How to Share Your Site on Facebook

Sharing your site on Facebook is simple — but if the preview shows an old image, a blank thumbnail, or the wrong title, here's how to fix it.

Sharing a link on Facebook

When you paste your website URL into a Facebook post, Facebook automatically generates a preview: an image, a title, and a short description pulled from your site. For most pages this works without any action on your part.

To share your site:

1. Go to your Facebook Page (not your personal profile — your business page)
2. Click "Write something..." or "Create post"
3. Paste your URL into the text area
4. Wait for the preview to load — it usually appears within a few seconds
5. Add your own caption above or below the link
6. Post

The link preview shows your page title, description, and the featured image set up on your site.

If the preview shows the wrong image or no image

Facebook caches link previews. If your site recently launched or you updated the page, Facebook may still be showing an old version of the preview.

To refresh it:

1. Go to developers.facebook.com/tools/debug
2. Paste your URL and click "Debug"
3. If it shows old information, click "Scrape Again"
4. Refresh the tool — the preview should update to reflect what's currently on your site

This tool is free, no account required to use it.

Best practices for sharing

Share specific pages, not just the homepage. Your services page, a recent project page, or a blog post drives more engagement than a generic homepage share. People click when they have a reason to.

Add your own context. Don't just paste a link and hit post. A sentence or two about what you're sharing — "We just completed a full driveway replacement in Westbury — check out how it turned out" — gives people a reason to click.

Share your blog posts. If you have a blog on your site (Standard and Pro clients), each post is worth sharing on Facebook. Educational content like "why your gutters need to be cleaned before winter" gets shared and builds credibility in your local community.

Tag your location. When posting on your business page, you can add a location to reach local Facebook users browsing nearby content.

Your site already has the right meta tags

The site I built for you includes all the Open Graph tags Facebook needs to generate a clean preview — the right title, description, and image. You don't need to do anything special. If the preview looks wrong, the Facebook Debugger tool above will fix it by forcing a fresh scrape.

If you want a different image to appear when someone shares your site, let me know and I'll update it.

Text or call (516) 749-7910, or use the contact form. I respond same day.