To Ping or Not To Ping?

by JamieSEO

Posted: 12 years ago 20 replies

Recently I've seen very mixed opinions about whether or not to ping backlinks.

Things with Google are constantly changing, and I would love to hear your view about pinging over the past 6 months.

Are you for or against, and why?

What have your recent experiences been with:
- Free pinging services
- BacklinksIndexer
- Lindexed
- Linklicious
- Pingler

Personally I have found that carefully pinging backlink urls over an extended period of time using paid indexing services has produced good results, while using the free services seems to have very poor results. Has this been the same for you?

Do you use a site or service that you are happy with (based on the past 6 months)?

#debate #indexing #ping #pinging #seo

world 12 years ago

Always the paid service is much better than the free one and indexing backlinks is very important to get good SERP results.
- Thanks
Signature

Amazon Websites For Sell PM me!
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[6913526].message }}
BloggingPro 12 years ago

Just let Google find the backlink on their own. Google's Algo is always searching the web, visiting sites. Nothing is more natural than a link being found by Google on it's own... without you bringing attention to it.

BP
- Thanks
Signature
You're going to fail. If you're afraid of failure then you do not belong in the Internet Marketing Business. Period.
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[6913570].message }}
andishm 12 years ago

Yes, let Google find backlinks on natural speed shall be best idea. As Google bot is more smarter to find quality good links by itself.
- Thanks
Signature
Backup.Countryâ„¢ - Automated cloud backups for PC, Laptop & Servers
Logon to https://backup.country/
31% Off Coupon code: WORLDBACKUPDAY
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[6913601].message }}
ownergolan 12 years ago

I don't ping, and further, on all my websites I use cbnet ping optimizer so I won't ping all the time. It's useless, but still most of the people i know love to ping. Also most of the clients are like "are you pinging?? "

Conclusion - let google find the stuff alone.
- Thanks
- 1 reply
Signature

"Aiyyo I'm gonna be on ti-dop, that's all my eyes can see..
Ill put in work, and watch my status escalate"
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[6913680].message }}
- Kreator517 12 years ago
  
  [QUOTE
  
  Conclusion - let google find the stuff alone.[/QUOTE]
  
  Thats the best way to do it, especially if you're mass-creating links. letting them get indexed in due course is a bit more natural too
  
  Thanks
  
  Signature
  
  THE SEO SUPERIORITY SERVICE WSO!
  
  Superior SEO , Expert SEO Services, seo experts
  
  "On Every Call a Sale is Made.... Either you Sell them, or they Sell you on why they can't Buy"
  
  {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[6913796].message }}
stevenukas 12 years ago

Indexing services build links to your links and thats how they get indexed,if you build low quality links,then you might want to use it,I personally don't use any indexing service.Quality what matters.

Use it if you are doing case study of which link is stronger on same competition sites.
- Thanks
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[6913777].message }}
DZainein 12 years ago

Is there a Google Alternative?????? It seems like Google is taking over the internet???????? wait - or they already have?????????
- Thanks
- 1 reply
Signature
www.dZaine.in - Joomla or Wordpress Web Sites at USD199 and Site Maintenance Services.
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[6913810].message }}
- JamieSEO 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by DZainein
  
  Is there a Google Alternative?????? It seems like Google is taking over the internet???????? wait - or they already have?????????
  
  Bing has been increasing their share of the search engine market recently, but Google is still the major player...
  
  Thanks
  
  Signature
  
  {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[6918898].message }}

Robert Michael

12 years ago

As others have said, I recommend not pinging them at all.

You don't want all these links getting indexed at the same time. Let the crawlers find them naturally.

Thanks
1 reply

Signature

2017's BEST Facebook Group Management Tool
Professional Quality e-Covers | Private / Shared Proxies

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[6913834].message }}

JamieSEO

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Whos That Guru

As others have said, I recommend not pinging them at all.

You don't want all these links getting indexed at the same time. Let the crawlers find them naturally.

What about dripfeeding urls to ping so that they are not all getting indexed at the same time, but rather spread out over time? Have you used that method? What did you think of results?

Thanks
2 replies

Signature

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[6916865].message }}

mmickeals 12 years ago

I ping my secondary links that get pointed at my tiers. Then the tiers get crawled back to my site. If you just build lots of pr 0 links then very few of them will be found/indexed. Its almost a requirement that you actively bring them to google's attention.
- Thanks
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[6916917].message }}

HKSEO Jonbones

12 years ago

Originally Posted by JamieSEO

What about dripfeeding urls to ping so that they are not all getting indexed at the same time, but rather spread out over time? Have you used that method? What did you think of results?

