Pope Launches Rare Goalkeeper Assist
Here’s a breakdown of the provided HTML meta tags, categorized for clarity:
1. Facebook open Graph (fb: & og:)
These tags are used when the link is shared on Facebook.
* fb:pages: A series of tags listing Facebook page IDs. These likely relate to pages associated with the article’s content (e.g., Newcastle United, soccer/football). The numbers are Facebook Page IDs.
* og:title: ”Pope launches rare goalkeeper assist” – The title displayed when shared on Facebook.
* og:description: “Newcastle United goalkeeper Nick Pope goes full quarterback as Harvey Barnes finishes it off in style.” – The description displayed when shared on Facebook.
* og:image: https://static.ffx.io/images/$width_800%2C$height_450/t_crop_fill/q_86%2Cf_auto/t_smh_no_label_no_age_social_wm/3fff377df755e90e5902e423dda649b9c2f234b9 – The URL of the image to display when shared on Facebook.
* og:image:width: “800” – The width of the image in pixels.
* og:image:height: “450” – The height of the image in pixels.
* og:image:secure_url: (Same as og:image) – The secure URL of the image.
* og:locale: “en_US” – The language and region of the content (English, United States).
* og:site_name: “The Sydney morning Herald” – The name of the website.
* og:url: https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/pope-launches-rare-goalkeeper-assist-20251022-p5n4cn.html – The canonical URL of the article.
2. SEO & Indexing (robots, canonical)
These tags help search engines understand and index the page.
* robots: “noarchive,noodp,index,max-image-preview:large,max-snippet:-1,max-video-preview:-1” – Instructions for search engine crawlers:
* noarchive: Don’t show a cached copy of the page.
* noodp: Don’t use the Open Directory Project (DMOZ) description.
* index: Allow the page to be indexed.
* max-image-preview:large: Show a large image preview in search results.
* max-snippet:-1: Don’t show a snippet in search results.
* max-video-preview:-1: Don’t show a video preview in search results.
* canonical: https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/pope-launches-rare-goalkeeper-assist-20251022-p5n4cn.html – Specifies the preferred URL for the page,preventing duplicate content issues.
3. Twitter Card (twitter:)
These tags control how the link appears when shared on Twitter.
* twitter:card: “summary_large_image” – Specifies the type of Twitter card to use (a large image is included).
* twitter:description: “Newcastle United goalkeeper Nick Pope goes full quarterback as Harvey Barnes finishes it off in style.” – The description displayed on Twitter.
* twitter:image:src: https://static.ffx.io/images/$width_800%2C$height_450/t_crop_fill/q_86%2Cf_auto/t_smh_no_label_no_age_social_wm/3fff377df755e90e5902e423dda649b9c2f234b9 – The URL of the image to display on Twitter.
* twitter:site: “@smh”