How theguardian.com Looks on Facebook
This page shows how theguardian.com appears when shared on Facebook. The current preview headline reads "Latest news, sport and opinion from the Guardian". A description is set but no image - meaning the preview will render without a visual. Overall, theguardian.com's setup scores 46/100 against Facebook best practices.
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www.theguardian.com
Latest news, sport and opinion from the Guardian
Latest US news, world news, sports, business, opinion, analysis and reviews from the Guardian, the world's leading liberal voice
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www.theguardian.com
Latest news, sport and opinion from the Guardian
Latest US news, world news, sports, business, opinion, analysis and reviews from...
Analysis
theguardian.com's social setup currently has 1 error and 3 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 social share image found; no og:title - falling back to <title> tag; missing og:type tag. Each of these has a one-line fix in the recommendations panel above.
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