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YandexAdditionalBotRespects robots.txt
YesImpact Level
Notable
10M+ users - Regional/specialized AI companies
Estimated Reach
10M+ users - Regional/specialized AI companies
🎯What is YandexAdditionalBot?
YandexAdditionalBot is an AI training crawler operated by Yandex. Collects data to train AI models.
🚫 What Happens If You Block
Same as YandexAdditional.
💡 Good to Know
Alternate user-agent. Block both for complete Yandex AI coverage.
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🛡️YandexAdditionalBot robots.txt Configuration
Control YandexAdditionalBot access to your website using robots.txt directives.
Block YandexAdditionalBot
To completely block YandexAdditionalBot from crawling your site:
User-agent: YandexAdditionalBot
Disallow: /Allow YandexAdditionalBot Full Access
To explicitly allow YandexAdditionalBot to crawl your entire site:
User-agent: YandexAdditionalBot
Allow: /Selective Access for YandexAdditionalBot
To allow YandexAdditionalBot but restrict certain directories:
User-agent: YandexAdditionalBot
Disallow: /private/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /admin/
Allow: /✓ YandexAdditionalBot respects robots.txt directives.
YandexAdditionalBot User-Agent String
The user-agent token for YandexAdditionalBot is:
YandexAdditionalBot🌐Who Blocks YandexAdditionalBot?
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