Do you ping after you post?

[alonelylearner]

Hi!

I was wondering if you ping to rocket up your indexing time every time you post on your blog.

Is it good for my website or is it bad?

 

[Ian J]

I think that either WordPress or one of the plugins in mine does it automatically

 

[fisicx]

WordPress automatically pings posts. Google will then index the post whenever. Sending a ping doesn’t speed up anything (there are millions of posts made every hour).

 

[nexuser]

A year ago, I started using the Ping Optimizer plugin. Site traffic is the same as before.

 

[fisicx]

A year ago, I started using the Ping Optimizer plugin. Site traffic is the same as before.

Why even bother? Every time you add a plugin you affect performance.

 

[UKSBD]

Requesting indexing in Search Console definitely speeds the process up.

If I add a new page or add new content anywhere and want it ranking quickly I'll do a index request after adding/updating it.

 

[Tin]

@UKSBD - Yep, definitely does

 

[nexuser]

Why even bother? Every time you add a plugin you affect performance.

Therefore I didn't do that on other sites

 

[StevePoster]

In my WordPress website I only post new content to my blog section and nothing to do because it will be index later so no need to ping or use other tools just to speed up your indexing process.

 

[RSSM Marketing]

Yes, I did it every end of the month

 

[fisicx]

Yes, I did it every end of the month

And what difference did it make?

Wordpress alerts the search engines that you have a new post the second you publish. This means Google gets a zillion pings every day. Indexing of these posts is (normally) automatic, I've seen posts appear in the index with hours of publication but that just means the post is in the index. Google still needs to visit the site and determine the relevance and importance of the blog post to the rest of the site and search queries. Sending a ping won't initiate a visit, Google's robots visit when they want to not when you want the to.

 

[annap]

Try linking to your new blog post from an already indexed page on your own website or another site to speed up indexing. Has worked for me....

 

[upwritelyrob]

If you're using Yoast for SEO, it'll automatically ping Google as soon as you post anything new. That said, I'm not sure anything in existence will actually speed up indexing -- that's up to the Google Gods.

 

[xoxoseo]

I do as annap wrote, I link a new post to a relevant old post that has been indexed. I am not sure if it helps, but I also use Pinterest, and create few Pins for a post, and Pins generate traffic almost at once.

 

[fisicx]

I am not sure if it helps,

Why not? Surely as an seo business you should be testing this?

 

[Sam Khan]

WordPress is automatically ping posts, but sometimes Google takes time in the indexing. Ping is the best option if you want to instant index your post.

 

[sundaresh]

good choice for indexing fast

 

[fisicx]

WordPress is automatically ping posts, but sometimes Google takes time in the indexing. Ping is the best option if you want to instant index your post.

good choice for indexing fast

Cobblers.

You need to read up on what pings to Google actually do.

 

[Sam Khan]

Yah I agree with you. But I have one question if I do one new post so how will I crawl immediately.

Cobblers.

You need to read up on what pings to Google actually do.

 

[fisicx]

Yah I agree with you. But I have one question if I do one new post so how will I crawl immediately.

If your site is authoritative, trustworthy, engaging, demonstrates expertise, is interesting and adds value then Google will be quite happy to index within minutes.

Getting that blog post ranked however is a totally different story.

 

[aarticod]

Pinging Is Not Good For Indexing And Its Not Work Anymore!

 

[Nick Walsh Studios]

@UKSBD yes put the blogs posts on Google Search Console and it helps index the posts faster, I learnt that from Neil Patel video very good.

Use incognito window when looking for your blog post after indexing on GSC so you get a true result

 

[fisicx]

@UKSBD yes put the blogs posts on Google Search Console and it helps index the posts faster, I learnt that from Neil Patel video very good.

I get my posts indexed within an hour without using GSC. That's fast enough for me.

 

[Mollie Rhodes]

I do not manually ping when I post new content to my WordPress website. As WordPress has the automatic ping feature built-in, so you don’t need to manually ping every time you post new content.

 

[Alex Calinov]

I started using this plugin recently, and it's working pretty well.https://rankmath.com/wordpress/plugin/instant-indexing/

Seems to be using some sort of Google APIs. Currently, as far as I'm aware, RankMath, is the only plugin who has this feature.

 

[Bob Morgan]

Hi!

I was wondering if you ping to rocket up your indexing time every time you post on your blog.

Is it good for my website or is it bad?

I always 'Ping' the Drips!

 

[fisicx]

I started using this plugin recently, and it's working pretty well.https://rankmath.com/wordpress/plugin/instant-indexing/

It says:

Note: Google recommends that you use the Indexing API ONLY for Job Posting and Live Streaming websites. However, it works on any type of website and many of our users have seen great results already. Please proceed with caution.

It's not in the plugin repository either which always makes me wary

 

[Alex Calinov]

It says:

It's not in the plugin repository either which always makes me wary

Yea, I saw that. However, it is the Wordpress plugin directory. Just search for Instant Indexing and you'll find the plugin created by them. I've been testing this for the last few months, and so far I haven't had any issues. In fact, things have improved. See screenshot: https://www.screencast.com/t/ilJS07RZ1UfQ

Previously I was using SEOPress.

Now, obviously, I can't give all the credit just to this plugin, as I've been doing some other stuff as well, been more active in creating content, etc.. But hey, every little bit helps.

 

[Sophie Leonard]

No, I don’t ping every time I post or update my blog.

I really believe that pinging is not anything you should concern yourself with. It’s just non-essential to your online presence. Rather you can focus on more productive work for your website.

 

[fisicx]

No, I don’t ping every time I post or update my blog.

Yes you do. It happens automatically.

PS, your name isn't Sophie, that's not a picture of you and are not in the UK

 

[RH-Calvin]

I always ping after I advertise my services. This helps to reach out to more traffic and get more leads for my business.

 

[fisicx]

I always ping after I advertise my services. This helps to reach out to more traffic and get more leads for my business.

Does it work?