Retrieve Facebook Like count after changing URL structure for entire website

Retrieve Facebook Like count after changing URL structure for entire website - If a page has internal and external outgoing links to redirecting URLs, it’s returning 3xx (301, 302, etc.) HTTP status codes standing for redirection. This issue means that the page does not exist on a permanent or temporary basis. It appears on most of the popular web browsers, usually caused by a misconfigured website. However, there are some steps you can take to ensure the issue isn’t on your side. You can find more details about redirecting URLs by reading the Google Search Central overview. In this article, we’ll go over how you can fix the Retrieve Facebook Like count after changing URL structure for entire website error on your web browser. Problem :

I just changed the URLs for my entire website. I have set up 301 permanent redirects for all old URLs to new URLs. Rel=canonical are set to new URLs.
All Facebook Like buttons count have returned to 0. Any way to get the original count showing on the new URLs?

Solution :

It's likely that those counts won't be retrievable, except maybe if you change the site structure back. (Don't quote me on that!)

Take a look at this post http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/22166/SEO-301-Redirects-Don-t-Pass-Existing-Social-Shares.aspx on their experiences.

I have had issues with several social "counting" networks losing those counts when adjusting things, only to lose my valuable "manna" forever.

I have been experiencing the same problem and just found a good solution.

Specify your old url in your like button html code (fb:like) so that you can fetch your original like/share count. When someone likes it, it will be published on his/her wall as your old link which does not exist anymore. So you need to do two things:

1) Make sure your old url exists (via url rewriting, keeping your old copy or whatever you can think of).

2) 301 redirect your old url to your new url.

You still need to display your old url in the Like button html code though. Hope this helps.

We hope that this article has helped you resolve the facebook, 301-redirect, like error in your web browsers. Enjoy browsing the internet uninterrupted!