The Core Blog
The Coolest New Internet Thing - Ping.fm
2009-07-16 17:46:00
With all of the social networking sites out there, how does anybody keep up? Between Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Yammer, LinkedIn, and various blogging websites (just to name a few...), social networking has become a huge time sink, and you may find yourself juggling dozens of different accounts. There is hope, however! The website Ping.fm allows you to integrate all of your different social networking venues, and even lets you post updates to all of them at once, saving you valuable time. Sounds cool, huh? It gets better.
Not only does Ping.fm simplify the process of updating your social networking sites, the mobile apps that Ping.fm offers allows you to make these changes on the fly. Connect to m.ping.fm (or i.ping.fm for us iPhone owners) and update away. There's even a Firefox add-on, which allows you to update without going to the Ping.fm website. You can even connect to Ping through Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, AIM, GTalk, and Skype.
Don't have a smart phone? You can set up any cell phone to update your Ping account via text message.
Signing up is quick and easy, and linking your accounts is painless. Once you have registered, simply return to your dashboard and click "Add More Networks" on the right. Select the network you would like to add (Facebook, Twitter, etc.), and follow the instructions. Many times it just requires you providing your user name and password, other times it will direct you to your account to retrieve a verification code.
Once you have linked all of your accounts together, you can start updating! So what are you waiting for? Get over to Ping.fm and get posting!
Julie