Bot intelligence record

YandexMobileBot

Usually allow

Use the YandexMobileBot identifier to separate Yandex search indexing or content discovery traffic from normal visitor requests in server logs.

Search Indexing Official Documented Confidence: High Verified: Yes robots.txt: No
Operator
Yandex
Family
Yandex
Type
Search
Source type
Official
Last checked
2026-05-20

User-Agent Pattern

Yandex
YandexMobileBot
Verification note

User-agent strings are identification signals, not proof of identity. Confirm important allow, block, or rate-limit decisions with logs, DNS or IP evidence, request behavior, or operator documentation when available.

Robots.txt Snippet

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User-agent: YandexMobileBot Disallow: /

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Handling Guidance

Depends

This bot is usually safe to allow when the request source is verified and the traffic matches your site policy.

Search indexing, content discovery, rendering, or search-result freshness checks.

Record Details

Structured data
Operator
Yandex
Family
Yandex
Type
Search
Purpose
Indexing
Identity type
Official Documented
Confidence
High
Last verified
2026-04-01
Last checked
2026-05-20
Source type
Official
Verification
Verify with reverse DNS and forward DNS checks; valid Yandex hosts end in yandex.ru, yandex.net, or yandex.com.
Spoofing risk
User-agent strings for YandexMobileBot can be spoofed. Treat user-agent detection as a classification signal, then verify with published IP ranges, reverse DNS, signatures, operator documentation, or published operator documentation, IP ranges, reverse DNS, signatures, or other verified identity signals before allow-listing.

Notes

YandexMobileBot is listed in the Botcrawl directory as a search crawler from Yandex. The primary identifier for log review is YandexMobileBot.

Identification

  • User-agent pattern: YandexMobileBot
  • Family: Yandex
  • Type: Search
  • Kind: Crawler

Common use

Search indexing, content discovery, rendering, or search-result freshness checks.

Verification and handling

Verify with reverse DNS and forward DNS checks; valid Yandex hosts end in yandex.ru, yandex.net, or yandex.com.

Directory guidance marks the risk level as Safe and the blocking decision as Depends. Do not rely on the user-agent string alone because user-agent strings can be copied or spoofed.

Robots.txt handling: No.

Evidence and Source

  • Verify with reverse DNS and forward DNS checks; valid Yandex hosts end in yandex.ru, yandex.net, or yandex.com.
  • Match `YandexMobileBot` 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.
  • Search indexing, content discovery, rendering, or search-result freshness checks.
  • User-agent strings for YandexMobileBot can be spoofed. Treat user-agent detection as a classification signal, then verify with published IP ranges, reverse DNS, signatures, operator documentation, or published operator documentation, IP ranges, reverse DNS, signatures, or other verified identity signals before allow-listing.

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