How did they do this; is this a hack? Normal web url is detected as fanpage and pushes messages to users that liked the url
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I spend hours on this thing and cannot find the solution. Maybe you guys can help me out? 

The "problem" is as follows: [A Belgium newspaper website](http://www.nieuwsblad.be/regio/gemeente/3680_Maaseik/index.aspx) is posting (local specific) updates using RSS graffiti to people who liked a url through the Facebook like-box plugin.

When you enter the current section url eg.: www.nieuwsblad.be/regio/gemeente/3680_Maaseik/index.aspx in the [like-box generator](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like-box/), it detects the page as if it were a normal fanpage.

I tried to build my own testing url using a custom app ID and page, and cannot create the same effect. A normal url with the the same FB meta data settings of the newspaper website, always returns this error:

> *Could not retrieve the specified page. Please verify correct href was passed in.*

The real strange thing is that the fanpages of the local news sections on nieuwsblad.be don't exist, even when you search for the app in Facebook. The like-box plugin does get the newsfeed (as from a normal fanpage) and the links all go to normal addresses.

When you read the code, nothing strange is going on. Only the data-href is set to the current url using JavaScript. Using Rss Graffiti you can override the title and urls of the post, so that can be explained.


