Strategy for Fast Indexing: Ping List and Ping Optimizer

The following is a useful SEO strategy for getting indexed with every significant search engine in 2014.

Every time you submit an image, its possible for you to notify, literally, every important search engine out there concerning the update. Also you can inform other services as well.

This can help you get an instant visit from a relevant service/search engine, or at least get added to their queue.

This is an advanced trick, and must be done carefully. I’ve avoided posting this because it may cause issues with inexperienced webmasters, who may not realize where side-effects are coming from if not set up properly.

NOTE: There will be 1 side effect:
Your upload process will slow down, because for the first image it will be pinging the sites concerning the new upload. If your site server limits you to 30 second script-times, that this will reduce the total number of images you can upload at once. Small problem, though, considering the benefits.

STEP 1:

Get the PING OPTIMIZER plugin for wordpress.

http://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-ping-optimizer/

SImply search “WordPress Ping Optimizer” in your ADD NEW plugin screen. Activate.

STEP 2:

Copy this list:

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



http://rpc.pingomatic.com/



http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/pingSubmit?bloglink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.YourDomain.com



http://www.bing.com/webmaster/ping.aspx?siteMap=www.YourDomain.com/sitemap.xml



http://submissions.ask.com/ping?sitemap=http%3A//www.YourDomain.com/sitemap.xml



http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/ping?sitemap=http://www.YourDomain.com/sitemap.xml



http://rpc.twingly.com



http://rpc.weblogs.com/pingSiteForm?name=BlogTitle&url=http%3A%2F%2fwww.YourDomain.com



http://geourl.org/ping?p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.YourDomain.com

In that list, replace “http://www.YourDomain.com” with your actual domain. Mine of course was “http://www.clipartillustration.com“.

NOTE: Its much easier to do a find-replace operation in a basic text editing or word program.

The next list is optional. Keep in mind that the more ping sites you have, the longer the image processing step will take! So use this only if your absolutely adamant to update every single service presently known to man in 2014.

NOTE: This list might be a little excessive. If your site is taking a LONG time to process images as a result, do not include this list. The top one is far more important. This will be different based on your server, your server’s location, etc.

http://rpc.pingomatic.com



http://api.moreover.com/RPC2



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



http://feedsky.com/api/RPC2



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



http://ping.feedburner.com/



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



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



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



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



http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2



http://www.newsisfree.com/RPCCloud



http://rpc.newsgator.com/



http://pinger.blogflux.com/rpc



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



http://ping.myblog.jp



http://api.moreover.com/ping



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



http://cullect.com/feed/ping



http://ping.bitacoras.com



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



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://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2



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



http://blogpingr.de/ping/rpc2



http://blo.gs/ping.php



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



http://blogsearch.google.com/ping



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



http://ping.fc2.com/



http://rpc.aitellu.com



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



http://serenebach.net/rep.cgi



http://www.bing.com/webmaster/ping.aspx



http://www.bloglines.com/ping



http://www.blogpeople.net/ping



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



http://ping.pubsub.com/ping

STEP 3

Assuming you set up the first list properly, and (optionally) added the second list to it, now:

Go to the Settings page of your new plugin: WordPress Ping Optimizer.

You will see a box for pasting the URL list you’ve just built. Paste all URLs into that box.

Ensure “[x] Enable Pinging” is checked.

MOST IMPORTANT: Check the option [x]Limit excessive pinging in short time.

If you do not check ” Limit excessive pinging in short time ” your site will hammer every site on the ping list with every image processed. This plugin ensures that you are not spamming your new list. If I’m not mistaken, a queue will be built pinging them in the future for every new image.

IMPORTANT: If you deactivate this plugin, go to Settings -> General and delete the ping list (or you will end up hammering the sites on batch upload, as mentioned above.

IMPORTANT This list changes yearly. Be sure to update it occassionally. Simply do a search for “2014 Ping List”. You’ll always find a site hosting a good list. Some are more relevant than others.