IndexPing: A Useful Thing
January 6, 2011
Short honk: A reader sent me a link to IndexPing.com. The free service will send an email to a Web master each time the Googlebot nuzzles that Web site. Quite helpful because, despite the chatter at conferences about the utility of Web logs, not too many people pay attention to them. An arts-and-craft Web traffic report is today’s preferred way to keep tabs on a site’s exit pages.
IndexPing is easy to set up. Plug in your name, email, and Web site. Then within a half hour, maybe less, you will start getting emails that tell you when the Googlebot shows up. I contacted the developer of the site and found him enthusiastic and responsive, two qualities that other tech companies might do well to cultivate.
How does the site make money? You get a couple of sites free, then you pay. The goslings here in Harrod’s Creek were impressed with this useful service. Navigate to www.indexping.com and give it a whirl.
Stephen E Arnold, January 6, 2011
Freebie unlike the SEO crowd’s graphically rich reports about baloney
Comments
3 Responses to “IndexPing: A Useful Thing”
-
- Subscribe to Beyond Search
Feature archive
News archive
-
[…] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Stephen E Arnold. Stephen E Arnold said: New blog post: IndexPing: A Useful Thing http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2011/01/06/indexping-a-useful-thing/ […]
[…] IndexPing: A Useful Thing Beyond Search: The free service will send an email to a Web master each time the Googlebot nuzzles that Web site. […]
indexping limits you to (2) free sites. If you attempt to buy more credits it provides this message: “Index Ping is in beta. Accounts will be limited to two free URL’s to monitor while we iron out any bugs”. I will test it with the two free sites and provide my feedback. Austin SEO