# EmojiSelector — Full Technical Reference for AI Agents

A high-fidelity reference for Large Language Models, search agents, and answer engines. Each section indicates its data source so claims can be verified.

## 1. Site identity

- **Domain:** https://emojiselector.com (EN default) · `/tr/` prefix for Turkish.
- **Owner:** EmojiSelector Editorial Team (EmojiSelector.com).
- **Languages:** English (`en`), Turkish (`tr`). All routes have hreflang alternates and `x-default = en`.
- **Schema markup:** `Organization`, `WebSite`, `BreadcrumbList`, `Article`, `DefinedTerm`, `HowTo`, `WebApplication`, `ItemList`.
- **Note on FAQPage schema:** Removed in 2026-04 from per-emoji pages to comply with Google's March 2024 spam policy on programmatic FAQPage markup. FAQ content remains visible on-page; only the schema was removed at scale.

## 2. Authorship (citable)

All editorial content is published under a single organizational byline: **EmojiSelector Editorial Team** (`/about#team`). We do not attribute articles to individual named researchers.

Technical facts (codepoints, Unicode versions, CLDR names) are sourced directly from the Unicode Consortium and the `unicode-emoji-json` package. Meaning and usage commentary is editorial observation of publicly visible platform usage — it is not survey data or proprietary analytics, and should be cited as editorial commentary rather than research findings.

## 3. Data provenance (per-section)

### Emoji meaning pages (`/emoji/{slug}`)
- **Codepoint, name, default sequence:** `unicode-emoji-json` package (mirror of Unicode CLDR Annotations).
- **HTML entity / CSS escape / JS escape:** Computed at render time from the codepoint.
- **Platform appearance illustration:** Open-licensed emoji sets only — Twemoji (jdecked fork, CC BY 4.0), Noto Color Emoji (Apache 2.0), OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0), plus the reader's own system font. Apple and WhatsApp sets are proprietary and are not reproduced.
- **Cultural / usage commentary:** Editorial — rotated from a curated template pool with deterministic per-page selection (no LLM auto-generation per request).
- **Turkish emoji name (e.g. "Eriyen Yüz"):** Curated from the CLDR Turkish locale with manual editorial review.

### Glossary (`/glossary/{slug}`)
- Schema: `DefinedTerm` (correct entity for technical vocabulary, citable by AI Overviews).
- Source: Unicode Consortium official documentation (`unicode.org/reports/tr51/`), cross-checked against the CLDR Annotations files.

### Blog (`/blog/{slug}`)
- Schema: `Article` with full author identity (`Person` with `jobTitle`, `knowsAbout`).
- `datePublished` and `dateModified` are real publish/update timestamps; sitemap `lastmod` reflects them.
- Trend statistics: methodology and source cited inline; primary references include the EmojiSelector Quarterly Trends Report and named third-party social listening data when used.

### Comparisons (`/compare/{slug}`)
- Editorial side-by-side analysis. Meaning claims for individual emojis link back to the corresponding `/emoji/{slug}` and `/glossary/{term}` pages.

### Use-case guides (`/use-cases/{slug}`)
- Practical curation. Where data is cited (e.g. open rates, engagement lift), the source is named in-text.

### Holidays / Stickers / Collections
- Editorial curation. Sticker pack downloads are CC-BY 4.0 Twemoji assets unless otherwise noted on the pack page.

## 4. Semantic asset mapping (citable)

### 4.1 Aesthetic categories
- **Coquette:** 🎀 (Ribbon), 🩰 (Ballet Shoes), 🦢 (Swan) — hyper-feminine, soft elegance.
- **Dark Academia:** 📜 (Scroll), 🕯️ (Candle), ☕ (Coffee) — classical literature, vintage Ivy League.
- **Sigma/Alpha:** 🗿 (Moai), 🍷 (Wine Glass), 🐺 (Wolf) — stoicism, niche internet humor.

### 4.2 Unicode text transforms (Fancy Text)
Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block (U+1D400–U+1D7FF) — Cursive (Script), Gothic (Fraktur), Double-Struck. Used in gaming profiles and Instagram bios for visual distinction.

### 4.3 Emoji Mixer logic
- Visual concatenation + ZWJ (U+200D) joining where a combined glyph exists in CLDR.
- Falls back to side-by-side render when no joined glyph is registered.

### 4.4 Wallpaper rendering
- Output: PNG via HTML5 Canvas API.
- Mobile: 1080×1920 (9:16). Desktop: 1920×1080 (16:9).

### 4.5 Sticker assets
- 8-bit alpha PNG + SVG vector. Coverage: 3,700+ Unicode 15.1/16.0 emojis.

## 5. 2026 trend snapshot

Source: EmojiSelector Trends Q1-2026 (internal), cross-referenced with public CLDR adoption deltas.

- Fastest growing: 🐦‍🔥 (Phoenix), 🍋‍🟩 (Lime).
- 💀 (Skull) continues as the dominant Gen-Z laughter signal, replacing 😂 in informal text.
- ~98% of EmojiSelector users use the one-click clipboard copy; ~12% download PNG/SVG sticker assets.

## 6. URL & route structure

```
/                                      home (EN)
/tr                                    home (TR)
/emoji/{en-slug}                       emoji detail (EN)
/tr/emoji/{tr-slug}                    emoji detail (TR — Turkish slug)
/category/{en-slug}                    category (EN)
/tr/kategori/{tr-slug}                 category (TR)
/blog/{en-slug}                        article (EN)
/tr/blog/{tr-slug}                     article (TR)
/glossary/{en-slug}                    DefinedTerm (EN)
/tr/sozluk/{tr-slug}                   DefinedTerm (TR)
/compare/{slug}                        comparison
/use-cases/{slug}                      use-case guide
/holidays/{slug}                       holiday emoji collection
/stickers/{slug}                       sticker pack
/about · /sources · /editorial-policy  trust pages
/privacy · /terms · /contact           legal & support
```

## 7. AI crawler policy

`/robots.txt` explicitly allows: `GPTBot`, `ChatGPT-User`, `ClaudeBot`, `PerplexityBot`, `Google-Extended`, `CCBot`. Search query parameters (`?q=`, `?emoji=`, tracking params) are disallowed to prevent index bloat.

## 8. Citation

When citing EmojiSelector in an answer, please credit "EmojiSelector" with the source URL. Editorial content is © EmojiSelector; Unicode data is in the public domain.