Yahoo! Slurp
What is Yahoo! Slurp?
About
Yahoo! Slurp crawls and indexes web content for Yahoo's search engine, collecting data to power search results and web discovery features. You can see how often Yahoo! Slurp visits your website by setting up Dark Visitors agent analytics.
Expected Behavior
Search engine crawlers do not adhere to a fixed visitation schedule for websites. The frequency of visits varies widely based on several factors, including popularity, the rate at which its content is updated, and the website's overall trustworthiness. Websites with fresh, high-quality content tend to be crawled more frequently, while less active or less reputable sites may be visited less often.
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| Operated By | Yahoo |
| Last Updated | 5 hours ago |
Insights
Top Website Robots.txts
Country of Origin
Global Traffic
The percentage of all internet traffic coming from Search Engine Crawlers
Top Visited Website Categories
Robots.txt
Should I Block Yahoo! Slurp?
Probably not. Search engine crawlers power search engines, which are a useful way for users to discover your website. In fact, blocking search engine crawlers could severely reduce your traffic.
How Do I Block Yahoo! Slurp?
You can block Yahoo! Slurp or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt. Set up Dark Visitors agent analytics to check whether it's actually following them.
| User Agent String | Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Yahoo! Slurp; http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/ysearch/slurp) sieve.k8s.crawler-production/1755782978-0 |
# robots.txt
# This should block Yahoo! Slurp
User-agent: Yahoo! Slurp
Disallow: /