--- title: "YandexBot Simulator - Test Yandex Search Crawler | Free Tool" description: "Simulate how YandexBot crawls your website for Yandex Search. Test visibility in Russia's largest search engine." lang: en json-ld: --- [![Encited logo](/brand/logo.svg)](/) - Features - Resources [Pricing](/pricing)Login[Contact Sales](/contact-sales)Get started free Get started free [All Crawler Simulators](/free-tools/crawler-simulator) ![YandexBot](/crawler-logos/yandex.ico) CRAWLER SIMULATOR # YandexBot Crawler Simulator Test how Yandex's crawler sees your website. Optimize for Russia's dominant search engine and CIS markets. SIMULATE ## Test your site with YandexBot Enter your URL to see how YandexBot views your site. ![yandex](/crawler-logos/yandex.ico)YandexBot (default) Simulate YandexBot (default) OVERVIEW ## What is YandexBot? YandexBot is the web crawler for Yandex, the dominant search engine in Russia and popular across CIS countries. 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