YandexAdditional🎯What is YandexAdditional?
YandexAdditional is an AI training crawler operated by Yandex. Collects data to train AI models.
Pre-training for YandexGPT and Alice assistant.
Content won't train YandexGPT models.
Dominant in Russia. Some sites block for geopolitical reasons.
🏢About Yandex
Yandex operates 2 known bots for AI model training. Their service reaches 100M+ Yandex users (Russia/CIS).
🛡️YandexAdditional robots.txt Configuration
Control YandexAdditional access to your website using robots.txt directives.
Block YandexAdditional
To completely block YandexAdditional from crawling your site:
User-agent: YandexAdditional
Disallow: /Allow YandexAdditional Full Access
To explicitly allow YandexAdditional to crawl your entire site:
User-agent: YandexAdditional
Allow: /Selective Access for YandexAdditional
To allow YandexAdditional but restrict certain directories:
User-agent: YandexAdditional
Disallow: /private/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /admin/
Allow: /✓ YandexAdditional respects robots.txt directives.
YandexAdditional User-Agent String
The user-agent token for YandexAdditional is:
YandexAdditional🌐Who Blocks YandexAdditional?
🔗Other Yandex Bots
Check Your Site's AI Policy
See if you're blocking or allowing YandexAdditional and other AI crawlers.