Ping Yourself!!

Recently out of private beta testing, Ping.fm allows bloggers to update most social networks at once. This was one of the first bonus features I discovered from joining LinkedIn, thanks to the invitation from Missy Frye of The Incurable Disease of Writing. I think I met Missy through MyBlogLog...or was it on BlogCatalog? Thank goodness we aren't required to keep track of the tangled skein that nets us all together!

If you're one of those who preceded me into social bookmarking/social networking or who are deeply involved with multiple accounts, Ping.fm might be just the tool you need. What it does is literally ping (update) all your accounts with the various social services when you add a post. Not only that, as Ping explains, you can:

Use AIM, GTalk, iGoogle, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, WAP, iPhone/iPod Touch, SMS or E-mail and let Ping.fm relay your message to a multitude of social networking sites.

Awesome!

Just try keeping up with this one through their blog. Last Friday, they announced support for Multiply, YouAre, and Yammer and an addition of Diigo to their bookmarking service. Don't expect to see explanations, however, until you sign up with Ping.fm -- it's all very hush-hush for outsiders. Like me.