Facebook refers without sharing to FB

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    lawgirldogblog · Member ·

    I do not have my blog connected to my Facebook and I did not share my URL on Facebook so I am wondering why I have Facebook referrals on my stats.
    Not that this is a bad thing, but my blog was more of an anonymous thing that I didn’t want to share on my personal Facebook so I’d like to know where Facebook refers are coming from.
    Thanks!

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

  • kokkieh · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    Just because you didn’t share your posts on Facebook it doesn’t mean no one else did. Your site is public, so literally anyone on the internet could have shared a link to one of your posts in Facebook.

    They wouldn’t even need you to add a Facebook sharing button to do that. They can simply copy the post link from their browser and paste it directly in Facebook.

    There’s no way to tell who shared a link, though – Facebook only tells us if a click came from them, but not from what page exactly on Facebook it came.

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    sharonolazaval · Member ·

    Hey! The Facebook sharing button in my blog appears to everyone else but me. How can I fix it? Thanks!

  • staff-zinnia · Staff ·

    Hi sharonolazaval –

    Which site are you working on? Please share the address with me.

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