This write-up will explain to you how you can automatically post or update your ping.fm account with new posts on your forum or website. With this instruction, every new posts get to ping.fm instantly and ping.fm now distribute to your social networks integrated with it. Update your social networks in real time using any feed on the web using Superfeedr and Ping.fm!
Please Note: Ping.fm is a simple and FREE service that makes updating your social networks a snap! If you are thinking of promoting your forum contents free and quick, then consider ping.fm.
For detailed information on how ping.fm works check this out: How to Easily Increase Your Website, Forum, & Blog Visitors with ping.fm (http://www.theinfostride.com/forum/index.php?topic=4183.0).
After you have registered with and integrated your social network (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Delicious etc) accounts with ping.fm, and followed the instructions in the link above, then next instruction will explain how to auto-post to or auto-update your ping.fm.
There are several methods available to do this but will only treat one method now and discuss more in the future posts.
Steps to Auto-Update ping.fm:
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2618253/MyMods-ScreenShots/RSS-by-Superfeedr.jpg)
• Login to your ping.fm account
• Go to Dashboard
• Check for and click on "Feeds by Superfeedr" under "Service/Tools"
• Enter your feed URL
• Click on "Add"
It is as simple as that...
Share your comment and feedback about this instruction and how it works for you.
This is really nice and explanatory. Thanks.
This is great! The cheapest and costless means of increasing traffic. Thumb up The InfoStride!
This is for your attention if you experience similar challenge:
Quote from: ActivePatriot on Jul 30, 2010, 01:58 AM
Hate to rain on the parade, especially since it sounded so good I spent 5 hours of my life setting up accounts and the auto-post you detailed infostrides but.....
Having done all that, I posted to see how it all was going to work out. I checked the social networks and Hooray! it was auto posting to all the social networks I had connected. Then I sat back and waited for the increased hits back to my pages I was expecting.....
and waited....and waited
No rise, what the heck?
Turns out Ping was sending the feeds to the networks as post reply to thread. Since it's like this, visiters coming from the social network sites run smack into a register or log-in screen instead of seeing the post!
Seems to be an ongoing issue with Ping Feeds that the company won't even address in it's blog. Ping members have been complaining for months.
I was hoping it was something I did wrong, but that does not appear to be the case. Until Ping fixes that and shows it can be reliable and responsive to members who were depending on them, I'll settle for the old fashioned way.
Maybe you can have sway with them and tell them to get their act together because I still would like to use this in the future.
You're very right with all that said but note that using ping also increases chances of getting your forum contents crawled instantly by spiders like Google, bing, etc. That is a plus!
On seeing login when you auto-post to ping, there is trick to that... Please disable "Short URL" in your ping settings.
Go to Settings ====> Default Settings. Uncheck everything and click update settings.
Please let me know if this work for you.
Quote from: ActivePatriot on Jul 30, 2010, 08:20 PM
Quick update for those considering using Ping.
After changing my setting in the Ping account how Infostrides mentioned above, the problem I had was corrected.
That being said, I see great potential in using Ping for increasing traffic to your site and would definitely recommend it.
I'll be tracking my google analytics and adsense and let you guys know the results in a month or so.
Does anyone know if the login/reply thing is still an issue with Ping.fm? I'm looking for a good alternative to the 2by2host Twitter/Facebook mod and am considering either ping.fm or Twitterfeed. Twitterfeed works well, and will get my topics through within 30 minutes, but if I can get things there sooner, I may be willing to use ping.fm instead.
Quote from: oldiesmann on Sep 30, 2010, 06:06 AM
Does anyone know if the login/reply thing is still an issue with Ping.fm? I'm looking for a good alternative to the 2by2host Twitter/Facebook mod and am considering either ping.fm or Twitterfeed. Twitterfeed works well, and will get my topics through within 30 minutes, but if I can get things there sooner, I may be willing to use ping.fm instead.
As said in my previous post, on seeing login when you auto-post to ping, there is a trick to that... Please disable "Short URL" in your ping settings.
Go to Settings ====> Default Settings. Uncheck everything and click update settings.
You check our Facebook & Twitter page for confirmation:
InfoStrides Koncepts | Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/theinfostrides)
http://www.twitter.com/TheInfoStrides (http://www.twitter.com/TheInfoStrides)
Install "PingThis SMF Mod (http://www.theinfostride.com/downloads/?cat=1)" so that you & your website visitors can manually share your forum contents on their social media.
Please let me know if these work for you.
Thank for the write up...stumbled upon something similar to this a few days back and have since been testing.
The major problem that i am having is the links have "/feed" or "/comments" or even "/#" at the end of them. I've had the everything unchecked even before this.
Any suggestions?
Quote from: denverdude on Oct 05, 2010, 03:02 PM
Thank for the write up...stumbled upon something similar to this a few days back and have since been testing.
The major problem that i am having is the links have "/feed" or "/comments" or even "/#" at the end of them. I've had the everything unchecked even before this.
Any suggestions?
Can you please post a screen shot of this issue?
Quote from: InfoStrides on Oct 05, 2010, 03:15 PM
Can you please post a screen shot of this issue?
Sent you a PM. Not to keen on sharing my site due to some things in the past.
Thanks.
