Pinging forum profile

by benintheworld Banned
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Hi,

Can you ping a forum profile in order to Google to index it faster and the backlink to "work" sooner?

Thanks.
#forum #pinging #profile
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    • Profile picture of the author benintheworld
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      Originally Posted by Illumination View Post

      Obama says "Yes you can!"
      lol
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  • Profile picture of the author TheSEOmo
    In theory this should work. If you look at backlinking software such ae SENuke, Sic Submitter etc they all having a pinging module for the purpose of getting their forum backlinks indexed by Google.

    In my experience however, it doesn't work, or at least it doesn't work that well. Forum profile links are hard to index. Some will be found naturally and some will never be found even if you ping them 1 million times.

    A better alternative would be to turn the links into an RSS feed and then to submit the feed to RSS directories or backlink the feed on Elgg sites. Or you might set up a blog that you use to get them indexed.

    If this is on a small scale then actually participating on the forum will get your profile indexed faster than anything else.
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  • Profile picture of the author benintheworld
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    Which is the best ping site?
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    • Profile picture of the author logoonlinepros1
      Originally Posted by benintheworld View Post

      Which is the best ping site?
      Pingomatic.com is the best site where you ping your forum profile page.
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  • Profile picture of the author FirstStopIM
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    • Profile picture of the author benintheworld
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      Originally Posted by FirstStopIM View Post

      Put them into an rss feed and submit the rss feed!

      Builds even more link juice and does actually get them indexed.

      Lewis Turner
      Can you break this down into steps for me.

      How do I actually do this?
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      • Profile picture of the author TheSEOmo
        Originally Posted by benintheworld View Post

        Can you break this down into steps for me.

        How do I actually do this?
        You can use a site like links2rss.com to convert your links into feeds.
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        • Profile picture of the author benintheworld
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          Originally Posted by TheSEOmo View Post

          You can use a site like links2rss.com to convert your links into feeds.
          Thanks - I will try it!
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        • Profile picture of the author benintheworld
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          Originally Posted by TheSEOmo View Post

          You can use a site like links2rss.com to convert your links into feeds.
          Thanks - I will try it!
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  • Profile picture of the author johnyeo90
    I think cant..too hard..
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    • Profile picture of the author benintheworld
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      Originally Posted by johnyeo90 View Post

      I think cant..too hard..
      This does not make any sense? What do you mean man?
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  • Profile picture of the author faceblogger
    When you ping, search engines are notified about that profile but they decide weather to index it or not depends on the 'weight' of the profile. Some indexing tools work so as to increase the 'weight' of the profiles
    You can't make a profile get indexed just by pinging.
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    • Profile picture of the author benintheworld
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      Originally Posted by faceblogger View Post

      When you ping, search engines are notified about that profile but they decide weather to index it or not depends on the 'weight' of the profile. Some indexing tools work so as to increase the 'weight' of the profiles
      You can't make a profile get indexed just by pinging.
      Thanks for that
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  • Profile picture of the author Harrysmith
    Well, even though Profile pages are crawled by search engines but i think they are not of much importance in terms of SEO. Many webmaster just try to register new forums for gathering profile backlinks which rarely have any PR. We should concentrate more on quality backlinks rather then quantity.
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    • Profile picture of the author benintheworld
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      Originally Posted by Harrysmith View Post

      Well, even though Profile pages are crawled by search engines but i think they are not of much importance in terms of SEO. Many webmaster just try to register new forums for gathering profile backlinks which rarely have any PR. We should concentrate more on quality backlinks rather then quantity.
      Yes I agree with you, quality over quantity!
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  • Profile picture of the author trytolearnmore
    In theory yes... for some people it works, for some doesn't Wouldn't kill you to do it.
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    • Profile picture of the author benintheworld
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      Originally Posted by trytolearnmore View Post

      In theory yes... for some people it works, for some doesn't Wouldn't kill you to do it.
      Thanks, I will continue to do it and hope that it can work. I am still working out my link building!
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  • Profile picture of the author navyseal
    How do you get those link of rss forum

    and submit it to rss directories?
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  • Profile picture of the author faceblogger
    Also, I want to add this

    Don't bother much on pinging, there are many other important things that worth your time or money much more than pinging. Even though you don't ping, google will find your profiles that deserve to be indexed. However by pinging you may make google know about few of those profiles 1-3 days ahead (no more than that) but it does not have a significant advantage compared to the risk behind it when you do bulk pinging.
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    • Profile picture of the author benintheworld
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      Originally Posted by faceblogger View Post

      Also, I want to add this

      Don't bother much on pinging, there are many other important things that worth your time or money much more than pinging. Even though you don't ping, google will find your profiles that deserve to be indexed. However by pinging you may make google know about few of those profiles 1-3 days ahead (no more than that) but it does not have a significant advantage compared to the risk behind it when you do bulk pinging.

      Thanks! I am not bulk pinging - just one to five pings a day for backlinks!
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  • Profile picture of the author benintheworld
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    feedage seems quite good to me!
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  • Profile picture of the author 2cents
    How To Index Your Link 101

    1. Go to icerocket.com and sign up
    2. Click on Rss Builder
    3. Click on Add Channel and give that channel a name related to your niche website you have been building links to.
    4. Then click on add item. This will take you to a page, where you input the URL of a forum profile where you left your links.
    5. Do this for 20 entries i.e 20 more Forum profiles.
    6. Then click on Publish.
    7. Then copy the URL in the first box. URL will start like this
    http: //rss.icerocket .com/ xmlfeed..... ((sorry can't post links yet))
    8. Then take that URL and ping it at pingomatic.com and pingoat.net
    9. Also bookmark that URL at Digg, Reddit, Propeller, MisterWong, and a couple RSS bookmarking places
    10. Also URL to Google Blog Search Ping

    I get a few profile backlinks from this but it's nothing amazing. You can also use this on other backlinks besides profiles.

    Hope this helps!
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