Yandex

39 crawlers operated by Yandex

Who Yandex is, for site owners

Yandex operates 39 crawlers in our directory, filed under Search Engines and SEO Tools. Of those 39, 39 rated safe for crawl behaviour.

Blocking Yandex carries an SEO impact score of 2/10 to 10/10 across its crawlers. 9 of them share the highest blocking impact here: Critical - Blocking removes you from search results.

Our recommendation for Yandex, set by its least reassuring crawler (Yandex, rated safe): Never block - it will remove your site from major search results.

Yandex at a glance

Operator	Yandex
Crawlers in directory	39
Categories	Search Engines, SEO Tools
SEO impact if blocked	2/10 to 10/10
Crawl behaviour	39 rated safe
Website	yandex.com
Official crawler docs	Yandex crawler documentation

Crawlers operated by Yandex

How to block or allow Yandex in robots.txt

These rules cover all 39 crawlers Yandex operates. Add them to the robots.txt file at the root of your domain.

Block Yandex completely

User-agent: Yandex
User-agent: YandexAccessibilityBot
User-agent: YandexAdNet
User-agent: YandexBlogs
User-agent: YandexSpravBot
User-agent: YandexCalendar
User-agent: YandexCheckBot
User-agent: YandexDirect
User-agent: YandexDirectDyn
User-agent: YaDirectFetcher
User-agent: YandexFavicons
User-agent: YandexFeed
User-agent: YandexImageResizer
User-agent: YandexImages
User-agent: YandexMarket
User-agent: YandexMedia
User-agent: YandexMetrika
User-agent: YandexMobileBot
User-agent: YandexMobileScreenShotBot
User-agent: YandexOntoDB
User-agent: YandexOntoDBAPI
User-agent: YandexPagechecker
User-agent: YandexPartner
User-agent: YandexRCA
User-agent: YandexRenderResourcesBot
User-agent: YandexScreenshotBot
User-agent: YandexSearchShop
User-agent: YandexSitelinks
User-agent: YandexTracker
User-agent: YandexUserproxy
User-agent: YandexVerticals
User-agent: YandexVertis
User-agent: YandexVideo
User-agent: YandexVideoParser
User-agent: YandexWebmaster
User-agent: YandexComBot
User-agent: YandexAdditional
User-agent: YandexAdditionalBot
User-agent: YandexBot
Disallow: /

Allow Yandex explicitly

User-agent: Yandex
User-agent: YandexAccessibilityBot
User-agent: YandexAdNet
User-agent: YandexBlogs
User-agent: YandexSpravBot
User-agent: YandexCalendar
User-agent: YandexCheckBot
User-agent: YandexDirect
User-agent: YandexDirectDyn
User-agent: YaDirectFetcher
User-agent: YandexFavicons
User-agent: YandexFeed
User-agent: YandexImageResizer
User-agent: YandexImages
User-agent: YandexMarket
User-agent: YandexMedia
User-agent: YandexMetrika
User-agent: YandexMobileBot
User-agent: YandexMobileScreenShotBot
User-agent: YandexOntoDB
User-agent: YandexOntoDBAPI
User-agent: YandexPagechecker
User-agent: YandexPartner
User-agent: YandexRCA
User-agent: YandexRenderResourcesBot
User-agent: YandexScreenshotBot
User-agent: YandexSearchShop
User-agent: YandexSitelinks
User-agent: YandexTracker
User-agent: YandexUserproxy
User-agent: YandexVerticals
User-agent: YandexVertis
User-agent: YandexVideo
User-agent: YandexVideoParser
User-agent: YandexWebmaster
User-agent: YandexComBot
User-agent: YandexAdditional
User-agent: YandexAdditionalBot
User-agent: YandexBot
Allow: /

robots.txt is a request, not an enforcement mechanism. A crawler that ignores it needs a block at the server or CDN layer. Rules are case-sensitive on the path and matched against the user-agent token, not the full user-agent string.

Frequently asked questions about Yandex

What crawlers does Yandex run?

