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You don’t want your social shares looking like this:
Your featured images should be 1600×840 to fit in the Open Graph and social posts, like this one from this migraine doctor.
Fortunately, the social networks have validator URLs we can test before making posts.
Here’s Facebook URL validator, which will give you additional warnings on errors to fix.
And here is Twitter’s card validator, so you can see what articles look like when shared as tweets:
And, of course, on LinkedIn:
Fixing a simple issue like this can be the reason why your social shares get low engagement.
You can go further to make sure that you’ve set your open graph tags, canonical URLs, and other fundamental SEO issues.
Dennis Yu
Dennis Yu is a former search engine engineer who has spent a billion dollars on Google and Facebook ads for Nike, Quiznos, Ashley Furniture, Red Bull, State Farm, and other organizations that have many locations.
He has achieved 25% of his goal of creating a million digital marketing jobs because of his partnership with universities, professional organizations, and agencies. Companies like GoDaddy, Fiverr, onlinejobs.ph, 7 Figure Agency, and Vendasta partner with him to create training and certifications.
Dennis created the Dollar a Day Strategy for local service businesses to enhance their existing local reputation and make the phone ring. He's coaching young adult agency owners who serve plumbers, AC technicians, landscapers, roofers, electricians in conjunction with leaders in these industries.
Mr. Yu believes that there should be a standard in measuring local marketing efforts, much like doctors and plumbers need to be certified and licensed. His Content Factory training and dashboards are used by thousands of practitioners.