What are facebook open graph tags and how to use them

Facebook open graph tags control the display of your content on any facebook user’s timeline. You can specify what title and what description must be displayed on facebook when you post a link from your website at your timeline. If you are not using open graph tags, thenfacebook displays the default metadata for your links. Let’s check some of the most important facebook graph tags:

1. og:title – This tag specifies the title of your content to be displayed on facebook. You can use a maximum of 95 characters with this meta tag description.
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2. og:type – This tag defines the type of the content you are sharing. It may be a blog, website or an article.
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3. og:image – You can specify the thumbnail of the content to be displayed on the facebook with your posted url. Make sure that you use a square image to make the thumbnail look correctly.
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4. og:url – This tag can be used to display a url with the thumbnail image and description of the link shared.
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5. og:description – This tag can be used to display a custom description with the link you shared on facebook.
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I hope this article will help you to make your blog more SEO friendly. You can add facebook open graph tags anywhere between … tags. If you want to add them in your blogger posts, then while editing your post, switch to HTML editor more and add facebook open graph tags to make your each blog post more optimized.