Can You Aggregate Likes from Pages on Your Site to Your Homepage?

[Charlessipe]

I think the Facebook widget is great for social proof if you have a lot of people who like you. (the widget that shows faces of people who like you)

Let's say that you create a resource that gets 100 likes. Do those "Likes" only count at the page level or can they be aggregated into a total "Likes" count that you can show on your home page and on the Facebook widget?

Or are "Likes" in the Facebook widget only for people who like your Facebook page? (not those who "Like" your site).

[EricPratum30]

It depends on what the like button references. If it references the site, all of those likes will aggregate at the site level, but the impression you generate on Facebook will be poor because you're creating "Really Cool Resource" that I want to like, but my friends only see "Eric liked Website X." People aren't going to click through that, but they might click through "Eric liked Really Cool Resource." You'll only get that if the like button on a page references the page itself.

[VentaMarketing]

Charles, what are saying in your question is correct. "Liking" a specific URL will not add those "likes" to your Facebook page's fan list and vise versa.

"like" Button = a specific URL, separate from your Facebook page

"like" Box =  a specific Facebook page, which adds to your Facebook fan list but to the specific URL