About this bot
YandexImages is associated with Yandex and is used for image search indexing.
The primary identity signal is YandexImages. Representative HTTP identity: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; YandexImages/3.0; +http://yandex.com/bots).
Directory status: Active. Identity classification: Verified with High confidence. Identity type: official documented plus fcrdns.
robots.txt behavior: respected under the `YandexImages` token.
Verification: Match the documented Yandex identity, then authenticate origin with forward-confirmed reverse DNS: the PTR hostname must end in yandex.ru, yandex.net, or yandex.com and forward-resolve to the source IP.
How to identify this bot
- User-agent and crawler identifiers
-
YandexImagesMozilla/5.0 (compatible; YandexImages/3.0; +http://yandex.com/bots) - Also known as
- Yandex image crawler
Details
- Kind
- Image crawler
- Family
- Yandex
- Purpose
- Image search indexing
- Common Use
- YandexImages indexes images for display in Yandex Images.
- Respects robots.txt
- Yes
Verification
- Identity Type
- official-documented-plus-fcrdns
- Evidence Method
- Match the documented Yandex identity, then authenticate origin with forward-confirmed reverse DNS: the PTR hostname must end in yandex.ru, yandex.net, or yandex.com and forward-resolve to the source IP.
- Detection Notes
- YandexImages indexes images for display in Yandex Images. Yandex documents that many non-indexing robots may ignore general User-agent:* rules; use the exact agent group where applicable. Browser version components may change.
Website controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
User-agent: YandexImages Disallow: /