YandexBot
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What is YandexBot?
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Yandex's search engine crawler
Yandex
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Expected Behavior
Web crawlers visit websites on a regular schedule to index content for search engines or other services. They typically follow a consistent crawling pattern and respect robots.txt directives.
Should I Block YandexBot?
This bot is marked as compliant, meaning it generally respects robots.txt directives and follows good practices. You may choose to allow it if you want your content to be accessible to its services.
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Get Automated Bot ManagementHow Do I Block YandexBot?
You can block this bot or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt file. Use Spyglasses analytics to check whether it's actually following your rules.
User Agent Tokens
YandexBotShould match instances of this botrobots.txt
# robots.txt # This should block YandexBot User-agent: YandexBot Disallow: /
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