Duplicate meta data - will i be penalised

[neilhenderson]

i have set up a site in wordpress and used a plug in to create a holding page.it has created the same meta data but with the open graph tags - have an og:: prefix.

is this ok?

[donford]

Hi Neil,

Open graph tags are different then normal meta tags. It is okay to use both. Open Graph Tags are specific for Social Media, while Meta tags are used for search engines. In some cases you may want to use the same information in them, while in others it would make sense to target your information for the specific platform.

Here is a couple articles to help:

on moz: https://moz.com/blog/meta-data-templates-123
on iaquire: http://www.iacquire.com/blog/18-meta-tags-every-webpage-should-have-in-2013

Hope this helps,

Don