This is the best way to ping--if the links go out over time, and don't all hit at once, they stand a much better chance of helping your site to rank, and will eventually be indexed.

The natural crawling rate of google to every possible site and link on the internet is really quite slow. Now, if you are lucky enough to have a backlink from abc news, best buy, amazon, or any other really high authority site, then no, pinging it wouldn't be necessary--but really, how many of us have those types of links, or could afford them if we could get them? That's where the lower authority links come in, they can be had in mass for a relatively cheap price, and, if used the right way, can be quite beneficial.

Pinging these types of links has been proven time and again to get them crawled, and the indexing rate of crawled links is far higher and faster than if you just wait for the google crawlers to find them, if they are ever found at all, naturally. Even High quality sites use pinging/crawling services when they have fresh content going up frequently, so they can ensure that their content is pushed out that much more quickly

Thanks
1 reply

Signature

Letmeknowseo.comSEO News and tips From real SEO'ers!
Linklicious- Get your links crawled, so they can count
SEO Black Book By: R.L. Adams An Insider's Guide to the SEO Industry
Glowing Reviews- Get your Online Business Reviews to STICK!

{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[6978676].message }}

smallbusinesstoolkit 12 years ago

I ping backlinks when starting new website just to give it a bit of initial boost.
To avoid overdoing I ping no more than 20-30 backlinks a day in batches of 5-10 backlinks.
- Thanks
Signature
Marketing tips and tricks
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[6979497].message }}

TopKat22 12 years ago

If I want to get to page one of google or youtube fast, I ping the links and the backlinks and I use the free services, they have always worked fine for me.

Once on page one, I don't ping often. It is mostly to get a faster start.
- Thanks
Signature
44 days in and we broke the $10K a month recurring bench mark.

Guaranteed 60% Opt In Rate Traffic-Real People-Fresh Today-High Quality Biz Opp traffic![/URL]
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[6913873].message }}
Robert Michael 12 years ago

Na, haven't tried that. But it would probably have better results than pinging all of your backlinks at the same time.

Only 1 way to find out tho
- Thanks
Signature

2017's BEST Facebook Group Management Tool
Professional Quality e-Covers | Private / Shared Proxies
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[6916867].message }}
flamewave 12 years ago

If your backlinks are high PR then they will get ping fairly quickly anyway so I wouldn't worry about pinging.

If you doing massive SB blasts with 10k backlinks with little to no PR then pinging may help to get some more juice.
- Thanks
Signature

Messenger Chatbot Marketing Systems - https://m.me/jaygriggschatbotbuilder
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[6916946].message }}
Yohance j 12 years ago

I have been taught to leave it to Goolge to find it as it looks more natural. May take longer but safer.
- Thanks
Signature
Carpet Cleaning Los Angeles

Carpet cleaning Pasadena
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[6917692].message }}
aadi144 12 years ago

Usually i don't ping at all but when my pages are taking time to index then for the time being i ping just once.Mass ping is not recommended by me.Natural indexing i guess is worth it than pinging with some software.
- Thanks
- 1 reply
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[6917999].message }}
- Aarav 12 years ago
  
  I used to ping backlinks, if the backlinks are strong, powerful and have high page rank then Ping it on reputed and authorized sites are much beneficial to get effective and better results.
  
  Thanks
  
  Signature
  
  For Ethical SEO Services, Visit : www.imphilosopher.com
  
  {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[6918084].message }}
Theeban 12 years ago

Yes, I had noticed that change. I have a tool where I set up the ping servers (FREE) details and URLs to ping. Before Google panda, the links were indexed faster, but now it is bit slower, and sometimes nothing happened, So I used different trick to do so, it works. Of course, Backlink to Backlink, even it requires more time and effort, it becomes more natural & carries more value in terms of SERP compare to using "Paid" ping services
- [ 1 ] Thanks
Signature
For TOP Ranks in Search Engines - Hire skilled expert in SEO. Check expanded services to Cheltenham
{{ DiscussionBoard.errors[6919311].message }}

To Ping or Not To Ping?

Trending Topics

Dear Mom...

Goals or no goals? Which do you prefer?

What's the most important lesson you've learned in affiliate marketing?

Traffic factors 2025

What are the DRONES DOING over NJ??