Bot IP: 5.255.231.59

Name: Bot IP Lookup: 5.255.231.59 (Yandex Bot)
Creator: Track-A-Bot

Yandex Bot is the primary web crawler used by Yandex, a major Russian search engine, to index and update web content for its search results.

Verified bot

Track-A-Bot Trust Score: 95/100

score

0255075100

Why Track-A-Bot rated this IP (tap to expand)

Identity

✅ Marked as bot traffic
✅ Bot name present
✅ User-agent matches bot name
✅ User-agent includes identity link/email

Hostname

✅ Hostname observed
ℹ️ Hostname does not resemble bot name
ℹ️ Hostname status not verified
✅ No hostname mismatch flags

Behavior

✅ Requested /robots.txt
✅ No referrer (typical crawler behavior)
✅ Mostly 200/304 responses
📌 Visits: 8
⏱️ Age: 15254h

Penalties

✅ No major spoof pattern
✅ No fingerprint fields
✅ Cookies not enabled
✅ No connection type

Total visits: 8 First seen: Mar 17th, 2024 4:31 AM Last seen: Dec 12th, 2025 7:23 PM

Known Hostname(s)

5-255-231-59.spider.yandex.com

Known User Agent(s)

Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; YandexBot/3.0; +http://yandex.com/bots)
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; YandexBot/3.0; +http://yandex.com/bots) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/108.0.0.0

Known Accepted Encoding(s)

gzip,deflate
identity

Common User-Agent Tokens

These are identifiers found inside user-agent strings we observed for yandexbot.

Token

Seen

First seen

Last seen

yandexbot/3.0

5,867

3/16/24

12/12/25

yandexbot/3.0 5,867 seen

First 3/16/24

Last 12/12/25

yandexfavicons/1.0

10/15/24

12/12/25

yandexfavicons/1.0 88 seen

First 10/15/24

Last 12/12/25

yandeximages/3.0

4/6/24

7/24/24

yandeximages/3.0 4 seen

First 4/6/24

Last 7/24/24

yandexrenderresourcesbot/1.0

7/7/24

4/12/25

yandexrenderresourcesbot/1.0 4 seen

First 7/7/24

Last 4/12/25

build/mmb29k

5/10/24

12/12/25

build/mmb29k 2 seen

First 5/10/24

Last 12/12/25

sm-g570f

5/10/24

12/12/25

sm-g570f 2 seen

First 5/10/24

Last 12/12/25

yandexmetrika/3.0

5/10/24

12/12/25

yandexmetrika/3.0 2 seen

First 5/10/24

Last 12/12/25

ytranslate

5/10/24

12/12/25

ytranslate 2 seen

First 5/10/24

Last 12/12/25

yadirectfetcher/1.0

12/12/25

yadirectfetcher/1.0 1 seen

First 12/12/25

Last 12/12/25

Identity Links

These are URLs we observed in association with yandexbot (often used as an identity, help, or policy link).

URL

Seen

First seen

Last seen

yandex.com/bots

5,966

3/16/24

12/12/25

yandex.com/bots 5,966 seen yandex.com

First 3/16/24

Last 12/12/25

Bot FAQ for this IP

Why is yandexbot visiting my website?

Yandexbot is visiting your website to crawl and index its content for Yandex, a major search engine. The bot's user agent string and reverse DNS (5-255-231-59.spider.yandex.com) indicate it is Yandex's crawler. It typically visits pages like /robots.txt to check your site's crawling rules, as well as other public URLs. If you see Yandexbot accessing your site, it is likely trying to gather information to include your pages in Yandex search results. If you do not want Yandexbot to access certain parts of your site, you can control its behavior using your robots.txt file.

What does yandexbot do?

Yandexbot is an automated web crawler used by Yandex to discover, scan, and index web pages. It collects information about your site's structure and content to help Yandex provide relevant search results. The bot follows links, checks robots.txt for permissions, and downloads pages for analysis. Based on your logs, Yandexbot visits both public pages and robots.txt files, which is standard crawler behavior. If you want to manage its access, update your robots.txt file, monitor your server logs, and consider rate limiting if you notice excessive requests.

Is yandexbot safe?

Yandexbot is a legitimate search engine crawler, but as with any automated bot, it is important to verify its authenticity. The user agent and reverse DNS suggest this is the real Yandexbot, but you can further confirm by performing a reverse DNS lookup and then a forward DNS lookup to ensure the IP resolves back to Yandex. While generally safe, excessive crawling can impact server performance. To protect your site: 1) Use robots.txt to control access, 2) Set reasonable rate limits, 3) Monitor logs for unusual activity, 4) Use a Web Application Firewall (WAF) if needed, and 5) Regularly verify bot identities.

This page provides a detailed lookup for the bot with the IP address of 5.255.231.59, based on real-world traffic observed across websites using Track-A-Bot software. Use this information to verify whether activity from this IP belongs to a legitimate search engine crawler, or to analyze bot behavior on your website.