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Meta tags, social previews, AI crawlers, and the small details that decide whether a page gets shared or skipped.
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Google I/O 2026: every page is now an API endpoint for agents
Information Agents, Universal Commerce Protocol and Generative UI make your meta tags and JSON-LD the API that agents consume. What to ship this week.
llms.txt in 2026: a cargo cult most tools are afraid to call out
Google does not use llms.txt, and a 300k-domain study found zero citation lift. Who actually reads it, what belongs in it, and why a red MISSING is wrong.
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The Google-Extended myth: it doesn't opt you out of AI Overviews
Google-Extended blocks Gemini training, not AI Overview citation. The real opt-out is nosnippet - and it removes your normal search snippet too.
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Anthropic's 3-bot identity problem: blocking ClaudeBot doesn't block Claude
Anthropic runs ClaudeBot, Claude-User and Claude-SearchBot as three robots.txt identities. Block only ClaudeBot and the other two still read your site.
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Open Graph image dimensions for every major platform in 2026
One image won't satisfy every platform. The Open Graph dimensions that actually work on Facebook, LinkedIn, X, Discord, Slack and iMessage, with fallbacks.
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Welcome - what Metaspry is for
Metaspry is a free Chrome extension that audits any page's meta tags, social previews, and crawler signals. Here's the why.
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