Bot Intelligence Record

Yahoo Link Preview

Yahoo Link Preview's bot fetches data from URLs shared on Yahoo platforms.

Yahoo Link Preview
OperatorYahoo
FamilyYahoo
Typepreview
Riskneutral
Blockdepends
Verified1
Verification Guidance

User-agent strings can be copied. Use this record for identification, logging, filtering, and review. For allow lists or low-friction rules, pair the identifier with operator documentation, reverse DNS, IP ranges, request signatures, or another verification method when available.

Identification

User-Agent: Yahoo Link Preview

HTTP Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Yahoo Link Preview; https://help.yahoo.com/kb/mail/yahoo-link-preview-SLN23615.html)

Aliases: Yahoo preview bot

Robots Token: Yahoo Link Preview

Purpose: preview

Identity: verified-bot

Handling

Common Use: Link previews, page rendering, social unfurls, prefetching, or user-triggered content previews.

Detection Notes: Match `Yahoo Link Preview` as a case-insensitive substring in HTTP user-agent logs. Review bot_aliases for alternate names or product labels. Use bot_http_agent for full user-agent examples when the client sends a longer browser-like string. Do not treat a user-agent match alone as proof of identity for allow-listing.

Risk: neutral

Should Block: depends

Respects Robots: no

Rules

Block Snippet

User-agent: Yahoo Link Preview Disallow: /

Sources

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