My Quick Fix

Problem
Earlier Today I wanted to notify Google about changes to an XML sitemap that I’d updated, and wondered if I could do it without having to log into Webmaster Tools. Call it lazyness, but I knew that the Wordpress Sitemap plug-in ’somehow’ alerted Google whenever it created a new sitemap for this blog, so I wanted to know how too!
Solution
Turns out it’s quite simple! Google, Live Search, Yahoo and ASK all allow you to ‘ping’ them about updates, via HTTP. Here are the details of each method:
Google ping URL:
http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/ping?sitemap=http://[path to …