YandexBot

Generally helpfulsearch-engine

Operated by Yandex LLC

What is YandexBot?

YandexBot is the official web crawler for Yandex, Russia's largest search engine. It systematically browses the internet to discover, analyze, and index web content for inclusion in Yandex Search results.

Why it visits websites

It visits websites to index content and make it searchable through Yandex's search results. It also supports specialized crawlers for images, mobile, and other content types.

Is YandexBot good or bad for your site?

It helps websites by increasing their visibility in Yandex's search results, driving organic traffic from Russian-speaking users. It generally respects robots.txt and modern web standards, making it a low-risk crawler for most sites.

How to block YandexBot

To block YandexBot via robots.txt, add the following lines: User-agent: YandexBot Disallow: /path/to/blocked To block via user-agent, filter requests containing 'YandexBot' in the user-agent string. Example for Apache .htaccess: RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} YandexBot [NC] RewriteRule .* - [F,L]

Example user-agent

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

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