Getting Traffic 101 - Ping-o-matic ~ Hot Shot Blogger

That's right, you heard me. The Ping-o-matic. This website 'pings' the big search engines for you so that you don't have to go around to them all and tell them you have new content on your website. It's as easy as putting in your website name, url, and then checking all of the boxes (yes, check them ALL), and then clicking 'Send Pings.'

Warning: Do not spam the ping-o-matic. It won't help you climb the search engine ranks, but it will possibly get your site banned from the search engines.

Only use the ping-o-matic when you have added a new post, and even then you don't want to use it too many times in one day or the search engines will think you're spamming them.

1) Post your new post on your site.

2) Go to the Ping-o-matic (I keep it bookmarked so it's easy to get to).

3) Put in your info, check all the boxes, and click 'Send Pings.'

Done. Easy way to get some traffic moving to your site. The more content you write, the more times you get to go ping the search engines and the more traffic you'll get.

You might ask why they give you this free service. It's so that they can play with all the data they get from doing it. Good for us, and good for them!

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