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SEO::Ping - Bulk sending of Ping requests to services supporting Weblog API (Google Blog Search, Feed Burner, Ping-o-Matic, etc.)

Overview​

OverviewSEO::PingSEO::Ping – allows you to send Ping requests that notify about the appearance of new pages on websites/blogs to services that support Weblog API (http://www.weblogs.com/api.html): Google Blog Search, Feed Burner, Ping-o-Matic, etc.

The functionality of A-Parser allows you to save the scraper settings of SEO::Ping for future use (presets), set a scraping schedule, and much more.

Saving results is possible in the form and structure that you need, thanks to the built-in powerful templating engine Template Toolkit which allows you to apply additional logic to the results and output data in various formats, including JSON, SQL, and CSV.

Use Cases​

  • Bulk indexing of website and blog pages

Queries​

Two types of queries are supported: simplified and full format.

Simplified Format​

The following parameters are specified separated by a space:

  • The address of the Ping service to which the Ping request will be sent
  • The website address
  • The link to the website page for indexing
  • The name of the website or blog
http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2 http://a-parser.com/ http://a-parser.com/wiki/seo-ping A-Parser - парсер для профессионалов SEO

Full Format​

The following is specified separated by a space:

  • The address of the Ping service to which the Ping request will be sent
  • A string in JSON format, which contains a description of the pinged site
http://ping.feedburner.com {"name":"A-Parser - парсер для профессионалов SEO", "site":"http://a-parser.com/", "page":"http://a-parser.com/wiki/seo-ping", "feed":"http://a-parser.com/feed", "tags":"parser|парсер"}

In the full format, it is possible to specify additional parameters, such as:

  • The address of the site's RSS feed
  • Tags describing the categories to which the site belongs

All parameters, except for name and site, are optional.

Bulk Sending of Requests to Multiple Services​

For bulk sending of multiple pages to multiple services, you can use the capabilities of macros in Query format:

  • Place the list of services in the file queries/subs/ping-services.txt
  • Place the list of links for indexing in the file queries/subs/site-links.txt

Then the final query can be specified like this:

{subs:ping-services} http://a-parser.com/ {subs:site-links} A-Parser - парсер для профессионалов SEO

The scraper will automatically create requests and send each link from the file site-links.txt to each service from the file ping-services.txt.

Output Results Examples​

A-Parser supports flexible formatting of results thanks to the built-in templating engine Template Toolkit, which allows it to output results in any form, as well as in structured formats, such as CSV or JSON

Default Output​

Result format:

$service: $message\n

Example of result:

http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2: Thanks for the ping.

The success of the Ping request should be determined by the following parameters:

  • $success = 1 - the request was successfully sent and a response was received
  • $flerror = 0 - the Ping service accepted the request without errors

Possible Settings​

note

Common settings for all scrapers

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