Quote from: denverdude on Oct 05, 2010, 03:39 PM
Sent you a PM. Not to keen on sharing my site due to some things in the past.
Thanks.
Check out default settings as shown below:
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2618253/FunnyJokes/Pingfm-Default-Settings.JPG)
- Login to your ping.fm account
- Click on Settings
- Click on Default Setting
Work around the settings and see if your case improve. Let us know?
What CMS software are you using?
Why this statement? "Not to keen on sharing my site due to some things in the past." Please share your experience with us.
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I heard auto posting and sending topics via SEND THIS TOPIC to friends which is found in smf and this forum post page can lead to site being banned forever.
I heard pinging website and members sending topics to their friends from your site e.g SEND THIS TOPIC tool on smf post page is spamming and the website will be banned forever. Am afraid I ve to disable them on my board.
Quote from: wealth on Oct 14, 2010, 07:26 PM
I heard pinging website and members sending topics to their friends from your site e.g SEND THIS TOPIC tool on smf post page is spamming and the website will be banned forever. Am afraid I ve to disable them on my board.
I don't know how true it is. There is nothing wrong with sending topics by member. That can not be seen as spamming provided the sender has not used it abusively to the extent that the receiver marks it as spam.
Very well then
Ok this I observe with ping.fm, after successfully setting the auto post stuff up, then I began to watch and within 10 to 20 minutes, the new topic received 24 visitors. Now my fear is that non of them increase my page view in Adsense, meaning they don't see the ads. Could it be they are bots or what?. Thanks
Quote from: wealth on Jan 03, 2011, 07:30 AM
Ok this I observe with ping.fm, after successfully setting the auto post stuff up, then I began to watch and within 10 to 20 minutes, the new topic received 24 visitors. Now my fear is that non of them increase my page view in Adsense, meaning they don't see the ads. Could it be they are bots or what?. Thanks
Good that you observe these. Like I said in my PM, it increases your search ranking. The pageviews indicated that your post are posted on the social networks configured and seen by bots as well. It is good that your adsense does not see the pageviews. The motive is not increase your Adsense directly but to improve on your search traffic, which indirectly impact your Adsense when visitor visit your site. Also, try to update your website contents regularly. I wish you goodluck...
Very well then if it purpose of the bots helps crawl site fast. But wait, my auto ping.fm has suddenly stop working. Before now it use to attract guess (crawlers) whenever a reply or topic is being posted. I did't make any changes other than the fact that I uninstall the 2 mods you ask me to install - ping this mod for smf and ping this icon for boards. I reinstall the 2 mods successfully again but yet the auto posting don't seems to be working. Thanks
Quote from: wealth on Jan 03, 2011, 09:44 PM
Very well then if it purpose of the bots helps crawl site fast. But wait, my auto ping.fm has suddenly stop working. Before now it use to attract guess (crawlers) whenever a reply or topic is being posted. I did't make any changes other than the fact that I uninstall the 2 mods you ask me to install - ping this mod for smf and ping this icon for boards. I reinstall the 2 mods successfully again but yet the auto posting don't seems to be working. Thanks
The two mods you install enable you or your users to manual ping to your configured social networks. I explain the process of auto-posting for you now.
There are two ways to auto-post to ping:
1. In-built facility on ping.fm
2. Third-party applications like Twitterfeed, Seesmic application etc.
1. This is the simplest one and can be achieved with your website RSS feed url in .xml format. Follow the steps below:
A. Go to your ping.fm Dashboard
B. Look for RSS Feeds as shown below:
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2618253/ForumPhotos/RSS%20Feeds-PingFm1.JPG)
C. Insert your RSS Feed url as shown below:
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2618253/ForumPhotos/RSS%20Feeds-PingFm2.JPG)
D. Then, Click Add.
E. You can update the feed anytime you like.
I hope it helps...
Those where the things I did in the first setup that has it working. I am glad to tell you it is working again just like that. Actually I did'nt make any change at all. Thanks for your concern!.
Quote from: wealth on Jan 04, 2011, 08:44 AM
Those where the things I did in the first setup that has it working. I am glad to tell you it is working again just like that. Actually I did'nt make any change at all. Thanks for your concern!.
Good that it is working again. Please note that there may be delay in pingfm system at times. Thanks for your feedback.
Any trick to disable the long url of my site topics being displayed in those networks something like An Error Has Occurred! (http://www.theinfostride.com/forum/index.php?action=post;topic=) 4273.0;num_replies= 19 to just few characters. Thanks
Quote from: wealth on Jan 10, 2011, 04:45 AM
Any trick to disable the long url of my site topics being displayed in those networks something like An Error Has Occurred! (http://www.theinfostride.com/forum/index.php?action=post;topic=) 4273.0;num_replies= 19 to just few characters. Thanks
You need apply short links. Just follow the process below for details:
1. Login to your ping.fm Dashboard
2. Click on "Settings"
3. Click on "Default Settings"
4. Select "Shorten links in posts"
5. Click on "Update Settings"
That is just it!
Thanks
This didnt work for me. I couldnt finish the signup
Quote from: Godmother on Jul 01, 2011, 07:02 PM
This didnt work for me. I couldnt finish the signup
What kind of challenge did you face?