Ping.fm is a free social networking and micro-blogging web service that enables users to post to multiple social networks simultaneously.

Making an update on Ping.fm pushes the update to a number of different social websites at once. This allows individuals using multiple social networks to update their status only once, without having to update it in all their social mediums individually. Ping.fm groups services into three categories – status updates, blogs, and micro-blogs – and updates can be sent to each group separately.

History

Ping.fm was created with the intent of making it as easy as possible to post updates to multiple social networking sites simultaneously. The idea came about when creators were updating status messages with micro-blogging sites Twitter and Tumblr. The idea of posting the exact same information in two places seemed a bit tedious, so Ping.fm was born.

Open Beta

After 6 months of being in closed beta, an announcement was made on Sep 2, 2008 that would no longer require private invite beta codes to be used to register and use the service. The launch into Open Beta was covered by outlets like Wired, and Mashable.

Other Information

• Type of site  Micro-blogging
• Owner  Standard Antics, LLC
• Created by  Sean McCullough, Adam Duffy, Ryan Merket
• Launched  March 7, 2008
• Revenue  Private Funding
• Current status  Open Beta
• Visit  http://www.ping.fm