December 19th, 2008

How I Drive Traffic To My Site. Part 1. Are You Pinging?

Hello again. Jose Castel here with Part I of how I drive traffic to my site. For those of you who have been attending Alex Jeffreys’ course, the first and most obvious method of driving traffic to your blog is to visit other blogs and make some comments. I made one comment on Dean Holland’s bog and introduced myself on Traci Moore’s site and I soon had 6 visitors (all Alex’s students).   I plan to add those blogs to my list and visit their sites to make some comments.  I will probably say a few things about this post I am now writing and I would not be surprised if that is how you came to read my article.

 

I ask in the headline: “Are you pinging”? Some people might know what I am talking about and others might not. You might also be interested to know that Wordpress blogs are built to be search engine friendly. Every time you write a post and every time someone comments on your blog  a ping mechanism automatically sends a signal to the web crawlers that there is new content on your site and this moves you up the ladder on the search engines.  You often hear Alex say “I have no idea where all my traffic comes from”. Well this is one of the reasons for his increasing traffic.

 

If you would like to see what I am talking about, log in to your blog, click on “Settings” all the way on the right beside “Plugins” then click on “Writing” over on the left just to right of “General”. When the page opens scroll all the way to the bottom of the page and you will see the last section headed “Update Services”. You will see an explanation and below that a box with one web site. This site automatically “pings” ie notifies, the search engine crawlers that there is new content on your blog. Every Wordpress blog has this feature automatically working for you whether you know it or not.

 

Now, here is where I have found a way to maximize the pinging from my site.  I have added several more similar pinging sites to that box which exponentially multiply the effects of the one site that Wordpress gives you. 

 

If you would like to get my list of extra sites, leave me a comment with your E-Mail address and I would be happy to send it to you.

 

See you next time,

 

Jose

 

 

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14 Responses to “How I Drive Traffic To My Site. Part 1. Are You Pinging?”

  1. Mark Luciano Says:
    December 19th, 2008 at 5:28 am

    Hi Jose and fellow students,

    Love your blog, Jose. Great work! :) Please add me to your blogroll. I’ll do the same.

    LISTEN, EVERYONE PAY ATTENTION! I have a terrific Christmas present for all of you. Terrific is an understatement. This will most definitely be the greatest Christmas present you will recieve this year! I guarantee it. It’s worth $4,000! Yes, not a typo.

    Everyone get over to my blog ASAP at http://www.marklucianoonline.com and read the posts from Dec.16th and Dec.18th. Don’t wait even one second or you will miss this. It isn’t going to be there for long, and I want all of my fellow students to get this NOW!

    Tell all of our fellow students about this, but nobody else please. If you wait you’ll be very angry when you see what you missed out on.

  2. Stephen Bray Says:
    December 19th, 2008 at 7:46 am

    Hi Jose

    Thanks for the info. I read about pinging quite recently, and it certainly improves visitor numbers.

    Stephen

  3. Frankie Sng Says:
    December 19th, 2008 at 8:36 am

    Hi Jose,

    Great tip. I would appreciate if you could email me the list of the extra sites.

    I have add you on mu blog roll and would appreciate if you do like wise.

    Regards,
    Frankie
    http://frankiesng.com

  4. Mark Austin Says:
    December 20th, 2008 at 4:43 pm

    Hi Jose,

    Great post about pinging and that should help people.

    I have put a post on my blog about traffic tactics that have worked for me so far. One of the best has been Squidoo. I only have one lens on there at present but it has been a high traffic source.

    My youtube video has also had a lot of hits and driving traffic to my ppp. I haven’t used twiter to it’s full potential but the tweetmyblog plugin is very effective (details in my post).

    Let me know what’s working for you!
    All the best
    Mark
    http://missioninternetmarketing.com

  5. Alan Neath Says:
    December 26th, 2008 at 11:04 pm

    Hi Jose

    Thanks very much for visiting my http://AlanNeath.com blog and leaving a comment, naturally i have added you to my blog roll.

    Looking around all the students including your own pages it is amazing to see the rich diversity and knowledge being shared and i would be very intersted to know more about the ping info!

    Best wishes
    Alan

    Alan Neath’s last blog post..Alex Jeffreys Team want to interview me !

  6. Michelle Says:
    December 30th, 2008 at 1:47 am

    Thanks for the information. I’m just learning about pinging and glad to know that WordPress has this as a built-in function. Could you email me the list you use? Thanks so much.

  7. Dave Dunn Says:
    December 31st, 2008 at 3:17 pm

    Hey Jose

    I have been using Pingomatic as they seem to be ontop of which pinging services are working.

    Dave

    http://www.davedunnonline.com

    Dave Dunn’s last blog post..The Blog Roll Issue - A Possible Solution

  8. Kevin Griffith Says:
    January 1st, 2009 at 7:45 pm

    Hi Jose,

    You’re right, I saw your post on another one of our fellow students blogs and that’s how I came to read this post, very smart on your part.

    I already knew about pinging and have a pretty long list in my box of sites to ping but would love to see your list, I’ll compare it to mine and send you the ones I have that you don’t if there are any differences in our lists. Here’s my email kevin@kevingonline.com

    I’ve added you to my blog roll and hope you’ll do the same for me.

    Happy New Year!
    Kevin

    Kevin Griffith
    http://www.kevingonline.com

    Follow me on Twitter:
    http://www.twitter.com/kevingriffith

    Kevin Griffith’s last blog post..have you got your plan?

  9. Hi Jose Says:
    January 9th, 2009 at 12:17 am

    Great information and good tips!!

    Could you please email me the list of the extra sites.

    Cheers
    Frank

  10. Ross Says:
    January 14th, 2009 at 7:02 am

    Nice work getting started and getting your blog setup. Im trying to get a complete list of all the students for my blogroll and to get to know everyone. Please email with your full name, link, and twitter link if you have one. Best wishes, Ross The Boss

  11. Franz Says:
    April 18th, 2009 at 1:07 pm

    Hello Jose,
    “Me too” - I’d also be interested in your list. This is a great tip, thank you!!!
    Franz

  12. Kathy Baka Says:
    July 8th, 2009 at 11:03 am

    Hi Jose,

    Great information.Great site.Really enjoyed reading the tips. Keep up the good work.

    Kathy

  13. Arfan Rashid Says:
    November 15th, 2009 at 7:56 am

    what is pinging? how to use?

  14. Cheryl Jones Says:
    April 27th, 2010 at 11:38 am

    Jose,

    Yes, I would be interested in receiving the list about pinging sites.

    Hi, my name is Cheryl and I am one of Mark Terrell’s students. He asked me to check out some blogs to build traffic and to learn. I’d appreciate it if you would visit my blog and leave a comment.

    Thank you.

    Cheryl Jones

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