diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedParser.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedParser.java
index 349ac4a5..6cce1fa8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedParser.java
@@ -76,7 +76,9 @@ public class FeedParser {
 
 				entry.setGuid(FeedUtils.truncate(item.getUri(), 2048));
 				entry.setGuidHash(DigestUtils.sha1Hex(item.getUri()));
-				entry.setUrl(FeedUtils.truncate(item.getLink(), 2048));
+				entry.setUrl(FeedUtils.toAbsoluteUrl(
+						FeedUtils.truncate(item.getLink(), 2048),
+						feed.getLink()));
 				entry.setUpdated(validateDate(getUpdateDate(item)));
 				entry.setAuthor(FeedUtils.truncate(item.getAuthor(), 128));
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedUtils.java
index 6f7eeabc..fa0e543f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feeds/FeedUtils.java
@@ -185,4 +185,23 @@ public class FeedUtils {
 		Collections.reverse(timestamps);
 		return timestamps;
 	}
+
+	public static String removeTrailingSlash(String url) {
+		if (url.endsWith("/")) {
+			url = url.substring(0, url.length() - 1);
+		}
+		return url;
+	}
+
+	public static String toAbsoluteUrl(String url, String baseUrl) {
+		if (baseUrl == null || url == null || url.startsWith("http")) {
+			return url;
+		}
+
+		if (url.startsWith("/") == false) {
+			url = "/" + url;
+		}
+
+		return baseUrl + url;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/pubsubhubbub/SubscriptionHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/pubsubhubbub/SubscriptionHandler.java
index 911227d8..7a2bf472 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/pubsubhubbub/SubscriptionHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/pubsubhubbub/SubscriptionHandler.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import com.commafeed.backend.HttpGetter;
 import com.commafeed.backend.dao.FeedPushInfoDAO;
+import com.commafeed.backend.feeds.FeedUtils;
 import com.commafeed.backend.model.Feed;
 import com.commafeed.backend.model.FeedPushInfo;
 import com.commafeed.backend.services.ApplicationSettingsService;
@@ -39,10 +40,9 @@ public class SubscriptionHandler {
 		FeedPushInfo info = feed.getPushInfo();
 		String hub = info.getHub();
 		String topic = info.getTopic();
-		String publicUrl = applicationSettingsService.get().getPublicUrl();
-		if (publicUrl.endsWith("/")) {
-			publicUrl = publicUrl.substring(0, publicUrl.length() - 1);
-		}
+		String publicUrl = FeedUtils
+				.removeTrailingSlash(applicationSettingsService.get()
+						.getPublicUrl());
 
 		log.debug("sending new pubsub subscription to {} for {}", hub, topic);
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/pages/GoogleImportCallbackPage.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/pages/GoogleImportCallbackPage.java
index 3b8b5824..ad0f4ca9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/pages/GoogleImportCallbackPage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/pages/GoogleImportCallbackPage.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import org.apache.wicket.request.mapper.parameter.PageParameters;
 
 import com.commafeed.backend.StartupBean;
 import com.commafeed.backend.dao.UserDAO;
+import com.commafeed.backend.feeds.FeedUtils;
 import com.commafeed.backend.feeds.OPMLImporter;
 import com.commafeed.backend.model.ApplicationSettings;
 import com.commafeed.backend.model.User;
@@ -44,10 +45,7 @@ public class GoogleImportCallbackPage extends WebPage {
 	UserDAO userDAO;
 
 	public static String getCallbackUrl(String publicUrl) {
-		if (publicUrl.endsWith("/")) {
-			publicUrl = publicUrl.substring(0, publicUrl.length() - 1);
-		}
-		return publicUrl + "/" + PAGE_PATH;
+		return FeedUtils.removeTrailingSlash(publicUrl) + "/" + PAGE_PATH;
 	}
 
 	public GoogleImportCallbackPage(PageParameters params) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/pages/PasswordRecoveryPage.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/pages/PasswordRecoveryPage.java
index d28368ec..d5448a37 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/pages/PasswordRecoveryPage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/frontend/pages/PasswordRecoveryPage.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import org.apache.wicket.model.Model;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import com.commafeed.backend.feeds.FeedUtils;
 import com.commafeed.backend.model.User;
 import com.commafeed.frontend.pages.components.BootstrapFeedbackPanel;
 
@@ -67,10 +68,9 @@ public class PasswordRecoveryPage extends BasePage {
 
 	private String buildEmailContent(User user) throws Exception {
 
-		String publicUrl = applicationSettingsService.get().getPublicUrl();
-		if (publicUrl.endsWith("/")) {
-			publicUrl = publicUrl.substring(0, publicUrl.length() - 1);
-		}
+		String publicUrl = FeedUtils
+				.removeTrailingSlash(applicationSettingsService.get()
+						.getPublicUrl());
 		publicUrl += "/recover2";
 
 		return String