Overview
Yahoo Blogs is a feed fetcher from Yahoo used for RSS or Atom feed polling, syndication refresh, subscription delivery, and content update checks.
Its primary user-agent pattern is Yahoo-Blogs; related patterns include yahoo-blogs; Yahoo blog crawler.
Yahoo Blogs is not independently verified with Medium confidence. The identity type is Documented, and the evidence basis is observed traffic patterns and user-agent evidence.
Robots.txt behavior is not currently confirmed.
Yahoo Blogs should be reviewed against site policy, source evidence, crawl rate, and requested paths before a permanent allow or block rule is created.
Identity
- User-Agent Pattern
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Yahoo-Blogs - Aliases
- yahoo-blogs; Yahoo blog crawler
- HTTP Agent Examples
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Yahoo-Blogs - Robots Token
- Yahoo-Blogs
- Identity Type
- Documented
- Evidence Method
- Verify Yahoo Blogs by matching `Yahoo-Blogs` to Yahoo evidence, then checking reverse DNS, source-network ownership, signed request data, or published crawler documentation when available.
Classification
- Type
- Feed fetcher
- Kind
- Feed fetcher
- Family
- Yahoo
- Purpose
- Blog feed fetching
Behavior and handling
- Common Use
- Yahoo Blogs is used for RSS or Atom feed polling, syndication refresh, subscription delivery, and content update checks.
- Detection Notes
- Yahoo Blogs traffic is primarily detected by the `Yahoo-Blogs` user-agent pattern; related patterns include `yahoo-blogs; Yahoo blog crawler`. Compare source IPs, reverse DNS, request paths, and crawl cadence with Yahoo infrastructure before trusting the traffic.
- Respects robots.txt
- Unknown
- Spoofing Risk
- Yahoo Blogs has medium spoofing risk because user-agent strings can be copied; pair the match with DNS, IP, behavior, or operator evidence.
- Risk
- Neutral
- Recommended Handling
- Depends
Rules and controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
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# Legacy or noncanonical identity. Confirm the current canonical token before relying on robots.txt.
Relationships
- Operator
- Yahoo Checked 2026-06-22
Relationships without an Evidence link are normalized from the canonical directory record. They should not be interpreted as independent proof of physical presence or request origin.