Definition of "pinging" [pinging]

• Present participle of ping. (verb)

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• "WordPress comes pretty much SEO (Search Engine Optimization) ready with easy to use permalinks, built-in pinging, and out-of-the-box code optimization, as long as you choose or create a search engine friendly WordPress Theme."
• "And remember, pinging is like submitting to a search engine, do it more than once in a reasonable length of time and you can be penalized."
• "The practice is known as "pinging" because of the way cell phone signals bounce off relay towers as they try to find reception."