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NEW! BlogCatalog XML-RPC Ping Service

Posted by thegoodknife • 6/12/07 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: announcement, blogcatalog, feedback, update

Weve just launched our new BlogCatalog Ping Service. This service allows advanced bloggers to notify BlogCatalog when their blog has been updated. Once you ping BlogCatalog we will bump your blog to the top of the crawler queue allowing your content to be indexed sooner.

You can tell your blog software up to ping BlogCatalog automatically by adding http://rpc.blogcatalog.com/ into your blog's ping configuration.

Or you can build your own. BlogCatalog accepts XML-RPC pings to rpc.blogcatalog.com.
Your XML-RPC message should look like this:

HTTP Request Header
* POST / HTTP/1.0
* User-Agent: YOUR AGENT HERE
* Host: rpc.blogcatalog.com
* Content-Type: text/xml
* Content-length: 250

XML message
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<methodCall>
<methodName>weblogUpdates.ping</methodName>
<params>
<param>
<value>YOUR BLOG NAME HERE</value>
</param>
<param>
<value>http://www.YOURBLOGURL.com/</value>
</param>
</params>
</methodCall>

User Comments

6/12/07

pointlessbanter

Putting you into wordpress right now... great addition!!!!

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1. 6/12/07
  
  VampireFaust
  
  How are you adding it to WordPress?
2. 6/12/07
  
  thegoodknife
  
  To add to wordpress goto 'Options' then 'Writing' and at the bottom you will see 'Update Services'. simply add rpc.blogcatalog.com on its own line and save.
3. 6/12/07
  
  cymrusteve
  
  love it! thanks...
6/12/07

m38967

can this be used in blogger?

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1. 6/12/07
  
  thegoodknife
  
  Unfortunately blogger does not support custom ping services.
6/12/07

ianternet

just added to my wordpress blog!

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6/12/07

Theresa111

What? Is it something I can copy code and then paste it on my blogtoolkit.com?

Am I the only blogtoolkit.com, writer?

Where can I get the blogcatalog widget copy code, for their button, please. Thank you

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6/12/07

jphillips

awesome! added

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6/12/07

johnko5057

Just add to my site

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6/12/07

Lainey

Thanks! Just added to mine.

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6/12/07

mrsnesbitt

So..Blogger isn't involved?

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh can somebody help?

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6/12/07

gsmile

Awesome. I've added it to mine.

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6/12/07

thegoodknife

Thanks guys! I'm look forward your pings.

that didn't sound right.

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1. 6/12/07
  
  TonyB
  
  goodknife.. you are so funny
6/12/07

celticbydesign

Awesome - does this udpate the screenshot too? Mine are horribly out of date.

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1. 6/12/07
  
  NINE
  
  You can manually update your thumbshot by clicking the manage tab, and then go to edit your blog. At the bottom of that menu there will be an option to manually update your thumbshot.
2. 6/13/07
  
  celticbydesign
  
  Cheers Nine - done.
6/12/07

karenlim

Done for my wordpress Thank You!

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6/12/07

gabotron

Thanks! I've been waiting for this.

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6/13/07

FemmedeBat

Is there a way to manually ping? I update my blog at least twice a day and am on Blogger, so can't use the automatic pinging.

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1. 6/13/07
  
  thegoodknife
  
  Just go into the manage tab and click manage next to the blog that youve updated. at the bottom there are tools to manage your feed. you can ping us from there.
6/13/07

caseyc

Great!!

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6/13/07

borzack

added

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6/13/07

n8

Just added this to my WordPress pinging service. Giddy up!

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6/13/07

mrsnesbitt

I am technically challenged...please could somebody help me on this...I am with Blogger, in return I will rate their blogs

Thanks

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6/13/07

Theresa111

Ditto: I need assistance please.

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6/14/07

clioandme

Cool. I like the automatic ping. And I like how in future I will hear such announcments via your blog's RSS feed.

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6/15/07

gosmelltheflowers

Done! Cheers for that.

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