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og:site_name is an optional tag, but recommended (https://ogp.me/)
Social sites will use the <title> tag as a fallback if og:title is missing
IMDB, the example used on the OGP website, includes the site name in both the title tag and og:title on their actual site (but not in the example on ogp.me)
It seems like the general consensus is the og:site_name is a nice-to-have, but not really used by social sites. General practice is to make the og:title and title consistent, as they both are meant to represent the title of the current page. It's also common SEO practice to include the site name in the page title, but there's no real "gain" from what I've read outside of branding.
Background:
og:site_name
is an optional tag, but recommended (https://ogp.me/)Social sites will use the
<title>
tag as a fallback ifog:title
is missingIMDB, the example used on the OGP website, includes the site name in both the title tag and og:title on their actual site (but not in the example on ogp.me)
FB doesn't use/show og:site_name in the share dialog (https://developers.facebook.com/support/bugs/1153386624699119/?comment_id=223306658072032)
It seems like the general consensus is the
og:site_name
is a nice-to-have, but not really used by social sites. General practice is to make theog:title
andtitle
consistent, as they both are meant to represent the title of the current page. It's also common SEO practice to include the site name in the page title, but there's no real "gain" from what I've read outside of branding.