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Thank you! Curious how did you implementation look like!

Yes I explored the browser extension direction, but the business model & our cost-per-link-preview-generation does not work yet. Making the website owner to pay for it makes the business math work much better.

Good idea on communicating ROI this way. I have not though about it. As for casual bloggers, there is a "free" version. But message me through the chat on Linkz.ai, I'll do a special plan for casual HN bloggers :)

Yes, but it depends. The PDF-viewer should have <a href> HTML markup to which link preview popups can attach. I know people have integrated Linkz.ai into the PDF.JS open source lib.

Thank you! Spot on about challenges with marketing something where you don't have comparable products and defined pain. Please prove me wrong:)

I also saw Arc's previews, and thought the same thing :) Yes we are relying on OpenGraph, Oembed (and scraping in some cases).

I was very happy to see Arc's release, as it brings awareness to this functionality! I wish this translated to Google traffic :)

I also saw Arc's previews, and thought the same thing :) Yes we are relying on OpenGraph, Oembed (and scraping in some cases).

I was very happy to see Arc's release, as it brings awareness to this functionality! I wish this translated to Google traffic :)

Thank you! Curious how did you implementation look like!

Yes I explored the browser extension direction, but the business model & our cost-per-link-preview-generation does not work yet. Making the website owner to pay for it makes the business math work much better.

Thank you! Spot on about challenges with marketing something where you don't have comparable products and defined pain. Please prove me wrong:)

Good idea on communicating ROI this way. I have not though about it.

As for casual bloggers, there is a "free" version. But message me through the chat on Linkz.ai, I'll do a special plan for casual HN bloggers :)

Yes, but it depends. The PDF-viewer should have <a href> HTML markup to which link preview popups can attach. I know people have integrated Linkz.ai into the PDF.JS open source lib.

Mods, I'm not sure who is leaving those comments. Feel free to delete them.

I do believe contextual link previews help with overall browsing UX. I like how Wikipedia has a summary when you hover over a link. Where this summary comes from does matter.

For those who don't like when Google summarizes content for you but like the idea of getting a link preview with a summary provided by the website owner via meta tags before navigating to a third-party website - I've built a product called Linkz.ai [0] - that allows website owners to install link preview popups with 1 line of code.

[0] https://linkz.ai

Hyperlinks with artificial intelligence ;)

I do sometimes get similar first impressions, though when you look closer at the implementation - the very opposite of your comments is true.

Accessibility of the previews has been thought through & tested. The previews are clearly marked when they open in a lightbox. When you are using a screen reader, the experience improves(!) significantly; on click you get the content right away, not a website in a tab where you need to find the content, and remember that some websites were not tested for accessibility by their devs.

Separately, you can always do, CMD+Click and get the same auto-playing video on Youtube.com in a new tab to like, subscribe & comment. Or click a direct link within a preview to go to YouTube website when you feel that you need to like, subscribe & comment.

And for what it worth, Linkz.ai makes a planet a bit greener with less traffic going back & forth and less CPU & energy used to render a preview vs. a full-featured website :)

Can you elaborate a bit?

Technically rich link previews save visitors from the tab-overload.

I've just started this product late last year; the response has exceeded my expectations.. give it a few more months for sites/companies/people to adopt :)

Try adding Linkz.ai previews on your blog posts, and get another round of feedback :)

A few channels right now:

- Participating in the web dev communities

- "Powered by Linkz.ai" footer in the Link preview popups

- Campaigns on Product Hunt, Reddit & similar

- Soon: Affiliate, LTD, targeted ads for Webflow/Squarespace ecosystems

I've launched a couple months ago https://linkz.ai

Linkz.ai is hyperlink auto-previews that keep visitors on your website. It's heavily inspired by Wikipedia & Google Docs link preview popups with special extras. For example, when you click on a YouTube hyperlink, it does not take you to Youtube website, instead it opens lightbox with Youtube video on your website. All with just one line of code.

$500+/m in a first month

Demo page: https://linkz-ai.webflow.io