: Google+ Share Button not using specified thumbnail I have a Google+ Share button for each article on my website. At the moment, when I try to use it, Google+ uses an unrelated image in my
I have a Google+ Share button for each article on my website.
At the moment, when I try to use it, Google+ uses an unrelated image in my document (probably the first one in the document above a certain size) as the thumbnail shown in the feed.
I'd like to specify a thumbnail url to use instead. I used the +1 button tool to generate the proper meta tags, but it just doesn't work. It's still using that unrelated image.
Anyone got it working?
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The reason that your specified thumbnail image is not being picked up is because Google+ doesn't like small images (<170px width).
If you link to the full-size image instead of the thumbnail and let G+ do the resizing it will work. I've tested your code with a larger image from your site and it seems to work.
Reference:
Google Webmaster Central > Share button ignores thumbnail meta-tag - why?
Write an IMG tag with the right thumb at the beginning of the body and make the the css to display:none
Don't forget that the article thumb may be cached already so it will work only for further articles and/or after cache expiration.
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