#freeps

D'oh! Share the image from my post you git, not my thumbnail! Ever shared a post to +HootSuite or +Buffer and, as soon as you open the network, there's your own ugly mug staring back at you from the stream instead of the +iStock or +Getty Images you've splashed out on? This happens to me all the time on +Postachio, especially with the +Pinterest button using the +ShareThis sidebar. If I'd not installed the [Pin It!] [1]  bookmarklet , my Pinterest boards would look like +Jason Darrell wallpaper! This was always a problem for facebook shares. And with +Google+ now using bigger images with embedded links, the problem could be compounded yet further. Fear not, despairing #SMM 's - +Mike Allton has come to the rescue. Using #OpenGraph   #MetaTags  you can tell both facebook and Google+ which images it's supposed to be fetching to accompany your content. Moreover, Mike gives you the ways and means to implement these og:tags on your site, easy-peasy if you're running on +Drupal! Okay - anyone else I can plus-mention? No, enough blue in there, methinks. Be awesome, #freeps ! [1] http://uk.about.pinterest.com/goodies/ "Pinterest Bookmarklet and Browser Extensions (UK)" ▼ Reshared Post From Mike Allton ▼ How to Tell Google+ Which Image To Use If you're having trouble getting Google+ to use the right image when sharing your posts, you may want to implement one of the available Meta Tags. With the right Meta Tag in place, Google+ will take one look at your blog post and know the exact URL to use to grab the image you want. Not only can this save you time, it can also make sure that when other people share your posts, they're also sharing the right image. With the new large image link preview cards, this is going to become more and more important. So I wanted to share this older article which was written to apply to all of the major social networks, but is really appropriate for this week's developments. http://click-to-read-mo.re/p/64Np