Do you know how to ping XML-RPC servers?

Ever wondered how you can let the world know that your latest post is out the moment you hit “Publish” on your blog site?

XML-RPC is the answer.

If you are a blogger, your blogging software may offer you a different, immediate method to notify directories that your blog has been updated. This mechanism is usually referred to as an XML-RPC ping.

Not all blog and RSS directories offer such a web service yet, but an increasing number of directory owners are adding this web service to their offerings.

In a very comprehensive and well researched free mini-guide, Marjolein Hoekstra of Master New Media pulls together all of the XML-RPC strings by providing a comprehensive, detailed and trusted resource covering all you need to know to understand and leverage XML-RPC to your ends.

These the topics covered:

• technical background details of XML-RPC pings
• importance of XML-RPC pings
• requirements for using XML-RPC pings
• media types covered by XML-RPC
• Ping-o-Matic, the mother of all XML-RPC ping services
• directories accepting XML-RPC pings
• live comments jotted down while performing pings
• resources related to XML-RPC

Find out more right here.