--- title: "LinkedInBot Simulator - Test LinkedIn Crawler | Free Tool" description: "Simulate how LinkedInBot crawls your website for post previews. Test your Open Graph tags and optimize LinkedIn sharing." lang: en json-ld: --- [![Encited logo](/brand/logo.svg)](/) - Features - Resources [Pricing](/pricing)Login[Contact Sales](/contact-sales)Get started free Get started free [All Crawler Simulators](/free-tools/crawler-simulator) ![LinkedInBot](/crawler-logos/linkedin.svg) CRAWLER SIMULATOR # LinkedInBot Crawler Simulator Test how LinkedIn's crawler fetches your pages for link previews. Optimize how your content appears when shared on LinkedIn. SIMULATE ## Test your site with LinkedInBot Enter your URL to see how LinkedInBot views your site. ![linkedin](/crawler-logos/linkedin.svg)LinkedInBot (default) Simulate LinkedInBot (default) OVERVIEW ## What is LinkedInBot? LinkedInBot is LinkedIn's web crawler that fetches pages when links are shared on the platform. 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