Question 1

What are Open Graph tags?

Accepted Answer

Open Graph (OG) tags control how your page appears when shared on social media. They define the title, description, and image that show up in link previews on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and messaging apps.

Question 2

Why are OG tags important?

Accepted Answer

Pages shared without OG tags look broken on social media - missing images, wrong titles, generic descriptions. Proper OG tags can increase social media click-through rates by up to 50%.

Question 3

What OG tags are required?

Accepted Answer

The three essential OG tags are og:title, og:description, and og:image. Without these, social platforms will guess what to show, often with poor results.

Question 4

What size should the OG image be?

Accepted Answer

The recommended OG image size is 1200x630 pixels. This works well across Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. Use high-contrast images with minimal text for best results.

Question 5

What is a Twitter Card?

Accepted Answer

Twitter Cards are similar to OG tags but specific to Twitter/X. The most common type is 'summary_large_image' which shows a big image preview. Twitter falls back to OG tags if twitter-specific tags are missing.

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