The 'yahoo-ad-monitoring' bot is associated with Yahoo and is designed to scan web pages for the purpose of monitoring advertisements. Its primary function is to gather data on ad placements, impressions, and possibly the context in which ads appear. This helps Yahoo ensure the quality and compliance of ads served through its network, detect fraudulent activity, and optimize ad delivery. The bot typically accesses web content in a manner similar to other ad verification and analytics crawlers, focusing on pages where Yahoo ads are likely to be displayed. Its activity is generally limited to collecting information relevant to advertising performance and compliance, rather than indexing content for search purposes.
b114.crawl.yahoo.net
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Yahoo Ad monitoring; https://help.yahoo.com/kb/yahoo-ad-monitoring-SLN24857.html) cnv.aws-prod---sieve.hlfs-rest_client/1727988041-0
b117.crawl.yahoo.net
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Yahoo Ad monitoring; https://help.yahoo.com/kb/yahoo-ad-monitoring-SLN24857.html) cnv.aws-prod---sieve.hlfs-rest_client/1728408764-0
g1005.crawl.yahoo.net
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Yahoo Ad monitoring; https://help.yahoo.com/kb/yahoo-ad-monitoring-SLN24857.html) cnv.aws-prod---sieve.hlfs-rest_client/1731570771-0
g1004.crawl.yahoo.net
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Yahoo Ad monitoring; https://help.yahoo.com/kb/yahoo-ad-monitoring-SLN24857.html) cnv.aws-prod---sieve.hlfs-rest_client/1734719869-0
g1003.crawl.yahoo.net
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Yahoo Ad monitoring; https://help.yahoo.com/kb/yahoo-ad-monitoring-SLN24857.html) cnv.aws-prod---sieve.hlfs-rest_client/1735282198-0
g1002.crawl.yahoo.net
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Yahoo Ad monitoring; https://help.yahoo.com/kb/yahoo-ad-monitoring-SLN24857.html) cnv.aws-prod---sieve.hlfs-rest_client/1742583446-0
