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34688	Remove contrib.sitemaps.ping_google().	Andrew Northall	Andrew Northall	"https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2023/06/sitemaps-lastmod-ping?hl=en

@ewjoachim has posted the above blog post by Google in the Django Discord which details that Google is depreciating the sitemap ping, and will remove it in 6 months time (end of January 2024).

This ping endpoint is used by `contrib.django.sitemaps` (`ping_google()` in `__init__.py`) and also has an associated management command which will require depreciation if Google are going to disable the endpoint."	Cleanup/optimization	closed	contrib.sitemaps	4.2	Normal	fixed			Ready for checkin	1	0	0	0	0	0