diff --git a/assets/views/components/meta.blade.php b/assets/views/components/meta.blade.php
index e15a13b..a09a228 100644
--- a/assets/views/components/meta.blade.php
+++ b/assets/views/components/meta.blade.php
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@
     <meta name="description" content="@seo('description')" />
 @endif
 
-@unless(seo()->hasTag('og:type'))
-    {{-- If an og:type tag is provided directly, it's included in the @foreach below --}}
+@if(seo('type'))
+    <meta property="og:type" content="@seo('type')" />
+@else
     <meta property="og:type" content="website" />
-@endunless
+@endif
 
 @if(seo('site')) <meta property="og:site_name" content="@seo('site')"> @endif
 
diff --git a/src/SEOManager.php b/src/SEOManager.php
index 01294aa..68d6d68 100644
--- a/src/SEOManager.php
+++ b/src/SEOManager.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use Illuminate\Support\Str;
  * @method $this url(string $url = null, ...$args) Set the canonical URL.
  * @method $this site(string $site = null, ...$args) Set the site name.
  * @method $this image(string $url = null, ...$args) Set the cover image.
+ * @method $this type(string $type = null, ...$args) Set the page type.
  * @method $this twitter(enabled $bool = true, ...$args) Enable the Twitter extension.
  * @method $this twitterSite(string $username = null, ...$args) Set the Twitter author.
  * @method $this twitterTitle(string $title = null, ...$args) Set the Twitter title.
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ class SEOManager
     protected function getKeys(): array
     {
         return collect([
-                'site', 'title', 'image', 'description', 'url',
+                'site', 'title', 'image', 'description', 'url', 'type',
                 'twitter.site', 'twitter.title', 'twitter.image', 'twitter.description',
             ])
             ->merge(array_keys($this->defaults))
diff --git a/tests/Pest/ManagerTest.php b/tests/Pest/ManagerTest.php
index 31332b6..f99bf91 100644
--- a/tests/Pest/ManagerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Pest/ManagerTest.php
@@ -137,10 +137,12 @@ test('og:title can be overridden using a tag', function () {
         ->toContain('<meta property="og:title" content="bar" />');
 });
 
-test('og:type can be overridden using a tag', function () {
+test('type can be overridden using the type method', function () {
     expect(meta())->toContain('<meta property="og:type" content="website" />'); // default
 
-    seo()->tag('og:type', 'foo');
+    seo()->type('foo');
 
-    expect(meta())->toContain('<meta property="og:type" content="foo" />'); // overridden
+    expect(meta())
+        ->toContain('<meta property="og:type" content="foo" />') // overridden
+        ->not()->toContain('website');
 });