This is starting to get old. First-tier blogging services that we depend on are all going down:

This time, though, it tells us something:

Error establishing a database connection

This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can’t contact the database server at localhost. This could mean your host’s database server is down.

Are you sure you have the correct username and password?
Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname?
Are you sure that the database server is running?

If you’re unsure what these terms mean you should probably contact your host. If you still need help you can always visit the WordPress Support Forums.

See, this means that Pingomatic is running Wordpress. Although, since it’s Matt’s pet project, that shouldn’t have been too hard to figure out.

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3 Responses to “Pingomatic Down”

1. Monte says:

   5/14/2006 at 12:58 pm

   According to the PINGQueue site:

   PINGQueue.com is no longer accepting pings for new blogs. Current users can continue to use PQ (assuming they haven’t been tagged as spam), but new users/blogs will have use other ping relay services for now.

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2. Joseph Scott says:

   11/10/2005 at 12:15 pm

   There are plenty of alternatives to Pingomatic. I recently announced another alternative to Pingomatic called PINGQueue. It offers a similar service, with the ability to look at your ping history and responses from services to your ping.

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3. shorty114 says:

   10/1/2005 at 6:40 pm

   It’s back again, at least @ 6:40 PST.

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