OG:type article vs website for Individual Web Pages That Are Not Articles

Question

I\'m seeking clarification regarding the use of og:type article vs website for an individual web page that is technically not an \"article\" but also does not represent an entir

Answer 1

Website and Blog in facebook would represent the root domain or subdomain, the root non the less.

This was originally designed for the like button social plugin from what i understand, and it was a way to set a hierarchy to the site. "this is facebook specific functionality".

type = social_plugin is what i used to represent my social plugins, i set this in open graph settings for my application. If a type does not exist to represent your page type, then you create one.

anotherfeed.com - website
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  /widgets/index.php - social_plugin
  /?cat=world_news - article 

Answer 2

In my experience, the difference between 'article' and 'website' is related to how Facebook uses the 'like'. A 'like' of a page with type website will appear in the section of the user's profile where it lists their likes; a 'like' of a page with type article does not. A user's like of an 'article' object is more likely to be displayed to friends in their newsfeeds (although, as of now, even an article, without a comment, is pretty unlikely to make it into a newsfeed item, unless there are strong reasons-- topic of mutual interest, very frequent interaction between the users-- to make the item surface in Facebook's algorithm).