Why does my regular homepage url link to a page that no longer exists?

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  edenpecha · Member · May 16, 2016 at 12:10 am

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  When I tried to post my regular homepage blog link to people on facebook, every time i clicked on it it led me to a page that no longer exists (and was never my homepage) and gives the whole ‘Oops…’ thing. I have the same blog url bookmarked on my webpage and every time I click the bookmark, its fine. But when I copy the url from that bookmark and put it in the facebook share box it all of a sudden adds /backtobasics at the end of the link, even though I never typed it in. Please help!!

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  supernovia · Staff · May 17, 2016 at 7:22 pm

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  Hi @edenpecha, can you tell us what URL you’re trying to post? We’ll take a look.

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  edenpecha · Member · May 17, 2016 at 7:42 pm

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  Hi, I literally type in http://www.zestandspiceandeverythingnice.wordpress.com into facebook, and when I press enter and the facebook preview of the link comes up, I click it and it automatically leads to http://www.zestandspiceandeverythingnice.wordpress.com/backtobasics which is a page I deleted a while ago, so it shows an “oops this page doesn’t exist”. This problem only happens when I share the link, when you just type in the URL it just goes the the actual homepage.

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  supernovia · Staff · May 18, 2016 at 2:01 am

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  Thanks @edenpecha , I’ve entered that URL here:
  https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/sharing/

  and chosen to fetch new scrape information. Now when I try to share it, the proper link shows up. Let us know if you need more help!

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  edenpecha · Member · May 18, 2016 at 2:09 am

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  Thank you so so much! It works now.

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  supernovia · Staff · May 18, 2016 at 7:04 pm

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  Cheers!