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Ticket: Does Pinging a Google Sitemap still work?
| Status | Resolved |
| Add-on / Version | Sitemap 4.1.2 |
| Severity | |
| EE Version | 7.2.6 |
Paul Larson
Feb 06, 2024I have just a few clients that use the Sitemap module. Since the generated sitemap works, I had never found a need to test anything.
But the client edited an entry, and then used the ‘Ping Search Engines’ checkbox, then saving the entry.
The error they got is attached.
From the sitemap docs:
“Google requires that you manually submit your sitemap location to them in order to allow the Sitemap Module to automatically ping them. You should submit the full url of your sitemap template. It only has to be submitted once and can be done from Google Webmaster Tools.”
The sitemap URL has long existed in Search Console, so I wasn’t sure what else needed to be done.
Paul Larson
Oh, wonder if this is why? =)
https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2023/06/sitemaps-lastmod-ping
BoldMinded (Brian)
Thanks for that link. Sounds like I just need to disable the pings entirely as Bing deprecated theirs too.
BoldMinded (Brian)
I updated the docs to reflect the change. https://docs.boldminded.com/sitemap/docs/configuration-and-usage