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[danst0]

Hi,

out of a sudden I get the following error when saving a new or changed entry from the sitemap plugin:

sitemap.xml:
Sent sitemap sitemap to http://www.google.com.
HTTP_Request Object ( [_url] => Net_URL Object ( [url] => http://submissions.ask.com/ping?sitemap ... itemap.xml [protocol] => http [username] => [password] => [host] => submissions.ask.com [port] => 80 [path] => /ping [querystring] => Array ( [sitemap] => http%3A%2F%2Fscrmblog.com%2F%2Fsitemap.xml ) [anchor] => [useBrackets] => 1 [user] => [pass] => ) [_method] => GET [_http] => 1.1 [_requestHeaders] => Array ( [host] => submissions.ask.com [user-agent] => PEAR HTTP_Request class ( http://pear.php.net/ ) [connection] => close [accept-encoding] => gzip ) [_user] => [_pass] => [_sock] => Net_Socket Object ( [fp] => [blocking] => 1 [persistent] => [addr] => 66.235.120.71 [port] => 80 [timeout] => [lineLength] => 2048 [_debug] => [_default_error_mode] => [_default_error_options] => [_default_error_handler] => [_error_class] => PEAR_Error [_expected_errors] => Array ( ) ) [_proxy_host] => [_proxy_port] => [_proxy_user] => [_proxy_pass] => [_postData] => Array ( ) [_body] => [_bodyDisallowed] => Array ( [0] => TRACE ) [_postFiles] => Array ( ) [_timeout] => [_response] => [_allowRedirects] => [_maxRedirects] => 3 [_redirects] => 0 [_useBrackets] => 1 [_listeners] => Array ( ) [_saveBody] => 1 [_readTimeout] => [_socketOptions] => ) Could not report sitemap to submissions.ask.com: http://submissions.ask.com/ping?sitemap ... itemap.xml
You can also add it to your robots.txt, see here for details.
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I did not change anything with the sitemap plugin, beside installing all recent updates.
ask.com problem?

Daniel

[RobA]

http://submissions.ask.com/ looks unavailable.

-Rob A>

[danst0]

Yet another dying web service!?

[Don Chambers]

I'm getting this too. Can the plugin be patched to not emit the code above, other than the last "Could not report sitemap to submissions.ask.com: http://submissions.ask.com"?

[Manko10]

Same problem here, but I could fix it because the ping functionality is very generic.
Open up phpMyAdmin and go to to the config table (s9y_config or similar). Click on the search tab and enter

Code: Select all

%ask.com%

in the value field. You should get a result data set whose name starts with serendipity_event_google_sitemap. Edit this record and remove the semicolon and the following ask.com ping URL from the value field. Save.

EDIT:
Just noticed that you don't have to use phpMyAdmin. You can also do this in your plugin settings.

[kleinerChemiker]

Why so complicated? Just remove ask.com in the plugin configuration.

[Don Chambers]

If that service is permanently unavailable, it should probably be removed from the plugin IMHO.

[Manko10]

I have already edited that. Didn't see the simple solution in the first place.
But submissions.ask.com seems to be down permanently.