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· 5 checks — Internal links, mixed-content guards, Open Graph previews, and structured data rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
62
GRADE
D
FIX
3
REVIEW
1
PASS
1
INFO
0
Checks
5
1 PASS 1 REVIEW 3 FIX
F
Open Graph
Action
No Open Graph tags found — social sharing previews will be generic.
FIX
No Open Graph tags found — social sharing previews will be generic.
Warning::
No Open Graph meta tags found
Without og:title, og:description, and og:image, social media platforms will generate a generic preview when your page is shared.

Without og:title, og:description, and og:image, social media platforms will generate a generic preview when your page is shared.

Why this matters

Without Open Graph tags, social shares show a broken or empty preview card.

Learn more ▾

When someone shares your URL on Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, iMessage, or any modern chat app, the preview comes from <meta property="og:*"> tags. Without them you get either no card or whatever fragment the social platform guesses — usually unflattering. The four core og: tags (title, description, image, url) cover what every major platform actually reads.

Source: Open Graph Protocol

Preview

No image set

heraldscotland.com

No title set

No description

Preview quality · Twitter/X F · 20/100
  • twitter:card — Add <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image">
  • twitter:title — falling back from <title>
  • twitter:description — falling back from <meta name=description>
  • twitter:image — Add twitter:image — preview card without an image looks broken

  • twitter:card is missing

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

  • No preview image for Twitter/X

    → Add og:image or twitter:image (≥300×157 for summary_large_image)

No image set

HERALDSCOTLAND.COM

No title set

No description

Preview quality · Facebook F · 5/100

Title will be truncated (63 chars / 60 max)

  • og:title — falling back from <title>
  • og:description — falling back from <meta name=description>
  • og:image — Add og:image — preview card without an image looks broken
  • og:type — Add og:type — Recommended — tells Facebook the content category
  • og:url — Add og:url — Recommended — canonical URL for the share
  • og:site_name — Add og:site_name — Recommended — site-level brand line in the preview

  • Title will be truncated on Facebook (63 chars, max 60)

    → Shorten og:title to ≤60 characters

  • No preview image for Facebook

    → Add og:image (recommended 1200×630)

No image set

No title set

heraldscotland.com

Preview quality · LinkedIn D · 55/100
  • og:title — falling back from <title>
  • og:description — falling back from <meta name=description>
  • og:image — Add og:image — preview card without an image looks broken

  • No preview image for LinkedIn

    → Add og:image (recommended 1200×627)

heraldscotland.com

No title set

No description

Preview quality · Slack C · 70/100
  • og:title — falling back from <title>
  • og:description — falling back from <meta name=description>
  • og:image — Add og:image — preview card without an image looks broken

  • No preview image — Slack unfurl will be text-only

    → Add og:image or twitter:image

Social preview quality

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

F · 37/100
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

33/100

Site name appears as

Page titleThe Herald
og:site_name—
twitter:site—
Organization.name—

Consistent

Brand assets

Favicon

15/15

covers multiple sizes + apple-touch-icon

Social share image

0/20

Meta completeness

4/20

Organization schema

4/15

Organization schema present but missing all recommended fields

Contact info discoverable

5/10

contact page

Findings

  • Missing brand name in: og:site_name, twitter:site, Organization.name
  • No social share image — shared links render as bare URLs
  • og:title missing
  • og:image missing
  • twitter:card missing
  • Organization schema missing logo — add a logo property pointing to a square PNG
  • Organization schema missing url — point it at the canonical homepage
  • Consider adding contactPoint — helps appear in "contact us" rich results
  • Only partial contact info discoverable — consider adding a dedicated contact page or mailto/tel link

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

C
Structured Data
Action
2 JSON-LD block(s) found — some improvements recommended.
REVIEW
2 JSON-LD block(s) found — some improvements recommended.
Critical::
Malformed JSON-LD block #2
JSON parse error: "Syntax error at index 688: invalid char\n\n\t \"sameAs\": \n }\n\n }\n\t........................^.......\n"
Info::
Custom type "WebPage" — unable to validate specific properties
Info::
2 JSON-LD blocks found

JSON parse error: "Syntax error at index 688: invalid char\n\n\t \"sameAs\": \n }\n\n }\n\t........................^.......\n"

Why this matters

JSON-LD block fails to parse — Google ignores the entire block, so structured data effectively isn't there.

Learn more ▾

Common causes: trailing comma, single quotes instead of double, unescaped quote in a string value. Validate at https://validator.schema.org/ or Search Console's Rich Results Test.

Source: schema.org / Google Search Central

JSON-LD Blocks

Block 1 : WebPage
4 properties Valid
{
  "@context": "http://schema.org",
  "@type": "WebPage",
  "headline": "Home Index",
  "url": "http://www.heraldscotland.com/"
}
Block 2 : Organization
0 properties Invalid
Invalid JSON: "Syntax error at index 688: invalid char\n\n\t \"sameAs\": \n }\n\n }\n\t........................^.......\n"
{
        "@context": "https://schema.org",
        "@type": "Organization",
        "url": "https://www.heraldscotland.com",
        "logo": "https://www.heraldscotland.com/resources/images/sitelogo/",
        "name": "The Herald",

        "address": {
            "@type": "PostalAddress",
            "streetAddress": "125 Fullarton Drive ",
            "addressLocality": "Glasgow",
            "addressRegion": "Lanarkshire",
            "postalCode": "G32 8FG",
            "addressCountry": "UK"
        }, "contactPoint": {
            "@type": "ContactPoint",
            "contactType": "Switchboard",
            "telephone": "[(0141) 3027000]",
            "sameAs": 
        }

    }
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
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