BlogPing
Version
1.6.4 (last update on Sep 30, 2012)
Rating
Compatibility
Reviews
18
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Date Added
19 March 2009
A Ping is a message is used to let other people know that you have published new content on your site. The ping message is sent to different Update Servers of your choice, which in turn processes your ping to make your new post show up in different blog listings like Technorati and Google Blogs for example.
So why would you want to ping? One word: Traffic!
The more you let everyone know you have new posts, the more traffic to your site you'll expect. A ping also notifies different search engines that your site has updated.
The BlogPing Plugin is configured with Ping-o-matic by default, but you can add as many Update Services as you wish. The best thing about Ping-o-matic is that it automatically forwards your ping to 11 other Update Services and search engines.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
A ping is automatically sent when you save your articles, so you can just sit back and relax.
INSTALLATION
BlogPing is installed like any other extension. It consists of one simple plugin that makes the job for you.
CONFIGURATION
The BlogPing is configured to work out of the box, after you've enabled the plugin. You could still tweak the settings of your choice:
* Specify which categories to ping. Some or all?
* Enter a list of Update Services to use.
* Settings to ping on new posts or new and updated posts
* Enable or disable display of messages in backend.
REQUIREMENTS
* Works on Joomla 1.5+
* PHP 5 required
LANGUAGES INCLUDED
* English
* Swedish
If you don't know what ping is, then you really missed something. This is something that almost every blogging plattform uses. A ping i basically a shout out to an update server, that your site has fresh content. The updateserver will then list your article automatically to it's blogpost listings.
Hopefully your ping will get You tons of new visitors, that you otherwise never would have reached.
UPDATE 2011-10-18
* improved SEF Url handling
UPDATE 2011-10-15
New Features:
* BlogPing only displays messages to the user in the Backend.
UPDATE 2011-10-12
Updated for Joomla 1.6+
Using BlogPing in Joomla 2.5 and 1.5 since may 2011.
Pros: Thanks to it, a new article in the Google search appear in 2-4 hours.
Disadvantages: If the list of servers to ping contains a lot of records, they may not work.
Technical support - do not used.
Using BlogPing for ping articles on blog.
Engaged in web technologies since March 2007. Use Joomla since December 2009.
Pros: Thanks to it, a new article in the Google search appear in 2-4 hours.
Disadvantages: If the list of servers to ping contains a lot of records, they may not work.
Technical support - do not used.
Using BlogPing for ping articles on blog.
Engaged in web technologies since March 2007. Use Joomla since December 2009.
I have used this software on Joomla 1.5 sites and have had great success, but it will not work on my Joomla 2.5 site. I tried adding multiple ping servers (all were tested individually and worked) but this plugin gives errors when multiple ping servers are listed - one per line as instructed. I wrote for support and received none. The author claims he's too busy supporting the paid version, which is understandable. I just don't have confidence the paid version will work either.
This is very easy to use. Joomla should have included this as default. It works without fail. Good Job. It makes the SEO work easier.
Owner's reply
Thanks for your awsome review. If you have any improvement suggestions or feedback, feel free to send me a mail /Daniel.
I searched all over for this functionality but all I found was a few Joomla 1.5 onlys BlogPing included. But after making email contact with developer, pleading more or less for an updated version, he decided to actually make one!
Now that is customer service (even if this version of it is free).
Very easy to install and manage. The hardest thing to do is rather finding the best ping channels.
Thank you so much for this superb little plugin!
Now that is customer service (even if this version of it is free).
Very easy to install and manage. The hardest thing to do is rather finding the best ping channels.
Thank you so much for this superb little plugin!
Owner's reply
Thank you very much for your review, and I'm glad that you're happy with the plugin. The best reward as a programmer is feedback from the users, so I allways try to help if my users request features :)
I used to use a Blog component with this feature built in (why do not ALL blog components have this???). Unfortunately, the developer and support were flakey and I had to quit it due to unresolved problems. I now use JaggyBlog (great component except for the lack of ping).
