I've just tweaked NP_Ping (an update to NP_PingPong) because it doesn't seem to be pinging Technorati. I've added some tweaks I'd originally made to NP_PingPong to log stuff to the Nucleus Action Log (success, or failure with the error message), because although it appears there's code in there to do this, it doesn't seem to log anything. I've also got a feeling that the ping to Technorati is using the wrong URL (rpc.technorati.com:80/rpc/ping/ instead of rpc.technorati.com:80/rpc/ping - ie with a trailing slash instead of without).

Lets see if this works... (Perhaps I need a development environment, instead of testing on a live server?)

PS The result was inconclusive. When I started writing the post, Technorati hadn't picked up my last one. After I first posted this one, Technorati has picked up my previous post. I'm guessing they're running slow, so perhaps that was the problem? Still, I like my tweaks to NP_Ping. Plus - good new - Technorati's stopped displaying the raw HTML, so at least the Atom update worked! Hurray!

Update: I've posted the code in a separate article.