• Each and every time I build my site map I get the same Error –

    “There was a problem while notifying YAHOO.” I’ll add below the Results of the error. Can anyone guide me as to how to fix this?

    Thanks

    Ping Test

    Trying to ping: http://search.yahooapis.com/SiteExplorerService/V1/updateNotification?appid=DjY6Z_jV34FTII9KqowKUiopVOkEGSBCMU13xSchsfSOgRpuJQyysQO40oxDhjAg8CO9.A– &url=http%3A%2F%2Fchristiancoachinstitute.com%2Fsitemap.xml.gz. The sections below should give you an idea whats going on.

    Errors, Warnings, Notices:
    WP_DEBUG was set to false somewhere before. You might not see all debug information until you remove this declaration!
    Result (text only):

    Yahoo! – 400 Bad Request /* nn4 hide */ /*/*/ body {font:small/1.2em arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;font:x-small;text-align:center;}table {font-size:inherit;font:x-small;} html>body {font:83%/1.2em arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;}input {font-size:100%;vertical-align:middle;}p, form {margin:0;padding:0;} p {padding-bottom:6px;margin-bottom:10px;}#doc {width:48.5em;margin:0 auto;border:1px solid #fff;text-align:center;}#ygma {text-align:right;margin-bottom:53px} #ygma img {float:left;}#ygma div {border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;padding-bottom:8px;margin-left:152px;}#bd {clear:both;text-align:left;width:75%;margin:0 auto 20px;} h1 {font-size:135%;text-align:center;margin:0 0 15px;}legend {display:none;}fieldset {border:0 solid #fff;padding:.8em 0 .8em 4.5em;} form {position:relative;background:#eee;margin-bottom:15px;border:1px solid #ccc;border-width:1px 0;} #s1p {width:15em;margin-right:.1em;} form span {position:absolute;left:70%;top:.8em;}form a {font:78%/1.2em arial;display:block;padding-left:.8em;white-space:nowrap;background: url(http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/s/bullet.gif) no-repeat left center;} form .sep {display:none;}.more {text-align:center;}#ft {padding-top:10px;border-top:1px solid #999;}#ft p {text-align:center;font:78% arial;} /* end nn4 hide */ Yahoo! – Help Sorry, Bad Request. Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.

    The request line contained invalid characters following the protocol string.

    Please check the URL for proper spelling and capitalization. If you’re having trouble locating a destination on Yahoo!, try visiting the Yahoo! home page or look through a list of Yahoo!’s online services. Also, you may find what you’re looking for if you try searching below.
    Search the Web advanced search | most popular

    Please try Yahoo! Help Central if you need more assistance.

    Copyright © 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy – Terms of Service
    Result (HTML):
    <!doctype html public “-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd”&gt; <html><head><title>Yahoo! – 400 Bad Request</title><style> /* nn4 hide */ /*/*/ body {font:small/1.2em arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;font:x-small;text-align:center;}table {font-size:inherit;font:x-small;} html>body {font:83%/1.2em arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;}input {font-size:100%;vertical-align:middle;}p, form {margin:0;padding:0;} p {padding-bottom:6px;margin-bottom:10px;}#doc {width:48.5em;margin:0 auto;border:1px solid #fff;text-align:center;}#ygma {text-align:right;margin-bottom:53px} #ygma img {float:left;}#ygma div {border-bottom:1px solid #ccc;padding-bottom:8px;margin-left:152px;}#bd {clear:both;text-align:left;width:75%;margin:0 auto 20px;} h1 {font-size:135%;text-align:center;margin:0 0 15px;}legend {display:none;}fieldset {border:0 solid #fff;padding:.8em 0 .8em 4.5em;} form {position:relative;background:#eee;margin-bottom:15px;border:1px solid #ccc;border-width:1px 0;} #s1p {width:15em;margin-right:.1em;} form span {position:absolute;left:70%;top:.8em;}form a {font:78%/1.2em arial;display:block;padding-left:.8em;white-space:nowrap;background: url(http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/s/bullet.gif) no-repeat left center;} form .sep {display:none;}.more {text-align:center;}#ft {padding-top:10px;border-top:1px solid #999;}#ft p {text-align:center;font:78% arial;} /* end nn4 hide */ </style></head> <body><div id=”doc”> <div id=”ygma”><img src=http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/yahoo.gif width=147 height=31 border=0 alt=”Yahoo!”><div>Yahoo!Help</div></div> <div id=”bd”><h1>Sorry, Bad Request.</h1> Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.<P> The request line contained invalid characters following the protocol string.<P> <P> <p>Please check the URL for proper spelling and capitalization. If you’re having trouble locating a destination on Yahoo!, try visiting the Yahoo! home page or look through a list of Yahoo!’s online services. Also, you may find what you’re looking for if you try searching below.</p> <form name=”s1″ action=”http://us.rd.yahoo.com/400/*-http://search.yahoo.com/search”><fieldset&gt; <legend><label for=”s1p”>Search the Web</label></legend> <input type=”text” size=30 name=”p” id=”s1p” title=”enter search terms here”> <input type=”submit” value=”Search”> <span>advanced search <span class=sep>|</span> most popular</span> </fieldset></form> <p class=”more”>Please try Yahoo! Help Central if you need more assistance.</p> </div><div id=”ft”><p>Copyright © 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy PolicyTerms of Service</p></div> </div></body></html>

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  • I am also getting the same error..
    here is the full details

    Ping Test
    Trying to ping: http://search.yahooapis.com/SiteExplorerService/V1/updateNotification?appid=egfY45fV34GgqvxlfP0Q8JKPxqnMgsTdQ0kTgs9lmO6Q760mucv9MLu8VHj9Gq5Cs4CI3Q—&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.walkwithworld.com%2Fsitemap.xml.gz. The sections below should give you an idea whats going on.
    
    Errors, Warnings, Notices:
    WP_DEBUG was set to false somewhere before. You might not see all debug information until you remove this declaration!
    
    Result (text only):
    The following errors were detected: backend fetch error 400
    Result (HTML):
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Error xmlns="urn:yahoo:api"> The following errors were detected: <Message>backend fetch error 400</Message> </Error> <!-- ws03.ydn.gq1.yahoo.com uncompressed Mon Aug 16 22:44:37 PDT 2010 -->

    anybody please help…

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