Things You'll Need:
- A computer
- Content that you'd like to promote
- Less than 2 minutes of your time
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Step 1
Sign up for a pinging service. I personally use Ping-O-Matic so this article will address using that service in particular. Go to www.pingomatic.com and sign up for an account.
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Step 2
Assuming you already have content you'd like to promote (if not, get writing some articles on eHow and try it out!), open up two browser windows. In one, direct yourself to www.pingomatic.com and in the other open up the page you're wanting to promote.
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Step 3
In the first blank of Ping O Matic you will see stats to insert your blog's name. Don't worry if it's not a blog. If it's for an eHow article, for example, insert your article's name.
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Step 4
Now, in the next blank, you insert the url (www.yourarticleaddress.com). I like to copy/paste the url from the other browser window to prevent making any mistakes.
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Step 5
Check all the boxes to the sites you'd like to notify of your content. I usually check every one of them except for maybe the audio one in the second block under 'specialized services'.
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Step 6
The last step is to simply click 'send pings' button. A new page will appear telling you the sites that were notified of your content.
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Step 7
Hit the back button on the pingomatic page and start pinging other articles or pages you may have to promote.
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Step 8
Be sure to bookmark the page so you can easily go and ping every new article or page you create. You should see traffic results very quickly.
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Step 9
Each time you make a change to that article page; adding/changing photos or the smallest of text changes.. absolutely anything... go ahead and ping it again!
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Step 10
I will be adding more social bookmarking and internet marketing tips and methods very soon. Add me as a friend on eHow so you can check back with me for more content that I hope will benefit your efforts here on eHow.
Comments
lkrause2 said
on 4/1/2009 Thank you! This was so easy! 5*
cwengre said
on 3/5/2009 Very good tip. Thanks for sharing.
probashi said
on 2/26/2009 Re: my comments about problem with Pingomatic.Resolved. It was related to the bookmark being corrupted.
probashi said
on 2/26/2009 Had been using Pingomatic for a few years.This morning, the Pingomatic screen for pinging didn't come up. Instead I see a page that has no provision for pinging! Shall be grateful for advice/comments. Thank you.
Angelgirlpj said
on 2/14/2009 Thanks Janet I need something to help me make money. I'm getting frustrated trying to follow the advice of others and making little money.