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How to scrap website metadata using LinkThumbnailer

by Pierre-Louis Gottfrois —

Today I expose in this blog post how the description scoring works on LinkThumbnailer’s gem. The gem helps you scrap website metadata informations such as its title, description, images and even embedded videos. But the value of LinkThumbnailer’s gem is its ability to return the best possible description about the website.

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