diff --git a/plugins/linkbot.py b/plugins/linkbot.py
index ba2f814..4325d02 100644
--- a/plugins/linkbot.py
+++ b/plugins/linkbot.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import asyncio
+import html
+from html.parser import HTMLParser
 import ipaddress
 import logging
 import re
@@ -14,7 +16,41 @@ from omnibot.plugin import Plugin
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 LINK_RE = re.compile(r"https?://[^ ]+")
-TITLE_RE = re.compile(r"<title>(?P<title>.+?)</title>")
+
+
+class TitleParser(HTMLParser):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.parsing_title = False
+        self.parsed_title: str | None = None
+
+    def reset(self) -> None:
+        super().reset()
+        self.parsed_title = None
+
+    def handle_starttag(
+        self, tag: str, attrs_list: list[tuple[str, str | None]]
+    ) -> None:
+        if self.parsed_title:
+            return
+        tag = tag.lower()
+        if tag == "title":
+            self.parsing_title = True
+        elif tag == "meta":
+            attrs = dict(attrs_list)
+            if attrs.get("property", None) == "og:title":
+                self.parsed_title = attrs.get("content", None)
+            elif attrs.get("name", None) == "title":
+                self.parsed_title = attrs.get("content", None)
+
+    def handle_endtag(self, tag: str) -> None:
+        match tag.lower():
+            case "title":
+                self.parsing_title = False
+
+    def handle_data(self, data: str) -> None:
+        if self.parsing_title and not self.parsed_title:
+            self.parsed_title = html.unescape(data)
 
 
 async def dns_lookup(host: str) -> str | None:
@@ -97,12 +133,14 @@ class Linkbot(Plugin):
                 log.debug("skipping URL %s because it couldn't be fetched", url)
                 continue
             (status, content_type, text) = result
-            if title := TITLE_RE.search(text):
-                message = f"{title['title']}"
-            elif not (200 <= status <= 299):
+
+            title_parser = TitleParser()
+            title_parser.feed(text)
+            message: str | None
+            if not (200 <= status <= 299):
                 message = f"{who.nick}: (status {status})"
             else:
-                message = None
+                message = title_parser.parsed_title
 
             if message:
                 self.send_to(conn, channel, message)