Blueno

Safe Block: Depends Verified robots.txt: Unknown

NAVER preview robot that collects link summary information in editors and similar workflows.

Collects summary preview information for links inserted in NAVER products.

Key facts

Operator
NAVER
Family
Naver
Purpose
Unknown
User-Agent
Blueno
Should you block it?
Depends
Verified
Yes
Respects robots.txt
Unknown
Identity type
Unknown
Confidence
High
Last checked
2026-04-03

Bot details

Identity

User-Agent
Blueno
robots.txt token
Blueno
HTTP user-agent
Blueno

Ownership

Operator
NAVER
Family
Naver
Type
Unknown
Purpose
Unknown

Verification and trust

Source type
Unknown
Confidence
High
Last checked
2026-04-03
Verification
Verify the user-agent and confirm the source IP reverse-resolves into .naver.com, then confirm forward DNS matches.
Spoofing risk
User-agent strings can be spoofed. Verify with the operator’s published guidance before allow-listing.

Blocking and detection

Official NAVER Search Advisor documentation names Blueno as a specialist robot.

Robots

User-agent: Blueno
Disallow: /

Cloudflare

(http.user_agent contains "Blueno")
Advanced server rules

Apache

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Blueno [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]

Nginx

if ($http_user_agent ~* "Blueno") { return 403; }

Notes

NAVER documents Blueno as a specialist robot that collects preview information when links are inserted in products such as the blog editor.

Evidence and source

  • Verify the user-agent and confirm the source IP reverse-resolves into .naver.com, then confirm forward DNS matches.
  • Official NAVER Search Advisor documentation names Blueno as a specialist robot.
  • Collects summary preview information for links inserted in NAVER products.
  • User-agent strings can be spoofed. Verify with the operator’s published guidance before allow-listing.