Comments on: Facebook Like Numbers Are Inflated

By: Claire Finnie

Claire Finnie — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 09:58:41 +0000

Totally agree. My actual likes number around 21 and yet the number on my like list is something like 70 odd. I know it doesn’t really matter in the grand scheme of things but it irritates me. It makes the things I do actually like seem less important.

By: Yair Spolter

Yair Spolter — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:06:50 +0000

AJ, thanks for this terrific post!
Is this info still correct to date, or has FB made changes in how they tally the number? (April 24, 2012)

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The Ultimate Google+ SEO Guide — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:38:21 +0000

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By: AJ Kohn

AJ Kohn — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:03:02 +0000

Well, if you're looking to find out the number of +1s, Likes and Tweets a page might have you could give the Simple Social Metrics Chrome Extension a try. It's a simple but handy tool.

By: eğlence

eğlence — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:54:32 +0000

can we see how many people liked a page/pages without putting the likebutton? is there any application or webpage for this ? (like bulk pagerank checker)

By: AJ Kohn

AJ Kohn — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:57:45 +0000

Robin,

Well the last time I looked the Like count was a separate field so you could extract just that number and display it, though it would take a fair amount of customization to do so.

By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 07:23:33 +0000

I also think this is misleading. It can’t be used easily for a voting-mechanism. Is there a way to show only the like-counts?

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By: Adam Moro

Adam Moro — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:49:34 +0000

I’d say it’s a little misleading but come on. There are two graphics there. One for the Like button and one for displaying the number of comments/likes/shares/etc. Plus, the number is contained in a graphic that looks like the typical graphic used to display the number of comments on many blogs out there. Again, I do think it’s a little misleading but accusing people of inflating their “likes” is kind of harsh.