Bing - URL cannot appear on Bing (Page Fetch Failed)

[liamthompson]

My URL is https://ltwd.co.uk. In Bing Webmaster Tools I get this error after inspecting my URL:

Last crawl attempted - 18 Feb 2022 at 14:32
Crawl allowed? - Yes
Page Fetch - Failed
We were not able to connect to the DNS (Domain Name Server) for this URL. Please review with your technical team and web hosting company, and contact Bing Webmaster support if you are not able to fix the issue.

I submitted my site to Bing a few weeks ago, through importing from Google Search Console (which has been indexed fine). I’ve tried resubmitting multiple times and there’s been no change.

When I try testing the Live URL, it shows the tested page as having the following contents:

This site requires Javascript to work, please enable Javascript in your browser or use a browser with Javascript support

Anyone have any ideas of what could be causing the issue and or any fixes? I’ve seen elsewhere that you can migrate over to CloudFlare however I’d like to avoid this if at all possible. Thanks in advance!

[ChrisPAR]

Hi and welcome to the forum! You seem to be affected by this system:

Ensuring only web browsers can access your website

InfinityFree is a website hosting service. That means that the hosting accounts we provided are intended for hosting websites. Websites contain pages that are accessed through web browsers. InfinityFree is not intended to be used for file sharing, API hosting, database hosting or background tasks/tools. To help enforce this, free hosting enforces a security system that makes sure that anyone trying to access your website is using a normal web browser. This is done by checking whether the web br…

Using Cloudflare can help resolve this, as the limitations of this system aren’t present when you’re using it. Why do you wish to avoid it, if I may ask?

[liamthompson]

Hi Chris, thanks for the reply.
“I personally wouldn’t say it breaks your site. I would say it breaks everything except for your main site. It breaks email (sending and especially receiving), it breaks subdomains, it breaks custom DNS records, it breaks things which I can’t recall right now.” was posted on this forum page: Using Cloudflare along with InfinityFree - #12 by Admin

I’d normally take things like this with a pinch of salt but it’s been posted by an admin? Does anyone know wether this is true or to what degree it is?

[userbung]

Bing webmaster is just broken

[ChrisPAR]

That post is referring to a Cloudflare integration that existed in the control panel some years ago, which allowed you to use Cloudflare without changing your nameservers to theirs, but wasn’t that good and was abandoned by Cloudflare, so the Admin was recommending people to use Cloudflare directly.

As this integration no longer exists, that post is no longer relevant. There is still a small chance your website might break temporarily if your configuration is incorrect, but Cloudflare usually automatically detects the records that need to be created, and if it does not, we have a detailed community guide that can help:

A Full Guide To Cloudflare

Hello, I will show you how to easily set up Cloudflare, Edit Records, and Troubleshoot with images! PLEASE READ BEFORE STARTING!!! Cloudflare cannot be used on free subdomains from InfinityFree. You can use Cloudflare on Custom Domains (yoursite.com) and with Custom Sub-Domains (subdomain.yoursite.com). A video tutorial can be found at the end of this guide, should you get stuck. You must connect your domain to your InfinityFree account first. Read more here. Set-Up Cloudflare Go to Dash…

[liamthompson]

Oh okay, thanks I hadn’t realised that. I will give this a go and write back to update. Thanks for the assistance!