LinkedInBot
Fetches shared URLs to render LinkedIn link previews. Reads og:* and twitter:* meta tags.
Specs
| Vendor | |
| Category | |
| robots.txt token | LinkedInBot |
| Renders JavaScript | HTTP only |
| Honors robots.txt | partial |
User-Agent string
LinkedInBot/1.0 (compatible; Mozilla/5.0; Jakarta Commons-HttpClient/3.1 +http://www.linkedin.com)Considerations
- Caches preview images aggressively — use LinkedIn's Post Inspector to refresh after an og:image change.
- Static HTML required. No JS execution.
robots.txt recipe
User-agent: LinkedInBot
Allow: /Sources: LinkedIn · Make your site shareable