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Clearbit Open Graph Logo Spec

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17 points by rsamvit 10 years ago · 10 comments

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callahad 10 years ago

Maybe I'm missing the point of some Open Graph properties, but in this case... what's wrong with just using the HTML standard <link rel="icon" href="/path.png"> tag, which is already well-specified, well-supported, and even includes an optional "sizes" attribute?

https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/semantics.html#rel-ic...

  • maccman 10 years ago

    In general we've found that companies are using the icon rel for favicons (16x16 icons) which don't do a good job of representing a company logo at larger sizes.

    • callahad 10 years ago

      If you're looking for positive intent, maybe propose that sites explicitly set the sizes attribute? Either way, you're asking folks to modify their <head>. Embracing the icon rel avoids duplicating effort.

      • maccman 10 years ago

        Yes good point! We'll make sure that we pick up icon rels that point to pngs or jpgs (not icos) too.

  • test_account_ 10 years ago

    There are a huge number of cases where application icon (favicon) and corporate logo are not the same thing. For example, Google.

  • alexkadis 10 years ago

    I agree completely. I don't see why this additional spec is wanted/needed.

Postscapes 10 years ago

We are planning on using your Logo API (and other APIs) in a new project and really appreciate the service and intent behind this new initiative.

notanintern 10 years ago

Half of the companies i searched for were either incorrect logos or ones that clearly looked like a random google image search.

tlb 10 years ago

s/greyscale/grayscale/ please

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