Here is a list of update services that appear to be active. Feel free to cut and paste these into your WordPress settings. And if I missed any good ones, be sure to let me know.
- http://rpc.pingomatic.com/
- http://api.moreover.com/ping
- http://api.moreover.com/RPC2
- http://api.my.yahoo.com/RPC2
- http://api.my.yahoo.com/rss/ping
- http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2
- http://ping.bitacoras.com
- http://ping.feedburner.com
- http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php
- http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php
- http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/
- http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080/
- http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
- http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2
- 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/
Note: Based on further investigation, I have changed my list of services to only use pingomatic.com. Listing more services runs the risk of appearing to be a spammer.
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You don’t have to use all of these services. Um, rather, the more you use, the more strain you put on your server.
Ping just Pingomatic, FeedBurner and Google – Pingomatic pings other sites (I think), and Google & FeedBurner, well you know why
Thanks for pointing this out, Sumesh. I wish I could say that now I completely understand the best approach to this issue, but I don’t. Based on what you said, I went back and reread the WordPress Codex page on Update Services and found it as confusing as I did the first time. No wonder that page is marked as “in need of editing”. But this time I noticed the Codex page has a link to another page of update services for 2008. Perhaps their shorter list is a good compromise between my long list and your suggested short list. Here are the services they recommend:
http://rpc.pingomatic.com
http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates
http://bulkfeeds.net/rpc
http://ping.myblog.jp
http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc/
http://bblog.com/ping.php
Anyone else have an opinion on this?