Pinging SE's - is this spam?

[activitysuper]

Hi,

Just read on ViperChill that Matt Cutts told Glen (owner of ViperChill) that ping services can help your blog posts.

Now lets say you have a list of 10 that you ping and you put an article up everyday, thats 300 pings a month, is that not spammy?

Here is the link to the post: http://www.viperchill.com/future-of-blogging/

If you scroll down your see a screen print of Google search box, its the para above and below this screen print.

[MatthewBarby]

Hi,

Very interesting. I've never really considered pinging much at all to be honest!

I would probably say from reading the article and what I know about pinging from the past, is that it is more about having just a couple of sites you ping that are of a high quality.

I don't have any lists that work particularly well but would certainly be interested in any that anyone has!

Thanks for the info again

Matt.