diff --git a/default.go b/default.go
index 61979d0..4b20d3a 100644
--- a/default.go
+++ b/default.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"path"
@@ -19,6 +20,35 @@ const (
 	maxBodySizeBytes = 20971520
 )
 
+var privateIPBlocks []*net.IPNet
+
+func init() {
+	for _, cidr := range []string{
+		"127.0.0.0/8",    // IPv4 loopback
+		"10.0.0.0/8",     // RFC1918
+		"172.16.0.0/12",  // RFC1918
+		"192.168.0.0/16", // RFC1918
+		"::1/128",        // IPv6 loopback
+		"fe80::/10",      // IPv6 link-local
+		"fc00::/7",       // IPv6 unique local addr
+	} {
+		_, block, err := net.ParseCIDR(cidr)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(fmt.Errorf("parse error on %q: %v", cidr, err))
+		}
+		privateIPBlocks = append(privateIPBlocks, block)
+	}
+}
+
+func isPrivateIP(ip net.IP) bool {
+	for _, block := range privateIPBlocks {
+		if block.Contains(ip) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 func (api *LinkInfoApi) DefaultLinkHandler(link string) (*LinkInfo, error) {
 	redirects := make([]string, 0)
 
@@ -28,6 +58,12 @@ func (api *LinkInfoApi) DefaultLinkHandler(link string) (*LinkInfo, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	if u.Host == "localhost" {
+		return nil, errors.New("url is localhost")
+	} else if ip := net.ParseIP(u.Host); ip != nil && isPrivateIP(ip) {
+		return nil, errors.New("url is a local ip address")
+	}
+
 	var res *http.Response
 
 	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
@@ -39,6 +75,19 @@ func (api *LinkInfoApi) DefaultLinkHandler(link string) (*LinkInfo, error) {
 
 		if (res.StatusCode == 301 || res.StatusCode == 302) && res.Header.Get("Location") != "" {
 			link = res.Header.Get("Location")
+
+			redirectUrl, err := url.Parse(link)
+
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+
+			if redirectUrl.Host == "localhost" {
+				return nil, errors.New("url attempted to redirect to localhost")
+			} else if ip := net.ParseIP(redirectUrl.Host); ip != nil && isPrivateIP(ip) {
+				return nil, errors.New("host is a local ip address")
+			}
+
 			redirects = append(redirects, link)
 		} else {
 			break
@@ -140,7 +189,7 @@ func (api *LinkInfoApi) retrieveHtmlLinkTitle(i *LinkInfo, link string) error {
 	metaTags := make(map[string]string)
 
 	meta.Each(func(_ int, s *goquery.Selection) {
-		var key string
+		var key, value string
 		var exists bool
 
 		for _, k := range attrKeys {
@@ -154,6 +203,14 @@ func (api *LinkInfoApi) retrieveHtmlLinkTitle(i *LinkInfo, link string) error {
 		if key == "" {
 			return
 		}
+
+		value, exists = s.Attr("content")
+
+		if !exists {
+			return
+		}
+
+		metaTags[key] = value
 	})
 
 	var attr string
@@ -161,7 +218,7 @@ func (api *LinkInfoApi) retrieveHtmlLinkTitle(i *LinkInfo, link string) error {
 
 	if attr, exists = metaTags["og:title"]; exists {
 		i.Title = attr
-	} else if tag := q.Find("title"); tag.Length() > 0 {
+	} else if tag := q.Find("head > title"); tag.Length() > 0 {
 		i.Title = strings.TrimSpace(tag.Text())
 	}