Comments on: How To Get Statistics For A Facebook “Like” Button And Shared URLs http://www.saschakimmel.com/2010/05/how-to-get-statistics-for-a-facebook-like-button-and-shared-urls/ Entrepreneur, internet marketer, full-scale web developer, media production, love SEO, SEM, AJAX, PHP - Living the web experience since 1996 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:28:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: vigrx http://www.saschakimmel.com/2010/05/how-to-get-statistics-for-a-facebook-like-button-and-shared-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-44159 vigrx Sun, 29 May 2011 21:51:59 +0000 http://www.saschakimmel.com/?p=633#comment-44159 Sathish, Try this query if you want the fan count of a page: http://api.facebook.com/method/fql.query?query=select%20fan_count%20from%20page%20where%20page_id= Simply add at the end your facebook page id: http://api.facebook.com/method/fql.query?query=select%20fan_count%20from%20page%20where%20page_id=1111111111111111 Sathish,

Try this query if you want the fan count of a page:

http://api.facebook.com/method/fql.query?query=select%20fan_count%20from%20page%20where%20page_id=

Simply add at the end your facebook page id:

http://api.facebook.com/method/fql.query?query=select%20fan_count%20from%20page%20where%20page_id=1111111111111111

]]> By: Wat met die Facebook “Like” knop ? http://www.saschakimmel.com/2010/05/how-to-get-statistics-for-a-facebook-like-button-and-shared-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-43170 Wat met die Facebook “Like” knop ? Sun, 22 May 2011 21:46:09 +0000 http://www.saschakimmel.com/?p=633#comment-43170 [...] How to get statistics for a Facebook Like link [...] [...] How to get statistics for a Facebook Like link [...]

]]> By: subhadip http://www.saschakimmel.com/2010/05/how-to-get-statistics-for-a-facebook-like-button-and-shared-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-42078 subhadip Mon, 16 May 2011 08:26:29 +0000 http://www.saschakimmel.com/?p=633#comment-42078 Hi, This is really helpful and just what I was looking for. Thanks!! I have one question though. If you use the url "http://www.facebook.com/radiohead", you will get the correct numbers, but if the url is "http://www.facebook.com/microfiches", all the numbers are shown 0, while a visit to that URL clearly shows that this band has 85 likes. Can you please help me in understanding why is this happening? Thanks Hi,

This is really helpful and just what I was looking for. Thanks!!

I have one question though. If you use the url “http://www.facebook.com/radiohead”, you will get the correct numbers, but if the url is “http://www.facebook.com/microfiches”, all the numbers are shown 0, while a visit to that URL clearly shows that this band has 85 likes.

Can you please help me in understanding why is this happening?

Thanks

]]> By: Pham Hoang http://www.saschakimmel.com/2010/05/how-to-get-statistics-for-a-facebook-like-button-and-shared-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-40725 Pham Hoang Fri, 06 May 2011 04:24:13 +0000 http://www.saschakimmel.com/?p=633#comment-40725 Hi Sascha, I glad to get help from you. In case, i want to get list of users who have MY FACEBOOK PAGE, so could you please help me do that? Thanks so much! Hi Sascha,

I glad to get help from you. In case, i want to get list of users who have MY FACEBOOK PAGE, so could you please help me do that?

Thanks so much!

]]> By: Transcendental Generalization » Blog Archive » Determining Facebook Like Count and Twitter Tweet Count for a URL http://www.saschakimmel.com/2010/05/how-to-get-statistics-for-a-facebook-like-button-and-shared-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-29842 Transcendental Generalization » Blog Archive » Determining Facebook Like Count and Twitter Tweet Count for a URL Fri, 25 Feb 2011 22:49:31 +0000 http://www.saschakimmel.com/?p=633#comment-29842 [...] This site had the solution for Facebook likes. Let’s say your page, containing like and tweet buttons is at http://the.url.com. Simply type the following at the command line: curl "https://api.facebook.com/method/fql.query?query=select%20%20like_count%20from%20link_stat%20where%20url=%22http://the.url.com%22" You’ll get back an XML document containing the like count. [...] [...] This site had the solution for Facebook likes. Let’s say your page, containing like and tweet buttons is at http://the.url.com. Simply type the following at the command line: curl “https://api.facebook.com/method/fql.query?query=select%20%20like_count%20from%20link_stat%20where%20url=%22http://the.url.com%22″ You’ll get back an XML document containing the like count. [...]

]]> By: Ellen Sundh http://www.saschakimmel.com/2010/05/how-to-get-statistics-for-a-facebook-like-button-and-shared-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-28711 Ellen Sundh Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:16:43 +0000 http://www.saschakimmel.com/?p=633#comment-28711 Nice job! Here is an example of how you extract the data and then sort it by likes in PHP: http://www.sundh.com/blog/2010/11/get-likes-on-urls-from-facebook/ Nice job!

