👁️ Social Media Meta Preview
Preview and optimize search engine snippets and social media sharing cards.
Guide & best practices
Meta Preview for Open Graph and Twitter Cards
Inspect title, description and preview image for social sharing and fix missing or incorrect meta tags.
Typical use cases
Helps before campaigns, when sharing on LinkedIn/Facebook/X, when debugging missing preview images and for consistent branding.
How Balou reads meta tags
Balou reads the relevant Open Graph and Twitter tags and shows a preview plus hints about missing fields.
Social preview best practices
Set og:title, og:description, og:image (absolute URL) and og:url, use 1200×630 px images and add Twitter Card tags.
Frequently asked questions
Which Open Graph tags do I need?
At least og:title, og:description, og:image and og:url; og:type adds the content type (e.g. website or article).
Which image size for the social preview?
Recommended is 1200×630 px (1.91:1 aspect ratio) and a file size under 5 MB.
Why is no preview image shown?
Often og:image is missing or the image URL is relative instead of absolute – use a full https URL.
Do I need separate Twitter tags?
twitter:card and twitter:image improve display on X; otherwise many platforms fall back to the Open Graph tags.