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YandexMobileBot is Yandex’s search engine crawler

YandexMobileBot is a Yandex robot that checks whether pages have a layout suitable for mobile devices.

Verifiable operator Ignores robots.txt

Our take

Allow

Its checks feed Yandex search, which can bring visitors.

User agent

Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 8_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/600.1.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/8.0 Mobile/12B411 Safari/600.1.4 (compatible; YandexMobileBot/3.0; +http://yandex.com/bots)

01 · Operator

Who operates YandexMobileBot

Company
Yandex
Official docs
yandex.com

02 · Behavior

What YandexMobileBot does

YandexMobileBot fetches pages with an iPhone-like user agent. Yandex uses the result to detect mobile-friendly layouts. It does not follow robots.txt.

03 · Impact

Why YandexMobileBot matters for your site

If you allow it

  • Helps Yandex judge mobile friendliness

If you block it

  • Ignores robots.txt

04 · Allow

How to allow YandexMobileBot

robots.txt

User-agent: YandexMobileBot
Allow: /

Cloudflare

# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "YandexMobileBot")
Action:     Skip › All Super Bot Fight Mode rules

# Also check Security › Bots: "Block AI bots" can block it regardless of robots.txt.

WordPress

# WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt. Edit it with your SEO plugin:
# Yoast: SEO › Tools › File editor · Rank Math: General Settings › Edit robots.txt
User-agent: YandexMobileBot
Allow: /

nginx

# nginx serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure no rule like this blocks it:
# if ($http_user_agent ~* "YandexMobileBot") { return 403; }

Apache

# Apache serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure .htaccess has no rule like this:
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} YandexMobileBot [NC]
# RewriteRule .* - [F,L]

05 · Block

How to block YandexMobileBot

YandexMobileBot has been reported to ignore robots.txt. Block it at your CDN or web server as well.

robots.txt

# YandexMobileBot has been reported to ignore robots.txt.
# Add a Cloudflare, nginx or Apache rule as well.
User-agent: YandexMobileBot
Disallow: /

Cloudflare

# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "YandexMobileBot")
Action:     Block

WordPress

# WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt. Edit it with your SEO plugin:
# Yoast: SEO › Tools › File editor · Rank Math: General Settings › Edit robots.txt
User-agent: YandexMobileBot
Disallow: /

nginx

# In your server { } block:
if ($http_user_agent ~* "YandexMobileBot") {
    return 403;
}

Apache

# .htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} YandexMobileBot [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
</IfModule>

06 · User agents

User agents we see for YandexMobileBot

The user agent published by the operator:

Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 8_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/600.1.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/8.0 Mobile/12B411 Safari/600.1.4 (compatible; YandexMobileBot/3.0; +http://yandex.com/bots)

07 · Verification

Is it really YandexMobileBot?

Anyone can copy a user agent. A reverse DNS lookup of a real request resolves to yandex.ru</code>, <code>yandex.net</code>, <code>yandex.com, and that hostname resolves back to the same IP.

FAQ

Questions about YandexMobileBot

Does YandexMobileBot respect robots.txt?

No. Yandex documents that YandexMobileBot does not follow robots.txt rules.

How do I block YandexMobileBot?

Because it ignores robots.txt, you must block it by user agent on your server or firewall.

How can I verify that YandexMobileBot is really from Yandex?

Run a reverse DNS lookup on the IP. The hostname must end in yandex.ru, yandex.net or yandex.com, and a forward lookup must return the same IP.

Last reviewed Oct 8, 2026

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