a little ludwig goes a long way: Pinging Service Rundown. What a great idea. "Neil":http://www.neilturner.me.uk/2004/Jan/30/pinging_service_rundown.html has a list of good sites to ping and "Doug Gunters":http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2004/02/23/blog-service-pinger-enhancements is working on an automated version of this.