We've been noticing this as well with Blogger.com feeds. The work-around we implemented was to check if the link exists, and if not we discard the ping and do an immediate fetch on that feed to get the correct content.
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Mario Menti <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Jay - and yes, the feeds we've been seeing this so far have all > been Blogger feeds too. > > On 14/09/2011 14:01, Jay R. [dlvr.it] wrote: > > > I reported this issue to Blogger over a month ago and have yet to > receive any acknowledgement. > > > http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/thread?tid=04c50574a62bd100&hl=en > > On 9/14/2011 7:12 AM, Mario Menti wrote: > > Yeah, the problem is that at the moment, we publish the first ping and > reject the second one, which means the link of the post is lost. I guess we > could check for the link, and reject any notifications that don't contain a > link, but I'm just wondering what the reason is in the first place, > especially as it happens for almost every post in this particular feed, but > not very often across the board (and we get notifications for hundreds of > thousands of feeds). My question really is "what causes the hub to send us a > ping without a link?" > > On 14/09/2011 10:07, Tamer Yousef wrote: > > MARIO: > I'm only guessing here, but you may receive notifications for the same post > when the user edits the post. It's your job at that point to either ignore > the ping or do something with it. I think receiving 2 pings for the same > post is better than not receiving a ping at all. > > -Tamer > > On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Mario Menti <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi guys, >> >> we've recently had a few instances of getting pshb notifications multiple >> times, and the first time without links. I've been trying to capture what we >> actually receive, here's an example: >> >> - first notification, at 11:54 (UTC, so it matches the @updated >> timestamp), without a url: >> >> #<Franks::Parser::AtomFeedBurnerEntry:0x21459518 @categories=["Fitness and >> Exercises"], @updated=Wed, 14 Sep 2011 07:54:29 -0400, @id="tag: >> blogger.com,1999:blog-3181186600989706663.post-8845784341984148409", >> @author="Dao", @content="Hi everyone,\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLast week, I hit an >> epiphany regarding fitness. Since I did not weigh myself the week before, I >> just assumed the workout routine as usual (more cardio with a touch of >> yoga.) Two weeks passed and guess how much weight I lost?\n\n\n\nTwo hundred >> freakin' grams!\n\n\n\nYeah, that's right. I lost less than half a pound. In >> two weeks. It tore me apart. It was not as if I was sitting idly and >> eating moon cake or anything. And by the way, the Autumn Festival just >> passed and so far, I have eaten half a moon cake.\n\n\n\nI was doing all >> this and the scale just refused to move. It was a sad, sad day. I came home >> and felt like I should throw in the towel already. Why bother, >> right?\n\n\n\nBut again, that ain't me. I am not a quitter. I am >> a...<br/>\n<br/>\nThis is just a taste of what's going on in my site. To >> read the full post, please click the title of this post to visit My Makeup >> Blog.<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\ >> "http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MyMakeupBlog?a=Ro2eosQjYao:wP6doOmvukg:4cEx4HpKnUU\";<http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/MyMakeupBlog?a=Ro2eosQjYao:wP6doOmvukg:4cEx4HpKnUU%5C>><img >> src=\ >> "http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MyMakeupBlog?i=Ro2eosQjYao:wP6doOmvukg:4cEx4HpKnUU\";<http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/MyMakeupBlog?i=Ro2eosQjYao:wP6doOmvukg:4cEx4HpKnUU%5C>border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div>", >> @published=Wed, 14 Sep 2011 07:54:00 >> -0400, @title="Fitness Report #6"> >> 14 Sep 11:54 http://feeds.feedburner.com/MyMakeupBlog - Queuing 1 entries >> >> - second notification, for what seems to be the same item, received ca. >> half an hour later, and now containing a url: >> >> #<Franks::Parser::AtomFeedBurnerEntry:0x13c1fa58 @url= >> "http://mymakeupblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/fitness-report-6.html";<http://mymakeupblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/fitness-report-6.html>, >> @categories=["Fitness and Exercises"], @updated=Wed, 14 Sep 2011 07:54:30 >> -0400, >> @id="tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181186600989706663.post-8845784341984148409", >> @author="Dao", @content="Hi everyone,\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLast week, I hit an >> epiphany regarding fitness. Since I did not weigh myself the week before, I >> just assumed the workout routine as usual (more cardio with a touch of >> yoga.) Two weeks passed and guess how much weight I lost?\n\n\n\nTwo hundred >> freakin' grams!\n\n\n\nYeah, that's right. I lost less than half a pound. In >> two weeks. It tore me apart. It was not as if I was sitting idly and >> eating moon cake or anything. And by the way, the Autumn Festival just >> passed and so far, I have eaten half a moon cake.\n\n\n\nI was doing all >> this and the scale just refused to move. It was a sad, sad day. I came home >> and felt like I should throw in the towel already. Why bother, >> right?\n\n\n\nBut again, that ain't me. I am not a quitter. I am >> a...<br/>\n<br/>\nThis is just a taste of what's going on in my site. To >> read the full post, please click the title of this post to visit My Makeup >> Blog.<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\ >> "http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MyMakeupBlog?a=nWHnsItLfhY:wP6doOmvukg:yIl2AUoC8zA\";<http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/MyMakeupBlog?a=nWHnsItLfhY:wP6doOmvukg:yIl2AUoC8zA%5C>><img >> src=\"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MyMakeupBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\";<http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/MyMakeupBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA%5C>border=\"0\"></img></a> >> <a href=\ >> "http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MyMakeupBlog?a=nWHnsItLfhY:wP6doOmvukg:4cEx4HpKnUU\";<http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/MyMakeupBlog?a=nWHnsItLfhY:wP6doOmvukg:4cEx4HpKnUU%5C>><img >> src=\ >> "http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MyMakeupBlog?i=nWHnsItLfhY:wP6doOmvukg:4cEx4HpKnUU\";<http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/MyMakeupBlog?i=nWHnsItLfhY:wP6doOmvukg:4cEx4HpKnUU%5C>border=\"0\"></img></a> >> <a href=\ >> "http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MyMakeupBlog?a=nWHnsItLfhY:wP6doOmvukg:gIN9vFwOqvQ\";<http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/MyMakeupBlog?a=nWHnsItLfhY:wP6doOmvukg:gIN9vFwOqvQ%5C>><img >> src=\ >> "http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MyMakeupBlog?i=nWHnsItLfhY:wP6doOmvukg:gIN9vFwOqvQ\";<http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Eff/MyMakeupBlog?i=nWHnsItLfhY:wP6doOmvukg:gIN9vFwOqvQ%5C>border=\"0\"></img></a>\n</div><img >> src=\ >> "http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MyMakeupBlog/~4/nWHnsItLfhY\";<http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/MyMakeupBlog/%7E4/nWHnsItLfhY%5C>height=\"1\" >> width=\"1\"/>", @published=Wed, 14 Sep 2011 07:54:00 -0400, >> @title="Fitness Report #6"> >> 14 Sep 12:25 http://feeds.feedburner.com/MyMakeupBlog - Queuing 1 entries >> >> This seems to be happening consistently with this one specific feed, can >> anyone think of a reason for this (e.g. anything related to how the user >> creates posts?). Any pointers appreciated, thanks! >> >> Mario. >> > > > > -- > Jay Rossiter | Jack of All Trades > [email protected] | Phone: 503.896.6187 | Fax: 503.235.2216 > Website: dlvr.it | RSS: blog.dlvr.it > Community: community.dlvr.it | Support: support.dlvr.it > >