BlogPing is just the ticket. It now gives me back the ping function I had to leave behind with JaggyBlog.
THIS EXTENSION IS A MUST HAVE IF YOU'RE SERIOUS ABOUT PROMOTION OF YOUR SITE. PERIOD!!!!
BlogPing is just the ticket. It now gives me back the ping function I had to leave behind with JaggyBlog.
THIS EXTENSION IS A MUST HAVE IF YOU'RE SERIOUS ABOUT PROMOTION OF YOUR SITE. PERIOD!!!!
Owner's reply
Thanks for your review. I hope my plugin will help you.
I saw results as soon as I installed this plugin. Once you install this and publish an article you will see more traffic to your site almost immediately and most certainly the next day.
Owner's reply
So good the hear that my plugin gave you instant results, and many thanks for your great review. :)
I really like this extension. I keeps me from having to use one of the WordPress options. WordPress is nice, but it doesn't fit with anything else on my site.
The only think I would ask that that the developer include K2 support in the future. I would like to migrate my blog and articles to K2, but I need something like this to do it.
Keep up the good work!
The only think I would ask that that the developer include K2 support in the future. I would like to migrate my blog and articles to K2, but I need something like this to do it.
Keep up the good work!
Owner's reply
Thanks for your review. There will most certainly be a plugin that works with the fantastic extension K2. Unfortunatelly K2 doesn´t support the functions that BlogPing relies on.
Hopefully the functionality will be added in K2 2.4.2, and then we will reprogram the plugin ASAP.
I was looking for an uncomplicated ping extension with no unnecessary frills or complexities, and BlogPing filled that need superbly. Great work.
1. It's good when you writing articles from backend.
But if you are using front-end it posts "domainname.com/add" to ping services, not the real alliace. It uses wrong url resolving mechanism in frontend.
2. If you posting from frontend it's good to hide messages from each ping service from aughtor. They just shouldn't think about this. Then why they shou see this message?
But if you are using front-end it posts "domainname.com/add" to ping services, not the real alliace. It uses wrong url resolving mechanism in frontend.
2. If you posting from frontend it's good to hide messages from each ping service from aughtor. They just shouldn't think about this. Then why they shou see this message?
Owner's reply
Thanks for your feedback.
1. The upgraded version 1.6.1 for Joomla 1.6+ should solve this problem.
2. The upgraded version hides messages in the frontend.
It's easy to use and setup, but it has a serious error - with me at least: i type articles directly in the Article Edit window and save them often, although set Joomla to "published: no".
When i am done, i set "published: yes" and save. Then BlogPing wont work/ping, and i have to set BlogPing to "ping only new articles: no", re-save/publish the article - whereupon it works fine and pings as it should, and again reset BlogPing: "ping only new.." to yes.
It would be better if BlogPing also looked at whether the article was published yet.
Did i explain that properly? :-D
Oh well. Id very much like that feature. :-)
When i am done, i set "published: yes" and save. Then BlogPing wont work/ping, and i have to set BlogPing to "ping only new articles: no", re-save/publish the article - whereupon it works fine and pings as it should, and again reset BlogPing: "ping only new.." to yes.
It would be better if BlogPing also looked at whether the article was published yet.
Did i explain that properly? :-D
Oh well. Id very much like that feature. :-)
Owner's reply
Thanks for your review. An update of the Blogping is now available that looks if the article is published.
I was concerned about the fact that my hosting company doesn't support xml-rpc, although they do support PEAR. So, I contacted Daniel and he responded promptly to inform me that the BlogPing plugin requires PEAR. With this good news I installed the plugin, followed the instructions, and after saving an article in the chosen section, Voila! -- there was a message on the screen informing me that pings were being forwarded to a number of services.
Thanks Daniel for a plugin that is straightforward, and works!
Thanks Daniel for a plugin that is straightforward, and works!
This extensions has helped me to publish my joomla! to many different ping services (i.e. Twingly is used by all newspapers in Norway). The plugin is easy to install and worked properly for me instantly. Recomended.
