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  1. 07-28-2008 02:24 AM #1
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    Failed Pings

    I have installed VBSEO and the sitemaps. However I keep getting this message in my daily reports:

    Summary:
    ============================
    Forum Display: 44
    Show Thread: 1072
    Show Post: 5890
    Member Profiles: 1264
    Poll Results: 0
    Archive: 31

    Total Indexed URLs: 8302
    Total Processing Time: 4.52 seconds

    Google ping: FAILED.
    Yahoo ping: FAILED.
    Ask ping: FAILED.
    Moreover ping: FAILED.

    Why are the ping failed? What would be the cause?

    I have a google webmaster tools account and I have linked it to
    sitemap_index.xml.gz


    Is that a problem since the software already submits daily sitemaps?
    How can I fix this?
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  2. 07-28-2008 11:37 AM #2
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    Hello,

    perhaps your server doesn't allow outgoing http connections, so ping cannot be completed.
    You can manually submit sitemap to Google:
    http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/siteoverview
    and Yahoo:
    https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/mysites
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  3. 07-28-2008 05:55 PM #3
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    You were right. I spoke to the tech guys at my hosting company and since I am on a reseller account, that function is disabled. Only available on dedicated servers.
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  4. 07-28-2008 06:10 PM #4
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    I just received an email from my host company (hostdime.com) and they wrote this:

    "After speaking with you on the phone, a colleague of mine advised that an update to VBSEO uses a different method than the "allow_url_fopen" method, which I advised you is not activated in a shared environment. Please contact your software provider to obtain an update. Hope this helps!"

    What do they mean? I am running vBSEO 3.2.0
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  5. 07-28-2008 06:45 PM #5
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    Hello,

    SE ping is a feature of vBSEO Sitemap Generator, not vBSEO.
    Sitemap generator uses file($url) function for pings.
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