If you want to help search engine find your blog, then it would be a good idea to add additional pinging services to your default list. If you have a WordPress blog, you can update your pinging services by clicking on “Options” then “Writing”. At the bottom of the “Writing” page, there is a list of Update Services and all you have to do is delete the ones that are already there and add the links below (the ones already there and in the list below).

The list of pinging services that you can add are below:

•  http://api.feedster.com/ping
• http://api.moreover.com/RPC2
• http://api.my.yahoo.com/RPC2
• http://xping.pubsub.com/ping/
• http://ping.blo.gs/
• 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.newsgator.com/
• http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
• http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2
• http://topicexchange.com/RPC2
• http://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2
• http://www.blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi
• http://www.newsisfree.com/RPCCloud
• http://ping.weblogs.se/
• http://blogmatcher.com/u.php
• http://coreblog.org/ping/
• http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates
• http://bulkfeeds.net/rpc
• http://trackback.bakeinu.jp/bakeping.php
• http://ping.myblog.jp
• http://ping.bitacoras.com
• http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc/
• http://ping.blogmura.jp/rpc/
• http://xmlrpc.blogg.de
• http://1470.net/api/ping
• http://bblog.com/ping.php
• http://blog.goo.ne.jp/XMLRPC

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by Heather Redmond

Blogs. Most people have either heard of them, read them, or have created their very own. Blogs or blogging has become very popular across the internet recently. Blogging is seen as something to do for fun, for a hobby, or in thinking and reflecting on the experiences you are writing about. This holds truth as some of the most common uses for blogging are personal, yet few realize the power of blogging. Though blogging is a way to interact and connect with others, there are many other uses for it.

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With the introduction of the blog, creation of a community driven, local, online, news website is made so much easier than it was using a conventional website.

Blog Platform

Install WordPress in your new domain or a subdomain of your existing domain. A new domain for your community driven, local, online, news website is preferable for indexing, ranking and ease of search purposes.

Choose and install a WordPress theme, suitable for your community driven, local, online, news website, from the thousands freely available on the internet.

Design your header and customize the appearance of your community driven, local, online, news website.

At the most basic level, your new community driven, local, online, news website is now ready to roll.

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