YandexBlogs
SearchVerify YandexBlogs 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.
YandexBlogs is Yandex’s crawler dedicated to discovering and indexing blog-style content for Yandex’s blog and social content aggregations. It focuses on comments in posts, articles, feeds, and frequently updated pages rather than full websites. The bot analyzes text, timestamps, authorship, and update frequency to surface fresh and relevant blog content. Crawl activity is periodic and content-focused, prioritizing sources that publish regularly. Its purpose is to keep Yandex’s blog-oriented services current and reflective of ongoing discussions across the web. RobotSense.io verifies YandexBlogs using Yandex’s official validation methods, ensuring only genuine YandexBlogs traffic is identified.
User Agent Examples
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; YandexBlogs/0.99; robot; +http://yandex.com/bots)Robots.txt Configuration for YandexBlogs
YandexBlogsUse this identifier in your robots.txt User-agent directive to target YandexBlogs.
Recommended Configuration
Our recommended robots.txt configuration for YandexBlogs:
User-agent: YandexBlogs
Allow: /Completely Block YandexBlogs
Prevent this bot from crawling your entire site:
User-agent: YandexBlogs
Disallow: /Completely Allow YandexBlogs
Allow this bot to crawl your entire site:
User-agent: YandexBlogs
Allow: /Block Specific Paths
Block this bot from specific directories or pages:
User-agent: YandexBlogs
Disallow: /private/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /api/Allow Only Specific Paths
Block everything but allow specific directories:
User-agent: YandexBlogs
Disallow: /
Allow: /public/
Allow: /blog/Set Crawl Delay
Limit how frequently YandexBlogs can request pages (in seconds):
User-agent: YandexBlogs
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 10Note: This bot does not officially mention about honoring Crawl-Delay rule.