Thanks for the reply Matt, I am using data-counturl for tweets made using the tweet button, and usually these seem to be fine and after 10-15 minutes will give a +1 to the counter on the tweet button.
However, for tweets I make using the API directly (using the Twitter gem) the counter +1 seems to be far less consistent. Is there an equivalent of data-counturl for the API? In fact in the last week or so I have noticed that NONE of my tweets done through the API are registering on the relevant counters where previously they would. I look forward to your reply, Carl On Feb 17, 5:38 am, Matt Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > When using a shorturl you sometimes need to help the Tweet Button identify > the correct URL to count. To do this add the full, long URL as the > data-counturl parameter of the button. More information on this is in our > Tweet Button documentation: > http://dev.twitter.com/pages/tweet_button#using-shorturl > > The data-expanded-url is something added during the presentation processing > of twitter.com - it has no affect on the URL counting system or click > destination. > > Ken: can you give me an example of one of the URLs which causes the 404s you > describe. > > Best, > @themattharris > Developer Advocate, Twitterhttp://twitter.com/themattharris > > > > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 8:38 PM, ctrand <[email protected]> wrote: > > Does anyone have any thoughts on the issue Ken and I are looking at? > > > On Feb 15, 11:04 pm, "Ken D." <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have a possibly related problem. > > > > We also use an inhouse shortener that returns a 301 redirect, but > > > Twitterbot misinterprets the shortened URLs. The usual search engine > > > bots follow the redirect correctly, as far as I can tell. > > > > Each tweet results in a frenzy of 404s from API users who have > > > received the incorrect URL. Mousing over the shortened URL on > > > Twitter.com shows the incorrect URL in the title tooltip. Fortunately > > > for now, it seems we are not subject to t.co wrapping so the original, > > > correct short URLs can be clicked by Twitter.com users. > > > > The incorrectly interpreted URL is always the same. We've set it up to > > > redirect to our home page so all is not lost. > > > > Any ideas what could be going on here? > > > > Thanks, Ken > > > > On Feb 14, 2:04 am, ctrand <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Any ideas on this one guys? > > > > > On Feb 10, 4:06 pm, ctrand <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I have a bunch of shortened urls which are resolved/redirected to > > full > > > > > urls by my webapp. > > > > > > e.g. > > > > > >http://dealush.com/sale/2wml > > > > > > resolves to > > >http://dealush.com/shopping-sales/2wml/sydney-sale-8-off-at-catwalk-w... > > > > > > When I tweet the short URL, sometimes the data-expanded-url attribute > > > > > is populated for the url and when I mouseover it I can see the full > > > > > url. However sometimes it is not populated, and there is no data- > > > > > expanded-url attribute at all! > > > > > > I am wondering if anyone can shed some light onto why it would be so. > > > > > > I am also thinking that this is affecting the counters on my tweet > > > > > buttons, as tweets that do have an URL with the data-expanded-url > > > > > attribute give a +1 for the counter, and those that do not have a > > data- > > > > > expanded-url don't. > > > > > > Does something need to happen for the data-expanded-url value to > > > > > populate? Or perhaps there something wrong with some of my URLS? > > > > > > Note: THe example URL above does have a data-expanded-url value. > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > > Carl > > > > > > PS - Please let me know if you need any additional information from > > me > > > > > and it will be forthcoming! > > > -- > > Twitter developer documentation and resources:http://dev.twitter.com/doc > > API updates via Twitter:http://twitter.com/twitterapi > > Issues/Enhancements Tracker: > >http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list > > Change your membership to this group: > >http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk -- Twitter developer documentation and resources: http://dev.twitter.com/doc API updates via Twitter: http://twitter.com/twitterapi Issues/Enhancements Tracker: http://code.google.com/p/twitter-api/issues/list Change your membership to this group: http://groups.google.com/group/twitter-development-talk
