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Is Your WordPress Blog A Ping Spammer

By Luca

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Is Your WordPress Blog A Ping Spammer

Even the latest version of WordPress (ver. 2.7) has this problem

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WordPress is in my opinion is the best Blogging platform out there. But I found out recently that one of it’s best features, if not used properly can also cause your Blog to be banned from Ping services.

Whenever a blog pings, many background processes happen which get your blog quickly indexed by search engines as well as bringing traffic from many other sources.

Did you know that your WordPress blog pings unnecessarily every time you edit a post? Think how many times you click on “Save and Continue Editing” or “Save” button. Your blog will ping unnecessarily that many times you click on those buttons.

I have a bad habit of editing my post after it’s been published and I’m sure many of you do the same thing.

There is a solution though. The Max Blog Press Ping Optimizer WordPress Plugin

After you install MaxBlogPress Ping Optimizer:

When you create a new post, your blog will ping and notify all the ping services that it has been updated. This encourages search engines and different blog directories/services to index your updated blog properly.

When you edit an existing post, it won’t send any unnecessary ping to ping services and saves your blog from getting banned by such services.

When you post a future post by editing the time stamp, it will ping only when your post appears in future. It won’t unnecessarily ping many times when you schedule posts as WordPress does by default.

I’ve installed it on my Blogs and don’t have to worry about Being Ping spamming anymore.

The plugin is free - get it here – The Max Blog Press Ping Optimizer WordPress Plugin