YandexAdNet
AdvertisingVerify YandexAdNet IP Address
Verify if an IP address truly belongs to Yandex, using official verification methods. Enter both IP address and User-Agent from your logs for the most accurate bot verification.
YandexAdNet is Yandex’s advertising-related crawler used to evaluate webpages that participate in the Yandex Advertising Network. It fetches pages to analyze content, layout, ad placement, and policy compliance. These checks help Yandex determine ad relevance, safety, and monetization eligibility for publisher sites. The bot is not a general search crawler and does not index content for Yandex Search. Blocking it may limit ad review or delivery. Crawl activity is targeted and low-volume, typically triggered by publisher onboarding, configuration changes, or ongoing ad quality assessments. RobotSense.io verifies YandexAdNet using Yandex’s official validation methods, ensuring only genuine YandexAdNet traffic is identified.
User Agent Examples
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; YandexAdNet/1.0; +http://yandex.com/bots)Robots.txt Configuration for YandexAdNet
YandexAdNetUse this identifier in your robots.txt User-agent directive to target YandexAdNet.
Recommended Configuration
Our recommended robots.txt configuration for YandexAdNet:
User-agent: YandexAdNet
Allow: /Completely Block YandexAdNet
Prevent this bot from crawling your entire site:
User-agent: YandexAdNet
Disallow: /Completely Allow YandexAdNet
Allow this bot to crawl your entire site:
User-agent: YandexAdNet
Allow: /Block Specific Paths
Block this bot from specific directories or pages:
User-agent: YandexAdNet
Disallow: /private/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /api/Allow Only Specific Paths
Block everything but allow specific directories:
User-agent: YandexAdNet
Disallow: /
Allow: /public/
Allow: /blog/Set Crawl Delay
Limit how frequently YandexAdNet can request pages (in seconds):
User-agent: YandexAdNet
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 10Note: This bot does not officially mention about honoring Crawl-Delay rule.