# YandexBlogs

> Yandex's blog-search robot; it indexes post comments as well as posts.

| field | value |
|---|---|
| operator | Yandex |
| category | Search engines |
| robots.txt token | `YandexBlogs` |
| user-agent contains | `YandexBlogs` |
| robots.txt | obeys robots.txt (documented) |
| verify by | reverse DNS |
| published IP ranges | none published |
| prefixes mirrored | 0 IPv4 / 0 IPv6 |
| operator docs | https://yandex.com/support/webmaster/en/robot-workings/check-yandex-robots |
| last reviewed | 2026-09-01 |

## What blocking it costs you

Comment threads and blog posts stop being findable through Yandex blog search.

## Full user-agent string

```
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; YandexBlogs/0.99; robot; +http://yandex.com/bots)
```

## Block it

```
User-agent: YandexBlogs
Disallow: /
```

## Allow it

```
User-agent: YandexBlogs
Allow: /
```

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