Bing no longer accepting sitemap pings

Created on 28 January 2022, almost 3 years ago
Updated 8 May 2023, over 1 year ago

Problem/Motivation

Whenever my sitemap is submitted, it generates this log message alert:

Submitted the sitemap to https://www.bing.com/ping?sitemap=https://www.mysite.com/sitemap.xml and received response 404.

Pinging Using a HTTP request by submitting it directly to Bing will return a HTTP 410 error (page moved or deleted).

According to this article (https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/sitemap-ping-indexnow.html), sometime between December 14th and 22nd, Bing stopped accepting new ping submissions to its XML Sitemap Ping service.

Steps to reproduce

Run cron to submit your sitemap, then check recent log messages on website.

Or type in browser address bar: https://www.bing.com/ping?sitemap=https://www.mysite.com/sitemap.xml

Proposed resolution

Remove Bing as an option if not fixable.

πŸ› Bug report
Status

Fixed

Version

2.0

Component

xmlsitemap_engines.module

Created by

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈUnited States fkildoo Alexandria, VA

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