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.
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I know that the count that is shown by the Like button social plugin is made up 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.
Does anyone know for certain if the Page like count, as accessible from this kind of call, is also made up of the above rules or is it a pure Like count only (i.e. only counts people clicking the Like button of the Page)?
Cheers!
Lee
For a Page, it's just the Like count that's displayed - that other list is for URLs in your website/app
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 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 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.