LinkedInBot

Operated by LinkedIn. Last seen today.

What is LinkedInBot?

About

LinkedInBot is a fetcher operated by LinkedIn. It's not currently known to be artificially intelligent or AI-related. If you think that's incorrect or can provide more detail about its purpose, please contact us.

Type

Fetcher

Fetches web content on behalf of an app

Expected Behavior

Fetchers visit websites on-demand. They're normally dispatched by apps to present metadata about a link (e.g. the title and thumbnail image) to a user.

Insights

Other Websites

of top websites are currently blocking LinkedInBot in some way

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Access Control

Should I Block LinkedInBot?

Probably not. If you block a fetcher, it won't be able to fetch the metadata it needs to display a link preview. Fewer people will click on the link to your website without this.

Using Robots.txt

User Agent Token	Description
`LinkedInBot`	Should match instances of LinkedInBot

You can block LinkedInBot or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt.

# robots.txt
# This blocks LinkedInBot

User-agent: LinkedInBot
Disallow: /

Instead of doing this manually, you can generate your robots.txt automatically using the free API or Wordpress plugin.

Get the Robots.txt