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## Don't forget to provide image alt meta data for open graph and twitter cards social sharing

12/7/2020 - Web

Due to the lack of support historically and it not being prominent in many samples, the important alternative text meta tag is often forgotten. To add support for the alt-meta tag use og:image:alt and twitter:image:alt.



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## Verify what your webpage looks like in Google, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and more

11/23/2020 - Web

Social media platforms each generate link previews/cards differently. You can use the official debuggers/inspectors provided by Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn to debug the previews. To quickly preview multiple social networks + Google + Slack, you can use metatags.io.



](/blog/web/verify-what-your-webpage-looks-like-in-google-facebook-twitter-linkedin-and-more)