What user agent does Yeti send?

Naver publishes both a compact crawler string and a browser-shaped form. Each contains `Yeti/1.1`, while the version may change, so match the `Yeti` token.

Does Yeti respect robots.txt?

Naver's official Search Advisor guidance says yes. Cloudflare's directory field conflicts with that statement, so use Naver's robots tester and your own logs to confirm behavior.

How can I verify that a Yeti request came from Naver?

Naver recommends reverse DNS on the source IP, requiring a hostname ending in `.naver.com`, followed by a forward lookup that returns the original IP. It also publishes a machine-readable IP range list that can change.

Can a sitemap make Yeti recrawl changes faster?

A submitted sitemap or RSS feed helps Naver find new and changed URLs. It does not guarantee an immediate fetch, indexing, or a particular search position.

Does a Yeti visit mean the page will appear in an AI answer?

No. The visit shows that Naver's crawler requested the page. It does not prove AI use, model training, inclusion in an AI snippet, or any ranking outcome.

Yeti: AI Crawler Guide & robots.txt

What is Yeti?

Yeti is the crawler behind Naver's general web search collection. It visits external websites, retrieves documents, and gives Naver material to evaluate for its search index and other Naver services. This is separate from Ads-Naver, which is sent to landing pages registered in Naver's advertising system.

Naver discovers and refreshes pages automatically, and site owners can submit a sitemap or RSS feed through Search Advisor to expose new and changed URLs. A successful crawl only means Naver could retrieve the document. Search inclusion, update timing, and placement still depend on Naver's own processing and ranking decisions.

Allowing Yeti is relevant to visibility in Naver web search. It does not guarantee that a page will appear in an AI snippet, and the reviewed crawler guidance does not say Yeti collects language-model training data. Any AI impact should be limited to the possibility that Naver features may draw on indexed web documents, not stated as a promised citation or ranking benefit.

Yeti can use a short crawler-style user agent or a longer value containing Windows, AppleWebKit, Chrome, and Safari tokens. Both documented forms include Yeti/1.1, and Naver warns that version details can change without notice. The stable Yeti product token is the appropriate target for log rules and robots.txt.

Relevant for AI searchNaver

Is Yeti relevant for AI search?

Yes. Yeti feeds Naver, so the pages it can reach shape what those AI products say about you.

Yeti feeds a search index that also powers that engine's AI answer features and overviews. One crawl can serve a classic results page and a generated summary, so blocking it costs you both the rankings you would expect and a growing share of AI answers built on the same index.

How to handle Yeti

Sites seeking Naver search traffic should allow Yeti to reach canonical public pages and keep sitemap or RSS submissions current. Disallow administrative, private, and duplicate URL spaces. Do not expose sensitive material merely because a crawler is expected to obey a policy file.

To block Yeti throughout the site, use:

User-agent: Yeti
Disallow: /

Naver's Search Advisor says its search robot follows robots.txt and provides a rule-testing tool. The supplied bot record leaves compliance unset, while Cloudflare's bot directory marks it false, so verify the deployed rule with Search Advisor and access logs. Naver advises against permanent IP-based blocking because its ranges can change.

Examples

A Korean retailer submits an updated sitemap in Naver Search Advisor, then watches for Yeti to retrieve newly added category pages.
A traffic analyst spots a Chrome-shaped request containing `Yeti/1.1` and classifies it as crawler traffic rather than a Windows visitor.
A publisher blocks an internal search-results path for Yeti and uses Naver's robots tester before checking the next round of crawl logs.

Frequently asked questions about Yeti

Learn about AI visibility monitoring and how Promptwatch helps your brand succeed in AI search.

Naver uses Yeti to collect web documents for its general search services. It is the organic web crawler, not the separate Ads-Naver landing-page collector.