meta tag image not working

[alvarodoze]

The website not displaying the sharing image I have in the meta tags in Lay options. Do you know why? As well when I google myself it displays a random image.

Thanks.

https://alvarodoze.com/

[felix_rabe]

The image appears when you share a link to your website on Facebook or Twitter etc., just like the Headline suggests. The Image in google is a different kind of image.

[alvarodoze]

Thanks @felix_rabe for the clarification. How can I change the one for Google and set up a different one with an OG meta tag for when I share the link on LinkedIn or WhatsApp?… Thanks.

[felix_rabe]

@alvarodoze as far as I know the google image is picked by "importance" or "priority" according to your website structure. But as you can see I get a different one than you. maybe @arminunruh has an idea for that.

The og picture you have already set should also work for sharing that in LinkedIn etc.

[arminunruh]

so if youve recently changed that image
it can take a while to update

the meta tags for twitter and facebook are set correctly to your image

my guess is maybe google uses the og:image tag and it may just need more time to get it ?

[arminunruh]

or google just uses a random image that it found on your website? i couldnt find out much about this.
but yea this setting i provided is for facebook and twitter. i was unaware of google showing a small image next to a search result sometimes. and im not sure where it gets that image from