How Do You Check Whether An IFTTT Network Has Been Properly Set Up?

In episode 126 of our weekly Hump Day Hangouts, one viewer asked how one could check whether an IFTTT syndication network was properly set up.

The exact question was:

I paid someone to create an IFTTT network for my youtube channel. Is there a simple way to check to see if it is actually setup and working? Yes, I uploaded a video to my youtube channel and checked one of the many blogs to see if it was sent. I didn't see the video forwarded to the blog. Does it take days or seconds for the IFTTT links to become active?