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When someone shares your funnel link, pastes it into a chat or finds it in a search engine, a program reads a few details from your page: a title, a short description, a picture and the page’s own address. AskFunnel fills these in for you, using the Social Preview and Favicon settings of your funnel. This page shows which setting becomes what, and what you cannot control. It helps you set the right expectations, for yourself and for your clients. Before you start, you need:
  • A published funnel. The details are added to the live page, so a draft has nothing to show yet. See Find and share your funnel link.
  • A role that can open “Funnel Settings”: Global Admin, Workspace Admin or Content Editor.

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What AskFunnel adds to your live page

You set one title and one description for the whole funnel. They are the same on every page of it. The Social Preview settings with a title and description typed in and the Add preview image area highlighted To set them step by step, see Set up your social preview and favicon.

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Important to note

  • AskFunnel sets the tags, but it cannot promise that a search engine will list or rank your funnel. Search engines decide that, and they can show a title and a description that differ from yours.
  • You have no control over indexing (whether search engines add your page to their lists). There is no setting to ask search engines to skip a funnel, and no sitemap (a list of pages for search engines). To keep a funnel out of sight, unpublish it. See Publish, unpublish and restore an earlier version.
  • A funnel can open on more than one address: its AskFunnel address and each custom domain you switch on for it. Each address names itself as the main address, so pick one address to use in your ads and links.
  • Changes go live when you click “Save changes”, within about a minute. Social networks keep their own copy of a card for a while, so an old preview can stay on links you already shared.

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Write a title and a description that work

  • Say what the visitor gets. For example “Free home valuation in 2 minutes | Summit Realty Group”. Start with the part that matters most.
  • Keep the title short. AskFunnel recommends under 60 characters. It accepts up to 120.
  • Write the description for a person. AskFunnel recommends 50 to 255 characters and accepts up to 300. Say what happens when they open the link.
  • Use your own words. Do not copy the same text into every funnel.
Search engines and chat apps cut long text. Put your most important words first.

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What you cannot control

  • Indexing and sitemaps. There is no setting for either one.
  • Extra code in the page head. There is no field for your own code or tags.
  • The title and description of single pages. One title and one description cover the whole funnel.
  • The ending of your link. AskFunnel creates it for you, and it does not change when you rename the funnel.

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Keep your pages light

Visitors who wait for a slow page often leave. AskFunnel helps in one way: images you upload are turned into smaller versions for each screen, so you do not need to shrink them by hand. Right after an upload, you may see the original for a few seconds while the smaller versions are made. You can help too. Use only the pictures a page needs, and check the first page of your funnel on Mobile and on a real phone. See Test your funnel before you send traffic.

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How do I know it is working?

  • Open your live funnel. The browser tab shows your title and your icon.
  • Paste your link into a chat or a post draft. A card with your title, description and image appears.

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Troubleshooting

A new page can take a while to appear, and AskFunnel cannot ask a search engine to list it sooner. Links from your website and your social profiles to the funnel help search engines find it. Search engines decide whether to list a page.
There is no setting for this. Unpublish the funnel and its page goes offline. You can publish it again later with no changes. See Publish, unpublish and restore an earlier version.
Search engines choose what to show and can rewrite it. A clear, short title and description make that less likely.
Social platforms keep a copy of each card. See Set up your social preview and favicon for ways to refresh it.
This is not possible. You set one title and one description for the whole funnel.
A funnel opens on its AskFunnel address and on every custom domain you switch on for it. Use one address in your ads and links. To change which domains a funnel uses, see Connect your custom domain.

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What to do next

Set your social preview and favicon

Choose the title, description and picture step by step.

Connect your custom domain

Put your funnels on your own web address.

Find and share your funnel link

Copy your link and use it in ads, messages and posts.
Need help? Email support@askfunnel.com.