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..)
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I'm having fan page on facebook, for my website. On my website I've put like button linked to my fanpage. The fans count was showing my fans on fanpage page. Yesterday this number went to zero. Other plugin - like box is showing correct number of fans. This problem is only affecting like button plugin.
I believe this is not my code problem, as when I'm using facebook dev like button generator it shows zero fans for fanpage url. Fan likebox is working just fine.
This is a know problem and there is a bug report about it here: https://developers.facebook.com/bugs/657504371028995/
You can subscribe there to be updated about this issue.
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
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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 just embedded like button on my business page the wax cabana, but it is not showing the real amount that I see on my page. Why? How can that be fixed?
From: 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 likes and comments on stories on Facebook about this URL
So the Like button does not include only likes, but other things too.
there is a huge discrepancy between the number of likes our page has received and the number of likes displayed when using the like button, and giving it the facebook page's URL (like button is much higher). Does anyone know why this happens?
As described in the doc :
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 am a Facebook Partner Engineer working on platform. To bring your Facebook page Likes to your web page you should use the Like Box rather than the like button. This will allow you to gain Facebook page likes from your website while also giving you the option to show your page's stream stories right in your web site.
You can find out more about the like box here:
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like-box/
I hope this helps!
Jonathan
My understanding is the like button aggregates likes, comments and other interactions.
Basically the counter next to the button isn't the like count but an activity or interaction count.
You can get the actual like count through the graph api if you need it.