Here is an example of how you extract the data and then sort it by likes in PHP:
http://www.sundh.com/blog/2010/11/get-likes-on-urls-from-facebook/

]]> By: Damien Keitel http://www.saschakimmel.com/2010/05/how-to-get-statistics-for-a-facebook-like-button-and-shared-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-27876 Damien Keitel Sat, 12 Feb 2011 01:06:18 +0000 http://www.saschakimmel.com/?p=633#comment-27876 To get xml stuff happening in php. Here is my little trick. $somexml = simplexml_file_load('https://api.facebook.com/method/fql.query?query=select%20%20like_count,%20total_count,%20share_count,%20click_count%20from%20link_stat%20where%20url=%22http://www.saschakimmel.com/2010/05/how-to-capture-clicks-on-the-facebook-like-button/%22'); then retrieve the data like echo $somexml->chilnode->childnode or $childnode1 = $somexml->chilnode->childnode eg.. $like_count = $somexml->link_stat->like_count echo $somexml->link_stat->like_count . ' people like this page'; //echo's 4 people like this page echo $like_count . ' people like this page'; //echo's 4 people like this page $sopmexml to quote mike below However - when I have tried to access it from scrips I get a blank result. EG I have tried simpleXML, curl, file_get_contents. I dont get errors as such… just seems like there is nothing retrurned. I have tested other XMLs, and they all load (although all are http rather than https). Is there something silly and simple I may have overlooked? Thanks in advance Mike To get xml stuff happening in php.
Here is my little trick.

$somexml = simplexml_file_load(’https://api.facebook.com/method/fql.query?query=select%20%20like_count,%20total_count,%20share_count,%20click_count%20from%20link_stat%20where%20url=%22http://www.saschakimmel.com/2010/05/how-to-capture-clicks-on-the-facebook-like-button/%22′);

then retrieve the data like

echo $somexml->chilnode->childnode

or $childnode1 = $somexml->chilnode->childnode

eg..

$like_count = $somexml->link_stat->like_count

echo $somexml->link_stat->like_count . ‘ people like this page’; //echo’s 4 people like this page

echo $like_count . ‘ people like this page’; //echo’s 4 people like this page

$sopmexml

to quote mike below

However - when I have tried to access it from scrips I get a blank result. EG I have tried simpleXML, curl, file_get_contents. I dont get errors as such… just seems like there is nothing retrurned. I have tested other XMLs, and they all load (although all are http rather than https). Is there something silly and simple I may have overlooked?

Thanks in advance

Mike

]]> By: Amit http://www.saschakimmel.com/2010/05/how-to-get-statistics-for-a-facebook-like-button-and-shared-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-27791 Amit Fri, 11 Feb 2011 08:31:58 +0000 http://www.saschakimmel.com/?p=633#comment-27791 there is one facebook page also which shows detailed statistics....i forgot the url :( sorry there is one facebook page also which shows detailed statistics….i forgot the url :( sorry

]]> By: David http://www.saschakimmel.com/2010/05/how-to-get-statistics-for-a-facebook-like-button-and-shared-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-23567 David Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:39:18 +0000 http://www.saschakimmel.com/?p=633#comment-23567 I have a Like button on my web page. Facebook Insights shows the Like count for the URL however there is no count shown next to the Like button on my web page. This is an example: http://this1that1whatever.com/. Does anyone have any ideas on what might be causing this misbehavior? Thanks. I have a Like button on my web page. Facebook Insights shows the Like count for the URL however there is no count shown next to the Like button on my web page. This is an example: http://this1that1whatever.com/. Does anyone have any ideas on what might be causing this misbehavior? Thanks.

]]> By: Sathish http://www.saschakimmel.com/2010/05/how-to-get-statistics-for-a-facebook-like-button-and-shared-urls/comment-page-1/#comment-22840 Sathish Thu, 06 Jan 2011 06:06:30 +0000 http://www.saschakimmel.com/?p=633#comment-22840 Hello Lukas, https://api.facebook.com/method/fql.query?query=SELECT%20share_count,click_count,%20like_count,%20total_count%20FROM%20link_stat%20WHERE%20url=%22http://www.asendes.com%22 I was using this query to get the stats...everthng seems to be ok..but the click_count always returns me 0.do you have any idea? Thanks in advance. Sathish. Hello Lukas,

https://api.facebook.com/method/fql.query?query=SELECT%20share_count,click_count,%20like_count,%20total_count%20FROM%20link_stat%20WHERE%20url=%22http://www.asendes.com%22

I was using this query to get the stats…everthng seems to be ok..but the click_count always returns me 0.do you have any idea?

Thanks in advance.

Sathish.

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