Another Great WordPress Plugin for SEO
Dear readers,
I wrote last week about a wordpress SEO plugin. I heard a good bit of positive feedback so I thought I’d share another WordPress blogging tip for you.
If you do SEO (search engine optimization) you might want to check out cbnet Ping Optimizer. This wordpress plugin does a couple of key things.
#1 it includes a list of popular ping services
#2 it prevents you from ping spamming
What does that mean?
Ping services are provided by blog directories and search engines. When you update your blog you send a “ping” to these services to let them know that they need to check your site for a new entry. This can be a very powerful tool for SEO because it gets links to your site and can help you get indexed quickly. This is one reason why you can get a blog into the search engines within days. You don’t have to wait weeks or months to get a blog listed.
Cbnet ping optimizer has a list of ping directories included in it. You don’t even need to know what to do 
You just need to activate the plugin. They’ll update your list of ping services for you!
The problem is Ping Spam
Typically when your blog pings one of these services it pings it every time you update your blog. If you’re like me and you edit your posts, change the text, correct spelling, etc. Every time you do this it pings those blog directories. However if you ping them too often, they may consider you to be spamming them and may block updates from your site. Let’s say for example you post a new blog entry, then you read it and find some spelling errors. You correct the error and save your changes. That is 2 pings. Then what if you decided you want to add another note or a PS to your entry. That is a 3rd and 4th ping. If you do that within 10 or 15 minutes it might appear as if you are trying to spam the blog directory to get more links to your site or keep your site at the top of their “updates”.
Cbnet Ping Optimizer to the Rescue!
Another feature of this plugin is that it can help prevent you from accidentally ping spamming!
When you install the plugin click on the settings link. Then you’ll notice the list of ping services. Right under that will be two checkboxes.
1. enable pinging
2. limit excessive pinging in a short time
I have my blog set to not ping unless I have gone 30 minutes without a ping. That way if I go and edit my blog entry several times it won’t ping again. This protects me from being a blog “ping” spammer.
Pretty cool right?
Perhaps you don’t understand all this… and that’s ok. However if you run a wordpress blog you should install this cbnet Ping Optimizer. Then activate it, view the settings, and check off the two checkboxes. You’ll be glad you did.
Got questions? Let me know! I’m glad to help.
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