More doesn’t always equal better. Instead of copying and pasting a long list of URLs to update each time you publish an entry to the blog, you should choose the websites carefully and make sure they are in alignment with the topic of your website.
Some update services specialize in popular news, others work with science related websites, some are in a completely different language. Each will have their own guidelines on which blogs should update them and how.
You can find some general update services that you can notify each time you update your blog. Be careful not to spam them, only notify them whenever you publish new content to your blog, otherwise your blog be permanently banned.
http://rpc.pingomatic.com/
http://api.feedster.com/ping
http://api.moreover.com/ping
http://api.my.yahoo.com/rss/ping
http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080/
http://www.blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi
http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php
http://xping.pubsub.com/ping/
http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/
http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2
http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2
http://ping.fakapster.com/rpc
Some update services require you to sign up before you can submit your blog and notify them of updates, they include:
http://www.blogstreet.com
http://www.newsisfree.com/
http://www.popdex.com/addsite.php
For a longer list of update services, including a number of update services for different countries, visit Elliot Back’s Update Service list.
Lots of the services you have to at least “claim” your blog.
Some interesting discoveries for you
Syndic8 currently have just over 100K RSS feeds approved, and 200K awaiting approval. My niche websites blog had been on the approval list for 7 months, so I approved it myself yesterday.
I am also going through the process with other services, some were listing Haloscan comments, but not the blogs, and sometimes my blogs were only available as reblogged entries.
I suspect 90% or more of blogs are not receiving the blog search traffic they should, because all they do is ping.
# December 20th, 2005
Very valid points, Andy.
With technology growing as quickly as it is, the user should take the initiative to get their website noticed, even if it means claiming their blog manually (generally only takes a minute or two per service).
It’s also another reason why I choose the update services I use very carefully. Instead of clogging the channels with pings from my website, which would be useless to those visitors.
I only update the services I feel will add some value to my own site and mine to theirs, a symbiotic relationship in some ways :).
# December 20th, 2005