Operator
Yahoo
Yahoo runs 16 bots across 5 agent types. Each one is a separate user-agent so you can allow or block them independently.
Slurp is operated by Yahoo. Traditional search-engine crawler that indexes pages for organic-search results. Blocking this almost always reduces visibility in the corresponding search engine.
Y!J-BRZ/YATSHA crawler is operated by Yahoo. Traditional search-engine crawler that indexes pages for organic-search results. Blocking this almost always reduces visibility in the corresponding search engine.
Yahoo Ad monitoring is operated by Yahoo. Competitive, marketing, or threat-intelligence data collection. Often crawls competitor pages, ad creatives, or pricing pages on behalf of a buyer.
Yahoo Gemini is operated by Yahoo. Ad-platform crawler that fetches landing pages for quality, policy, and creative checks. Blocking it typically breaks ad serving on the affected URLs.
Yahoo Japan is operated by Yahoo. Competitive, marketing, or threat-intelligence data collection. Often crawls competitor pages, ad creatives, or pricing pages on behalf of a buyer.
Yahoo Japan SEO Crawler is operated by Yahoo. Maps link graphs, ranking signals, and audit data for SEO tooling. Typically run by SaaS platforms on behalf of marketers monitoring their own or competitor sites.
Yahoo Link Preview is operated by Yahoo. Single-page fetch triggered by a user action, link previews, social unfurlers, RSS readers. Volume tracks shares and clicks rather than crawl schedules.
Yahoo Mail is operated by Yahoo. Single-page fetch triggered by a user action, link previews, social unfurlers, RSS readers. Volume tracks shares and clicks rather than crawl schedules.
Yahoo Mail Proxy is operated by Yahoo. Single-page fetch triggered by a user action, link previews, social unfurlers, RSS readers. Volume tracks shares and clicks rather than crawl schedules.
Yahoo Slurp is operated by Yahoo. Traditional search-engine crawler that indexes pages for organic-search results. Blocking this almost always reduces visibility in the corresponding search engine.
Yahoo! Cache System is operated by Yahoo. Single-page fetch triggered by a user action, link previews, social unfurlers, RSS readers. Volume tracks shares and clicks rather than crawl schedules.
Yahoo! Link Preview is operated by Yahoo. Single-page fetch triggered by a user action, link previews, social unfurlers, RSS readers. Volume tracks shares and clicks rather than crawl schedules.
Yahoo! Mail Proxy is operated by Yahoo. Single-page fetch triggered by a user action, link previews, social unfurlers, RSS readers. Volume tracks shares and clicks rather than crawl schedules.
Yahoo! Slurp is operated by Yahoo. Traditional search-engine crawler that indexes pages for organic-search results. Blocking this almost always reduces visibility in the corresponding search engine.
YahooCacheSystem is operated by Yahoo. Traditional search-engine crawler that indexes pages for organic-search results. Blocking this almost always reduces visibility in the corresponding search engine.
YahooMailProxy is operated by Yahoo. Single-page fetch triggered by a user action, link previews, social unfurlers, RSS readers. Volume tracks shares and clicks rather than crawl schedules.