LinkedInBot
Fetches metadata for link previews when your URL is shared on LinkedIn.
| robots.txt token | LinkedInBot |
| Respects robots.txt | Treats shares as user-triggered fetches |
| Verification | Documented by LinkedIn |
| Our recommendation | Allow — B2B distribution depends on these cards rendering. |
Block LinkedInBot with robots.txt
User-agent: LinkedInBot
Disallow: /robots.txt is a request, not a wall — requests claiming to be LinkedInBot from unverified networks should be treated as bad bots. How to verify crawlers by network →
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