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How does Facebook Sharer select Images?

I'm curious as to why Facebook doesn't always pick up an image for a link that is posted when there are plenty of images on the page? I have several images but I cannot seem to get it to register one for it's link.

http://www.rubytuesdaycreative.co.uk

Is there anything I can do? Is it possible to create a particular image in my site that is hidden but Facebook will pick up on?

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Francesca
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Use OpenGraph Meta Tags. Specifically, I think you want the og:image one like this:

<meta property="og:image" content="http://davidwalsh.name/wp-content/themes/klass/img/facebooklogo.png"/>
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  • I've added this in but still not getting any image loading (not even the example one.) Could this be down to Facebook caching the link? I haven't posted it to the site yet but I have typed it in several times trying to get the whole thing to work. – Francesca Oct 02 '12 at 22:50
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    Ya, Facebook will cache your URL. [Here are some techniques for busting the cache](http://umairj.com/146/how-to-clear-facebook-shares-cache/). – Kale McNaney Oct 02 '12 at 22:53
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    Thanks, I managed to get it working fine after using the Facebook Debugger https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug – Francesca Oct 02 '12 at 23:00