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· 5 checks — Internal links, mixed-content guards, Open Graph previews, and structured data rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
78
GRADE
C
FIX
3
REVIEW
0
PASS
2
INFO
0
Checks
5
2 PASS 3 FIX
F
Open Graph
Action
Open Graph tags need attention — social sharing previews may be incomplete.
FIX
Open Graph tags need attention — social sharing previews may be incomplete.
Critical::
og:image is not reachable
The og:image URL could not be fetched. Social platforms won't be able to display it.
Got: https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sandbox.crain/EN2CH5O4MVEWVGZZ4JQ6RRENIM.jpg
Warning::
Missing og:title
The og:title tag controls the title shown in social sharing previews.
Warning::
Missing og:description
The og:description tag controls the description in social sharing previews.
Info::
Missing og:site_name
The og:site_name tag displays the website name in social previews.
Info::
Missing twitter:card
Without twitter:card, Twitter falls back to Open Graph tags. Adding it gives you more control.
URL: https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sandbox.crain/EN2CH5O4MVEWVGZZ4JQ6RRENIM.jpg

The og:image URL could not be fetched. Social platforms won't be able to display it.

Why this matters

An unreachable og:image URL (404, DNS fail, slow timeout) means social platforms cache the failure and serve no image for hours.

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Social platforms (Facebook, Twitter) cache OG metadata aggressively — including failed image fetches. A momentarily-broken og:image can leave your shares imageless for hours. Test og:image URLs in Facebook's Sharing Debugger to force re-cache after fixing.

Source: Open Graph Protocol / Facebook Sharing Debugger

The og:title tag controls the title shown in social sharing previews.

Why this matters

Without og:title, social shares fall back to the <title> tag — usually awkwardly truncated or branded for SEO not social.

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og:title controls what appears as the headline in social-share cards (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, iMessage). When omitted, platforms fall back to <title>, which is usually optimized for SEO (longer, brand-suffixed) and reads badly in social context. A 50-60-character og:title gives a clean preview.

Source: Open Graph Protocol

The og:description tag controls the description in social sharing previews.

Why this matters

No og:description means social cards either show no subtitle or scrape the first paragraph — usually unflattering.

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Without og:description, social platforms either render no subtitle or pull whatever text appears first on the page. The first paragraph is rarely written for share-card context. A purpose-written 150-200 character og:description gives a polished card.

Source: Open Graph Protocol

The og:site_name tag displays the website name in social previews.

Why this matters

Without og:site_name, social cards omit the brand attribution — users see the post but not who published it.

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og:site_name appears in the social card chrome (above the title in Facebook/LinkedIn previews). Without it, posts read as anonymous URLs. Set it to your brand name to get free attribution on every share.

Source: Open Graph Protocol

Without twitter:card, Twitter falls back to Open Graph tags. Adding it gives you more control.

Why this matters

Without twitter:card, Twitter renders posts as plain text — no preview image, no structured layout.

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Twitter requires `<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image">` (or summary) to render share-cards at all. Without it, links appear as raw text and engagement plummets vs cards. Twitter also falls back to og:image if twitter:image isn't set, so configure both.

Source: Twitter Developer Platform

Preview

autonews.com

No title set

No description

Preview quality · Twitter/X F · 40/100
  • twitter:card — Add <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image">
  • twitter:title — falling back from <title>
  • twitter:description — Add twitter:description to give the preview body text
  • twitter:image — falling back from og:image

  • twitter:card is missing

    → Add <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image">

AUTONEWS.COM

No title set

No description

Preview quality · Facebook D · 60/100

Title will be truncated (61 chars / 60 max)

  • og:title — falling back from <title>
  • og:description — Add og:description to give the preview body text
  • og:image — https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sandbox.crain/EN2CH5O4MVEWVGZZ4JQ6RRENIM.jpg
  • og:type — website
  • og:url — https://www.autonews.com/
  • og:site_name — Add og:site_name — Recommended — site-level brand line in the preview

  • Title will be truncated on Facebook (61 chars, max 60)

    → Shorten og:title to ≤60 characters

No title set

autonews.com

Preview quality · LinkedIn B · 80/100
  • og:title — falling back from <title>
  • og:description — Add og:description to give the preview body text
  • og:image — https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sandbox.crain/EN2CH5O4MVEWVGZZ4JQ6RRENIM.jpg

autonews.com

No title set

No description

Preview quality · Slack B · 80/100
  • og:title — falling back from <title>
  • og:description — Add og:description to give the preview body text
  • og:image — https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/sandbox.crain/EN2CH5O4MVEWVGZZ4JQ6RRENIM.jpg

Social preview quality

Averaged across Twitter/X, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Slack.

C · 65/100
FieldTwitter/XFacebookLinkedInSlack
og:title⚠⚠⚠
og:description
og:image
og:type
og:url
og:site_name
twitter:card———
twitter:title⚠———
twitter:description———
twitter:image⚠———
F
Brand Presence
Action
Site-name consistency, favicon, social image, meta tags, schema, and contact signals
FIX

Brand Presence

Partial brand coverage — a few channels are missing brand signals.

F

35/100

Site name appears as

Page titleCar, EV & Dealership News - Automotive News
og:site_name—
twitter:site—
Organization.name—

Consistent

Brand assets

Favicon

8/15

single size only

Social share image

14/20

og:image set; twitter:image missing

Meta completeness

8/20

Organization schema

0/15

Contact info discoverable

0/10

no contact info discoverable

Findings

  • Missing brand name in: og:site_name, twitter:site, Organization.name
  • Add twitter:image — Twitter falls back to og:image only when it's larger than 300×157
  • Single favicon only — add apple-touch-icon for iOS home-screen and high-DPI support
  • og:title missing
  • twitter:card missing
  • No Organization schema — Google can't render your logo in the knowledge panel
  • No discoverable contact info — trust signal is weak, legal risk is higher in regulated regions

How consistently your brand appears across channels — shared link previews, structured data, favicon, contact info.

A+
Mixed Content
No mixed content detected — all resources use HTTPS.
PASS
No mixed content detected — all resources use HTTPS.
Info::
No mixed content detected — all resources use HTTPS
A+
Structured Data
1 JSON-LD block(s) found — structured data is well configured.
PASS
1 JSON-LD block(s) found — structured data is well configured.
Info::
Custom type "NewsMediaOrganization" — unable to validate specific properties

JSON-LD Blocks

Block 1 : NewsMediaOrganization
2 properties Valid
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@graph": [
    {
      "@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
      "name": "Automotive News",
      "url": "https://www.autonews.com",
      "@id": "https://www.autonews.com/#organization",
      "logo": {
        "@type": "ImageObject",
        "url": "https://static.themebuilder.aws.arc.pub/crain-sandbox/1709239314192.jpg"
      },
      "sameAs": []
    }
  ]
}
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