblog.jp/xmlrpc
http://ping.fakapster.com/rpc
http://ping.feeds.yahoo.com/RPC2/
http://ping.myblog.jp
http://ping.rootblog.com/rpc.php
http://pingoat.com/
http://pingoat.com/goat/RPC2
http://pingqueue.com/rpc/
http://popdex.com/addsite.php
http://rcs.datashed.net
http://rcs.datashed.net/RPC2/
http://rpc.blogbuzzmachine.com/RPC2
http://rpc.bloggerei.de/ping/
http://rpc.britblog.com/
http://rpc.tailrank.com/feedburner/RPC2
http://rpc.wpkeys.com
http://services.newsgator.com/ngws/xmlrpcping.aspx
http://snipsnap.org/RPC2
http://syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php
http://thingamablog.sourceforge.net/ping.php
http://topicexchange.com
http://wasalive.com/ping/
http://weblogues.com/ping/
http://weblogues.com/RPC/
http://www.a2b.cc
http://www.a2b.cc/setloc/bp.a2b
http://www.bitacoles.net/ping.php
http://www.blogoole.com/ping/
http://www.blogoon.net/ping/
http://www.blogpeople.net
http://www.blogroots.com
http://www.blogsdominicanos.com/ping/
http://www.catapings.com/ping.php
http://www.feedsky.com/api/RPC2
http://www.holycowdude.com/rpc/ping/
http://www.imblogs.net/ping/
http://www.lasermemory.com
http://www.mod-pubsub.org/ping.php
http://www.popdex.com
http://www.popdex.com/addsite.php
http://www.snipsnap.org
http://www.snipsnap.org/RPC2
http://www.weblogues.com
http://www.weblogues.com/RPC/
http://www.xianguo.com/xmlrpc/ping.php
http://www.zhuaxia.com/rpc/server.php
http://xmlrpc.blogg.de
http://zing.zingfast.com
http://bitacoras.net/ping
http://www.blogroots.com/tb_populi.blog?id=1
http://www.lasermemory.com/lsrpc/
http://mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatt
http://www.mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatter/ping.php
http://blogs.yandex.ru/
http://rpc.bloggerei.de/
http://www.feedgy.com/
http://ping.rss.drecom.jp
http://rpc.odiogo.com/ping/
http://pinger.blogflux.com/rpc/
http://rpc.wpkeys.com/
http://signup.alerts.msn.com/alerts-PREP/submitPingExtended.doz
https://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZFinance.woa/wa/pingPodcast
If there are any services you know about that are not on this list please post them below and I will get them added ASAP.
Good luck blogging with WordPress!
