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See exactly how your link will render across X, LinkedIn, Facebook, and iMessage before you publish. Enter your metadata and copy the Open Graph tags ready for your page.
X · summary (no image)
distinctful.com
Your content operation, connected.
Distinctful helps solopreneurs see which content grows their newsletter, creates offer intent, and deserves to be repeated.
Your content operation, connected.
distinctful.com
distinctful.com
Your content operation, connected.
Distinctful helps solopreneurs see which content grows their newsletter, creates offer intent, and deserves to be repeated.
iMessage
Your content operation, connected.
distinctful.com
Open Graph meta tags
<title>Your content operation, connected.</title>
<meta name="description" content="Distinctful helps solopreneurs see which content grows their newsletter, creates offer intent, and deserves to be repeated." />
<link rel="canonical" href="https://distinctful.com" />
<meta property="og:type" content="website" />
<meta property="og:locale" content="en_US" />
<meta property="og:url" content="https://distinctful.com" />
<meta property="og:site_name" content="Distinctful" />
<meta property="og:title" content="Your content operation, connected." />
<meta property="og:description" content="Distinctful helps solopreneurs see which content grows their newsletter, creates offer intent, and deserves to be repeated." />
<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary" />
<meta name="twitter:title" content="Your content operation, connected." />
<meta name="twitter:description" content="Distinctful helps solopreneurs see which content grows their newsletter, creates offer intent, and deserves to be repeated." />Paste these into the <head> of your page. Card type switches automatically based on whether you supply an image.
Each platform handles social cards a little differently. These are the safe sizes that look right everywhere in 2026.
| Tier | Range |
|---|---|
| Title length | Around 60 characters, never over 90 |
| Description length | Around 110 characters, never over 200 |
| Image dimensions | 1200 x 630 px at 2:1 aspect, under 5 MB |
| Image format | JPG or PNG, no animated GIFs in cards |
| Card type on X | summary_large_image for full-bleed |
When a link is shared anywhere on the internet, the receiving platform fetches your page, looks for a handful of meta tags, and uses them to build the preview card. Open Graph is the standard most platforms use. X has its own twitter:card tags but falls back to Open Graph. If you do not set these tags, the platform guesses, and the guess is almost always worse than what you would write yourself. Setting them once per page is the difference between a link that looks intentional and a link that looks broken.
Not strictly. X falls back to Open Graph if the twitter:card tags are missing. But adding the twitter:card tag gives you control over whether the image renders large or small on X, which is usually worth the two extra lines of HTML.
iMessage is strict about image size and protocol. Your og:image must be an absolute URL over HTTPS, must be reachable without auth, and should be under 5 MB. If you used a relative URL or a CDN that blocks bots, iMessage silently falls back to no preview.
Most platforms cache the preview for a while. X and Facebook both have refresh tools you can use to force a re-fetch after you publish a change. Otherwise, the new card usually appears within a few hours.
Open Graph description does not directly affect Google ranking, but Google sometimes uses it for snippets when no meta description is set. Writing a strong description is worth doing whether you care about social or search.
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Distinctful Creation handles the whole publishing motion, with previews for each platform built in. The link card is just one of the things you should not be eyeballing.