In the page that Microsoft offers to the webmasters (the equivalent of Google Webmaster Tools), I read the following text:

You can use sitemaps to give Bing a list of URLs to index for your site.

We offer two easy ways to tell Bing where your sitemap lives.

Sitemap ping service

To notify MSNBot when you change an existing sitemap or add a new one, enter the following in your browser:

http://www.bing.com/webmaster/ping.aspx?siteMap=[your sitemap web address]

http://www.bing.com/webmaster/ping.aspx is not the address the module is currently using.

CommentFileSizeAuthor
#25 479892-bing-D5.patch8.97 KBdave reid
#20 xmlsitemap_engines.install.rej_.txt1.15 KBelyobo
#20 xmlsitemap_engines.module.rej_.txt6.3 KBelyobo
#12 xmlsitemap-479892.patch9 KBAnonymous (not verified)
#10 xmlsitemap-479892.patch9 KBAnonymous (not verified)
#8 479892-D5-2.patch7.18 KBdave reid
#6 479892-D6-1.patch8.25 KBdave reid
#4 479892-D6-1.patch8.03 KBdave reid

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Thanks for the update. Fixed in 6.x-2.x with http://drupal.org/cvs?commit=219778.

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To notice that the service is called Bing, now; the URL of the Live Search Webmaster Central is changed in http://www.bing.com.
It must be a change they did in the last week, as I was not able to access to Live Search Webmaster Central one week ago because the old URL was redirected to the same URL in an infinite loop.

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Starminder commented

Will this be fixed in 6x1x?

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Status: Active » Needs review
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new 479892-D6-1.patch8.03 KB

Here's a patch for 6.x-1.x. Please someone test it out and verify that the upgrade works. Then I'll commit.

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will this be backported to version 5?

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new 479892-D6-1.patch8.25 KB

Re-rolled from the module root.

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xamount: Possibly. I need people to test the patch for 6.x-1.x first.

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new 479892-D5-2.patch7.18 KB

Patch created for 5.x-2.x.

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CyberKieken commented

This worked:
Message The sitemap has been successfully submitted to Bing (formerly Live Search).

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new xmlsitemap-479892.patch9 KB

Here is the patch for the reset code. I will commit later today.

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Status: Needs review » Needs work 
+    '#default_value' => variable_get('xmlsitemap_engines_bing_url', 'http://www.gin.com/webmaster/ping.aspx?siteMap=[sitemap]'),
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Status: Needs work » Needs review
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new xmlsitemap-479892.patch9 KB

I must have needed some tonic.

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Title: Verify the code is using the right submission URL for Windows Live » Switch from Live Search to Bing

Renaming title so others can find this issue easier, and marked #490178: Update Windows Live to Bing as a duplicate of this issue.

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scoutbaker commented

Thanks. I certainly didn't find it when I looked.

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Status: Needs review » Reviewed & tested by the community
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Status: Reviewed & tested by the community » Fixed

Committed to CVS.

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Version: 6.x-1.x-dev » 5.x-2.x-dev
Status: Fixed » Needs review

Patch in #8 for 5.x-2.x should still be valid.

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armetrix commented

With regard to Drupal 5.x I am having a problem getting the patch to "take". I've reviewed notes and comments following all directions to the letter and still I am getting errors with regard to submitting site maps to Bing.

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armetrix commented

Well after several attempts, we manually changed everything according to how the patch was written and voila! it works. The process wasn't too difficult. Just be certain that the submission URL points to the right place: "http://www.bing.com/webmaster/ping.aspx?siteMap=[path to your sitemap]".

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elyobo commented
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new xmlsitemap_engines.module.rej_.txt6.3 KB
new xmlsitemap_engines.install.rej_.txt1.15 KB

Also having problems with the patch; see as follows.

liam@tyreal:~/drupal/modules$ !tar
tar xzf xmlsitemap-5.x-1.6.tar.gz
liam@tyreal:~/drupal/modules$ cd xmlsitemap
liam@tyreal:~/drupal/modules/xmlsitemap$ patch -p0 < 479892-D5-2.patch
patching file xmlsitemap_engines/xmlsitemap_engines.install
Hunk #1 FAILED at 27.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file xmlsitemap_engines/xmlsitemap_engines.install.rej
patching file xmlsitemap_engines/xmlsitemap_engines.module
Hunk #1 FAILED at 3.
Hunk #2 FAILED at 38.
Hunk #3 FAILED at 119.
Hunk #4 FAILED at 199.
Hunk #5 succeeded at 273 (offset 32 lines).
4 out of 5 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file xmlsitemap_engines/xmlsitemap_engines.module.rej

See attached files for more details.

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elyobo commented

Bah, ignore me; I see in the comments above that the patch is intended for the 5.x-2.x branch.

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Anonymous (not verified) commented

If you manage to create a patch, for 5.x-1.x-dev I can review it and commit.

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Version: 5.x-2.x-dev » 5.x-1.x-dev
Status: Needs review » Active

We need a patch for 5.x-1.x-dev on this.

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rkdesantos commented

+1 subscribe

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Status: Active » Needs review
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new 479892-bing-D5.patch8.97 KB

Re-rolled for 5.x-1.x. Please test and make sure running update.php works ok.

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Anonymous (not verified) commented

@elyobo or @rkdesantos: Are you working fine with the patch in #25?

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rkdesantos commented

Unfortunately, I upgraded the D5 site I maintain to the 2.x branch because of this issue and another one. Based on Dave's answer to an inquiry I posted in the issues, the recommendation was that I not downgrade back to 1.x though 2.x is now unsupported. I'm ok either way and happy to test the patch but I can't do so unless I downgrade. So whatever the maintainers consensus is, I'll go with it.

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Status: Needs review » Fixed

Tested the upgrade and it worked just fine. Committed to the 5.x-1.x branch.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.