Checking if an IP address belongs to Yandex
To check if an IP address belongs to Yandex indexing bots, use the IP address check tool.
You can check IPv4 (Internet Protocol version 4) addresses, which consist of four groups of numbers ranging from 0 to 255. For example: 100.43.64.0.
How to check an IP address
To check an IP address:
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Go to Yandex Webmaster and select Tools → IP address check.
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Enter an IP address and click Check.
Check results:
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This IP address belongs to the Yandex indexing bot
The specified IP address falls within the range of addresses used by Yandex indexing bots. These requests might be made to index your site.
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This IP address belongs to Yandex
The specified IP address falls within the range of addresses used by Yandex. These requests might be unrelated to search indexing. Instead, they might be associated with other Yandex services.
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This IP address doesn't belong to Yandex
The specified IP address doesn't fall within the range of addresses used by Yandex indexing bots. In this case, we recommend checking the source of requests.
IP addresses leased by Yandex (for example, Yandex Cloud) may be identified as Yandex IP addresses, but they don't actually belong to Yandex.
To learn more about Yandex indexing bots, see How to check that a robot belongs to Yandex.