So I have an online publication with a like button for each article page, e.g. http://mafysh.com/%D9%A1%D9%A2-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%82%D8%A9-%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%85%D9%87%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%B4-%D8%B9%D9%86%D9%87/
My problem is it looks like that the article post on my Facebook Fanpage is not merged with that one on the website, e.g. on https://www.facebook.com/mafysh you will find the same first post with half the number of shares, though it links with the same url, on the website its 25 shares, and on the post it's 12 post.
The "merging" doesn't work like you imagine. Although the likes, shares and comments from the link on the FB page indeed sum up to the total number of likes/shares of your on-site button, but it doesn't work the other way - if user clicked the share button on your website it will not increment the numbers on your fanpage.
In the moment you asked this questions your numbers might be the following: 10 likes + 0 comments + 12 shares (all on the fanpage) + 3 button shares (on your website) = 25 total "shares".
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Clicking a post in Facebook's post insights shows a summary like this:
I am however bamboozled as to how a post can have 8 likes, 3 comments and 2 shares on shares of this post, without that post having been shared ('0 on post').
Trying to gain further insight into this:
/{post-id}/insights doesn't return any share information.
/{post-id}/sharedposts returns an empty set, even for posts that have been directly shared.
/{page-id}/posts just indicates the "shares on posts" (not on shares) and even omits that if it's zero like in this case.
Where can I find the "On Shares" figures in the api?
Maybe "on shares" is from people who liked the post because their friend liked it. and the original person hasn't liked the page. because the same issue happened with my account 2 Point Perspective and it didn't receive any "shares"!!
As far as I can conclude, "on shares" numbers can be calculated by total minus "on post" numbers. You can get total numbers from
/{page_id}_{post_id}/insights/post_stories_by_action_type
and "on post" numbers from
/{page_id}_{post_id}/?fields=likes.limit(0).summary(true),comments.limit(0).summary(true),shares
You should be able to get these numbers from /{page_id}_{post_id}/sharedposts/..., but as of this bug report, you won't be able to do so actually.
Also watch out for permissions and Graph API version number.
Had to think this through for awhile, but I finally got it (I think).
What it's basically saying is the following.
First line: you received a total of 8 Likes. The 8 Likes didn't come from your direct post. It came from the shares of other users (however many shares that was).
Second line: same situation as above. Except this time, you had 1 comment on your direct post, while 3 comments came from shares.
Third line: you get the gist.
Here is the exact language that describes how this works from Facebook.
"The metrics you see on a Page post when viewed from your Page's Timeline or in News Feed include likes, comments and shares that happened on the original post. The metrics in your Page Insights include likes, comments and shares from the original post plus any activity that happened if your post was shared. For example, if someone shares your post, and then their friend shares that post, this will be counted as 2 shares in Page Insights."
Source: https://www.facebook.com/help/336143376466063/
I did add fb's like button on my site , after around 70 likes I got fb page for my link in ready made state.
But likes on page & my link differ that to by whole lot margin.
Can anyone explain me how to match both's like count or atleast sync them.
I'm assuming a lot here because your question isn't completely clear, but it sounds like you're saying the count on the Like button, and the count of likes on the Admin page for that URL are not matching?
That's expected. The like button count for a URL includes things not included on the virtual 'admin' page for that URL:
See https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like/ :
What makes up the number shown on my Like button?
The number shown is the sum of:
The number of likes of this URL
The number of shares of this URL (this includes copy/pasting a link back to Facebook)
The number of likes and comments on stories on Facebook about this URL
The number of inbox messages containing this URL as an attachment.
I have a question regarding the Facebook ‘like’ button.
I have a blog which I have updated regularly for the past two years. At the bottom of each post there is a Facebook ‘like’ button, which visitors can choose to click. If they do so, this click registers as a ‘like’. However, when I paste the URL into my Facebook status update, the number of shares/ likes and comments about this URL do not register on the ‘like’ button on my blog. In the past these actions did feed through as ‘likes’ on my page, but now it appears the only way to ‘like’ my post is to go to the blog page itself and ‘like the post’.
I read the ‘Facebook Developers’ page about the like button, and it says-
http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like/
“What makes up the number shown on my Like button?
The number shown is the sum of:
• The number of likes of this URL
• The number of shares of this URL (this includes copy/pasting a link back to Facebook)
• The number of likes and comments on stories on Facebook about this URL
• The number of inbox messages containing this URL as an attachment.”
Can you tell me why this is happening- has something on Facebook changed recently?
Many thanks,
Katy
When you post a link to a URL, you are essentially creating a new post object that has a separate number of likes and comments.
What you want to do is share your link as you have mentioned - and add the text -
Please enter the blog and click the like button!
Researching the facebook "like situation" some people have suggested the following can add up to the # of likes: (ref http://www.blogdefined.com/9037/facebook-share-count/)
Number of Facebook share by each facebook users on their wall
+
Number of likes received by other facebook users on each wall update
+
Number of Comments made on each wall
=
Total Likes
However in my experience there is NO consistency with the Facebook like situation and Facebook needs to get their act together. I have some pages that will show 60 likes, and then those likes will disappear. I've also seen discrepancies with a trailing slash providing different results to the Facebook like algorithm even when the meta og tags are of the same url...so I wish there were consistant answers, but from what I have seen there is not.
I have a facebook share button with a counter on my website, it shows me 776.
but when I did http://graph.facebook.com/URL_OF_WEBSITE it gave me 550...
First I thought that they didn't update their counters, but the next day graph gave me 552.
and I don't know if they count something else, on share button? and which one is the most truth.
From: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like/
What makes up the number shown on my Like button?
The number shown is the sum of:
The number of likes of this URL
The number of shares of this URL (this includes copy/pasting a link back to Facebook)
The number of likes and comments on stories on Facebook about this URL
The number of inbox messages containing this URL as an attachment.
I'm not sure if I have an issue or just a misunderstanding.
I have the following link
http://theberrics.com/trickipedia/fakie-kickflip-hd.html
The "like" button on the page and graph api state I have 22 shares
https://graph.facebook.com/http://theberrics.com/trickipedia/fakie-kickflip-hd.html
However, on my Facebook fan page the same link has 70 plus likes
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Berrics/123390707714463
Up until a few days ago, I was under the impression that the likes that occurred on my fan page where eventually added to the count displayed on the "like" button for said link.
Am I wrong? Did something change? Help?
Thanks!
https://graph.facebook.com/http://theberrics.com/trickipedia/fakie-kickflip-hd.html shows the number of shares (people hitting share or liking it on the page its on as that shares it)
Liking its on your Fan Page is people liking that news entry not the link itself. If someone hits the share button on the same line as the like/comment/share then that will increase the share count.
Have the same problem, up until recently likes and shares of URL on facebook.com were counted and combined in like/share count for that URL (i.e. number displayed on like button on that page).
The count now only shows likes that were produced by like button, disregarding likes/shares of the same URL on facebook.com..
Did Facebook change that behaviour premamanently ? (it happened temporary before, but havent lasted so long, more than a month for now..)