How latimes.com Looks on Facebook

72/100
Needs work
2 fixes recommended

This page shows how latimes.com appears when shared on Facebook. The current preview headline reads "News from California, across the nation and world - Los Angeles Times". It pairs with the description "The L.A. Times is a leading source of breaking news, entertainment, sports, politics, and more for Southern Californi..." and a social image. Overall, latimes.com's setup scores 72/100 against Facebook best practices.

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Large card (image ≥ 600px wide)

LA Times logo

www.latimes.com

News from California, across the nation and world - Los Angeles ...

The L.A. Times is a leading source of breaking news, entertainment, sports, politics, and more for Southern California and the wor...

Compact card (image < 600px wide)

LA Times logo

www.latimes.com

News from California, across the nation and world ...

The L.A. Times is a leading source of breaking news, entertainment, sports, poli...

Analysis

latimes.com's social setup currently has 2 warnings that affect how it renders on Facebook. The most impactful fixes are listed below - they range from missing required tags to image dimensions that will be cropped or rejected by specific platforms.

In particular: no og:title - falling back to <title> tag; title is 70 characters - truncated on most platforms. Each of these has a one-line fix in the recommendations panel above.

What's working well: social share image found; description length is good (133 chars); twitter card type: summary_large_image. 3 of the checks we run pass cleanly.

Frequently Asked Questions

latimes.com declares `og:type` as `website`. This tells Facebook how to categorize the content when generating a preview.

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