Pinging google sitemap after every new article submission?

Question

As you may know, by using the following url, you can \'ping\' google to update its record of your sitemap:

https://www.google.com/ping?sitemap=URLOFSITEMAP.x         


        

Answer 1

Yes, that method is allowed by google.

1. Issue your request to the following URL:

   www.google.com/webmasters/tools/ping?sitemap=sitemap_url

   For example, if your Sitemap is located at http://www.example.com/sitemap.gz, your URL will become:

   www.google.com/webmasters/tools/ping?sitemap=http://www.example.com/sitemap.gz

2. URL encode everything after the /ping?sitemap=:

   www.google.com/webmasters/tools/ping?sitemap=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yoursite.com%2Fsitemap.gz

3. Issue the HTTP request using wget, curl, or another mechanism of your choosing.

ADDED:

Based on the link I just given, there is an info in there, google says:

We recommend that you resubmit a Sitemap no more than once per hour.