YandexBot

Yandex · Search engines · json

User-agent: YandexBot
Disallow: /
robots.txt tokenYandexBot
User-agent containsYandexBot
OperatorYandex
CategorySearch engines
robots.txtobeys robots.txt (documented)
Verify byreverse DNS

What it is

Yandex's search crawler, which also feeds Alice and Yandex's generative answers.

What blocking it costs you

Removal from Yandex Search. Verify with reverse DNS to a yandex.ru, yandex.net or yandex.com host — YandexBot is among the most-spoofed user-agents there is.

Full user-agent string

Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; YandexBot/3.0; +http://yandex.com/bots)

Allow it instead

User-agent: YandexBot
Allow: /

Operator documentation: https://yandex.com/support/webmaster/robot-workings/check-yandex-robots.html
Machine copies: json · markdown
Policies that name this crawler: allow-all · allow-ai-search-only · maximum-ai-visibility