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YandexBot

Crawlers that index your pages for search results. Blocking one removes your pages from its results.

Copy the robots.txt rule
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  • Follows robots.txt
  • Can be verified
  • Docs checked 28 Oct 2026
At a glanceYandex
  • VerifiableIdentityreverse DNS, Cloudflare
  • Obeysrobots.txtFollows robots.txt
  • PurposeSearch indexingNot an AI product
  • TokenYandex, YandexBotUse it in a User-agent line

robots.txt

The operator documents that this bot follows robots.txt rules.

Block YandexBot
User-agent: Yandex
User-agent: YandexBot
Disallow: /
Allow YandexBot
User-agent: Yandex
User-agent: YandexBot
Allow: /

Quick facts

robots.txt token
Yandex YandexBot
Operator
Yandex
Purpose
Search indexing
robots.txt
Follows robots.txt
Verification
Can be verified
Documentation
yandex.com · checked 28 Oct 2026

If you block it

Your pages drop out of this search engine’s results over time. Block it only with a clear reason.

Check a visit is real

  • Reverse DNS ending in yandex.ru or yandex.net or yandex.com, confirmed by forward DNS
  • Listed by Cloudflare as a verified bot

Where this comes from

The same registry NdovuSEOLabs uses to classify crawler traffic in your server and CDN logs, built from the operator’s own documentation.

Registry version 2026-10-29.1

See which of these crawlers visit your site.

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