OG tags

Resources

• Open Graph Protocol homepage
• A Guide to Sharing for Webmasters on FB’s dev docs. See tag type and examples
• [Sharing Debugger](https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/( - requires signing into Facebook
• Twitter card validator

Tags

Type

og:type

• Defaults to website if not set, though this could be set explicitly to avoid SEO tool errors.
• There can only be one.
• See Types reference. This covers articles, music, videos, etc.

Image

og:image

• URL for the image.

• To update an image after it’s been published, use a new URL for the new image. Images are cached based on the URL and won’t be updated unless the URL changes.

Sample from docs

<meta  property="og:url"  content="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/19/arts/international/when-great-minds-dont-think-alike.html"  />
<meta  property="og:type"  content="article"  />
<meta  property="og:title"  content="When Great Minds Don’t Think Alike"  />
<meta  property="og:description"  content="How much does culture influence creative thinking?"  />
<meta  property="og:image"  content="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2015/02/19/arts/international/19iht-btnumbers19A/19iht-btnumbers19A-facebookJumbo-v2.jpg"  />

My sample

Result

Tag	Value
og:url	https://thebuckfeverunderground.co.za/
og:title	The Buckfever Underground
og:description	Spoken-word experimental rock band in Cape Town, South Africa.
og:locale	en_US
og:site_name	The Buckfever Underground

Input

<title>The Buckfever Underground | Spoken-word experimental rock band in Cape Town, South Africa.</title>
<meta property="og:title" content="The Buckfever Underground" />
<meta property="og:locale" content="en_US" />

<meta name="description" content="Spoken-word experimental rock band in Cape Town, South Africa." />
<meta property="og:description" content="Spoken-word experimental rock band in Cape Town, South Africa." />

<link rel="canonical" href="https://thebuckfeverunderground.co.za/" />
<meta property="og:url" content="https://thebuckfeverunderground.co.za/" />
<meta property="og:site_name" content="The Buckfever Underground" />