Open Graph & Social Meta
TL;DR
Open Graph tags control how your pages appear when shared on Facebook, LinkedIn, and messaging apps. Missing og:image means ugly, text-only link previews.
Explain Simply
When you share a link on Facebook and it shows a nice picture with a title — that's Open Graph working. Without it, your shared link looks plain and boring.
Open Graph (OG) is a metadata protocol created by Facebook that controls how web pages appear when shared on social media. Key tags: og:title, og:description, og:image (1200x630px), og:url. Twitter Card meta tags provide similar control for Twitter/X.
OG tags don't directly affect Google rankings but drive significant referral traffic. Posts with compelling images get 2.3x more engagement on Facebook. LinkedIn, Pinterest, WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, and Discord all read OG tags for link previews.
Best practices: og:image should be 1200x630px (1.91:1 ratio) for optimal display, og:title can differ from the HTML title (optimized for social sharing), include og:type (article, website, product), and test with Facebook's Sharing Debugger and Twitter's Card Validator.
⚡Why It Matters
OG tags determine the image and title when links are shared. Missing og:image reduces share CTR by 50%+. AI chatbots also use OG metadata to describe pages.
🔍How AiSEO Checks
AiSEO checks og:title, og:description, og:image (dimensions, format, 1.91:1 ratio), og:url, twitter:card, and Twitter-specific meta tags.
AiSEO Score Impact
Up to 2 points in the Meta Tags category (20% of total score)
Fix Difficulty
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