Social: Relative OG Image URL

Pages that have an og:image specified that is a relative URL, rather than an absolute URL.

Relative URLs can be ignored by social media platforms.

The og:image URL must be an absolute URL. Relative URLs, protocol-relative URLs, and data URIs are often not supported.

How to Analyse in the SEO Spider

View URLs with this issue in the ‘Social’ tab and ‘Relative OG Image URL’ filter, and export all URLs using the ‘Export’ button.

What Triggers This Issue

This issue is triggered when the og:image URL is relative, rather than absolute.

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta property="og:title" content="Your headline">
<meta property="og:description" content="Your exciting description.">
<meta property="og:url" content="https://example.com">
<meta property="og:image" content="/image.jpg">
</head>
<body>
...
</body>
</html>


The og:image URL is relative /image.jpg when it should be absolute https://example.com/image.jpg.

How To Fix

Ensure that the URL specified in og:image uses an absolute URL so it can be used by social media platforms.