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How does Facebook Sharer select Images?

In PHP I make the following call - note I do not have the "picture" parameter in the call so I assume that no image will appear with the post on the pages wall. However Facebook seems to go and grab a random image from the site which the URL is sent in the call. Any ideas how to stop FB doing this?

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You can place this meta tag into your target URL:

<link rel="image_src" href="#" />

This way it will not display any image. It can be changed also at URL parameters, but I don't have any sample code at hand to show in this computer.

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  • So it the web page was on a blog this would be in the meta head section? – Marc Mar 02 '11 at 21:55
  • Yes, that tag specifies the image that is displayed in the wall story and goes into the HEAD, the sooner the better. Btw, if you want to show an image, it as to be in a absolute URL into href or it won't work. – Manuel Pedrera Mar 02 '11 at 21:56
  • This looks good http://riajournal.com/ria/index.php/2009/06/01/customizing-what-gets-shown-in-facebook-when-a-user-shares-your-page/ – Marc Mar 02 '11 at 21:57
  • If it helped mark the question as solved by clicking on the symbol! For every question not resolved god kills a kitten :( – Manuel Pedrera Mar 02 '11 at 22:00