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This has been done before (and posted to HN), and it had the same problem. Way too many false positives, especially with older sites. https://logo.clearbit.com
by maceo 11y ago
This has been done before (and posted to HN), and it had the same problem. Way too many false positives, especially with older sites.
https://logo.clearbit.com/starfoods.com https://logo.clearbit.com/starfoods.com
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y agoThis isn't trying to scrape the page and find something vaguely logo-like. Rather, it seems to be using iOS, OpenGraph and Twitter icons. In this case, the site has a strange OpenGraph image specified in its meta tags. If it produces a weird image it's because the site owner has specified an image which isn't their logo. It's not because the API picked a random image. For this service, if it can find an image, it's at least an image the site owner wanted to be used to represent it.
- VivaCascadia 11y agoYeah, really odd choice for an Open Graph image. They specify that burger and soda image directly in their header. <meta property="og:image" content="//nebula.wsimg.com/7cdaeb9fbb87f3450dc65108e6d6af87?AccessKeyId=6E4E9B5CC8D37F66F76C&disposition=0&alloworigin=1">
- todd3834 11y agoI wouldn't have thought that the open graph image is a logo. Seems like that wouldn't be a reliable source for logos
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y agoFair point. It's at least something they've chosen to represent themselves, however.
- ews 11y agoAnother (big) false positive is craigslist: https://logo.clearbit.com/craigslist.org https://logo.clearbit.com/craigslist.org
- jswanson 11y agoInteresting results with Blizzard.com: https://logo.clearbit.com/blizzard.com?size=500 https://logo.clearbit.com/blizzard.com?size=500
- akavel 11y agoor (first semi-random one I tried): https://logo.clearbit.com/sabre.com https://logo.clearbit.com/sabre.com - totally absurd