Photo By fPat Murray

I’ve created a new web app that lets you pit two groups of websites against each other to see which group is more popular on Facebook. It’s called Website Showdown! and works by using the Facebook API to read the number of “Shares”, “Likes”, and “Comments” a particular URL has gotten on Facebook. Whichever group has the highest count, wins.

Also, when comparing URLs, the exact URL counts. “http://patorjk.com/” wont reference all of the times something from “patorjk.com” has been shared, only the number of times that particular URL has been shared. Trailing slashes (/) also seem to matter.

The data displayed in the app is read from Facebook’s link_stat table. I may end up adding other Social Media stats to the results, but I’ll wait to see if there’s any feedback on this app first.

The Facebook API is actually kind of fun. I’ve avoided it since I’d heard some bad things, but I had no issues with it (however, this is probably the most basic type of app one can create). I’ll probably tinker around with it some more, though as of late I’ve got a lot of unfinished projects on my plate.

Below you can see a screen cap of some results. If you find any bugs in the app please let me know.

Google vs Facebook

App URL: Website Showdown!