Yandex operates 39 crawlers in our directory: Yandex (user-agent Yandex), Yandex Accessibility (user-agent YandexAccessibilityBot), Yandex Advertising Network (user-agent YandexAdNet), Yandex Blogs (user-agent YandexBlogs), Yandex Business Directory (user-agent YandexSpravBot), Yandex Calendar (user-agent YandexCalendar), Yandex Check (user-agent YandexCheckBot), Yandex Direct (user-agent YandexDirect), Yandex Direct Dynamic (user-agent YandexDirectDyn), Yandex Direct Fetcher (user-agent YaDirectFetcher), Yandex Favicons (user-agent YandexFavicons), Yandex Feed (user-agent YandexFeed), Yandex Image Resizer (user-agent YandexImageResizer), Yandex Images (user-agent YandexImages), Yandex Market (user-agent YandexMarket), Yandex Media (user-agent YandexMedia), Yandex Metrica (user-agent YandexMetrika), Yandex Mobile (user-agent YandexMobileBot), Yandex Mobile Screenshot (user-agent YandexMobileScreenShotBot), Yandex Object Answer (user-agent YandexOntoDB), Yandex Object Answer API (user-agent YandexOntoDBAPI), Yandex Page Checker (user-agent YandexPagechecker), Yandex Partner (user-agent YandexPartner), Yandex RCA (user-agent YandexRCA), Yandex Render Resources (user-agent YandexRenderResourcesBot), Yandex Screenshot (user-agent YandexScreenshotBot), Yandex Search Shop (user-agent YandexSearchShop), Yandex Sitelinks (user-agent YandexSitelinks), Yandex Tracker (user-agent YandexTracker), Yandex User Proxy (user-agent YandexUserproxy), Yandex Verticals (user-agent YandexVerticals), Yandex Vertis (user-agent YandexVertis), Yandex Video (user-agent YandexVideo), Yandex Video Parser (user-agent YandexVideoParser), Yandex Webmaster (user-agent YandexWebmaster), Yandex.com (user-agent YandexComBot), YandexAdditional (user-agent YandexAdditional), YandexAdditionalBot (user-agent YandexAdditionalBot), YandexBot (user-agent YandexBot).

Should I block Yandex?

Never block - it will remove your site from major search results. That guidance follows this operator's least reassuring crawler, Yandex, rated safe, because allowing an operator allows every crawler it runs. The SEO impact score for blocking is 2/10 to 10/10, where 10 means blocking costs you the most visibility.

How do I block Yandex in robots.txt?

Add the following to robots.txt at your domain root: User-agent: Yandex then User-agent: YandexAccessibilityBot then User-agent: YandexAdNet then User-agent: YandexBlogs then User-agent: YandexSpravBot then User-agent: YandexCalendar then User-agent: YandexCheckBot then User-agent: YandexDirect then User-agent: YandexDirectDyn then User-agent: YaDirectFetcher then User-agent: YandexFavicons then User-agent: YandexFeed then User-agent: YandexImageResizer then User-agent: YandexImages then User-agent: YandexMarket then User-agent: YandexMedia then User-agent: YandexMetrika then User-agent: YandexMobileBot then User-agent: YandexMobileScreenShotBot then User-agent: YandexOntoDB then User-agent: YandexOntoDBAPI then User-agent: YandexPagechecker then User-agent: YandexPartner then User-agent: YandexRCA then User-agent: YandexRenderResourcesBot then User-agent: YandexScreenshotBot then User-agent: YandexSearchShop then User-agent: YandexSitelinks then User-agent: YandexTracker then User-agent: YandexUserproxy then User-agent: YandexVerticals then User-agent: YandexVertis then User-agent: YandexVideo then User-agent: YandexVideoParser then User-agent: YandexWebmaster then User-agent: YandexComBot then User-agent: YandexAdditional then User-agent: YandexAdditionalBot then User-agent: YandexBot then Disallow: /. One Disallow line covers all 39 user-agent tokens.

Does blocking Yandex hurt my search rankings?

9 of these share the highest blocking impact here, rated: Critical - Blocking removes you from search results. Those are search-indexing crawlers, so blocking them can remove your pages from the corresponding search results. Block them only if you intend to leave that index. The remaining 30 crawlers in the list above do not affect search indexing and can be blocked separately.