Google’s Webmaster Tools offer webmasters a free resource to make their sites more Google-friendly. They can show you Google’s view of your site, help you diagnose problems, and let you share info with Google to help improve your site’s visibility.
Matt Cutts speaks on the new features:

Matt Cutts is a Google Engineer that offers SEO [...]

I wanted to a take a moment and thank CSS Mania for adding my site to their directory. If you have not been to CSS Mania before, you should definitely check them out; they feature a great list of the top CSS driven sites on the net.
I am very proud to have been added [...]

Just came across Matt Cutts’ profile over there at that crazy site, MySpace.com. I have personally never wanted a profile, that is, until now… If Matt Cutts can have a profile - so can I!

Check my space myspace.com/zacheos

Here is a rather comprehensive listing of the top ping URLs, or update services to add to your blog software’s list.
This list was updated in April 2008
http://api.feedster.com/ping
http://api.moreover.com/ping
http://api.my.yahoo.com/rss/ping
http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2
http://ping.amagle.com/
http://ping.bitacoras.com
http://ping.blo.gs/
http://ping.feedburner.com
http://ping.rootblog.com/rpc.php
http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php
http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php
http://rcs.datashed.net/RPC2/
http://rpc.blogbuzzmachine.com/RPC2
http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/
http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080/
http://rpc.newsgator.com/
http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2
http://topicexchange.com/RPC2
http://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2
http://www.blogoole.com/ping/
http://www.blogoon.net/ping/
http://www.blogsnow.com/ping
http://www.blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi
http://www.lasermemory.com/lsrpc/
http://www.newsisfree.com/RPCCloud
http://www.popdex.com/addsite.php
http://www.snipsnap.org/RPC2
http://www.wasalive.com/ping/
http://www.weblogues.com/RPC/

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