Yandex Webmaster
What it is
Yandex Webmaster is a free web and API service for site owners monitoring indexing, rankings, and technical condition in Yandex Search. Search analytics reports query positions, impressions, clicks, and click-through rate. Users can inspect crawler visits, submit pages for reindexing, and notify Yandex about Sitemap changes. Daily diagnostics identify errors and provide visibility recommendations. Security tools show detected threats, search violations, and restrictions, with options to submit fixes for review. Technical checks cover robots.txt, Sitemap files, HTTP responses, structured data, mobile compatibility, and whether an IP belongs to a Yandex indexing bot. Site owners can link a Yandex Metrica tag with approval from an authorized user. Ownership verification is required for confidential data and can use a meta tag, DNS TXT record, HTML file, or supported site-builder method. Only domains owned by the user can be added. The API uses HTTPS and requires a Yandex OAuth client ID and partner agreement. On October 12, 2026, the homepage reported temporary unavailability.
For and against
For
- Free plan
- Search position and click analytics
- Daily technical diagnostics
- Security restriction reporting
- Multiple ownership verification methods
Against
- Only owned domains can be added
- Confidential data requires verification
- API requires a partner agreement
- Homepage reported temporary unavailability
The verdict
Yandex Webmaster combines search analytics, indexing controls, diagnostics, and security review tools at no listed cost. Its domain-ownership and API requirements matter before setup.
Who it suits
It suits owners of their own domains who need Yandex Search indexing, ranking, diagnostic, and security information. API users need OAuth credentials and a partner agreement.
Plans and prices
Yandex Webmaster
Site owners can add and manage sites after verifying ownership
Read 12 Oct 2026 · yandex.com
On the record
- Access control
- Site management rights must be verified to access confidential site indexing data, and owners can assign roles to other users.yandex.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- API
- The Webmaster API provides site data and is accessed over HTTPS; API use requires a Yandex OAuth client ID and a partner agreement with Yandex.yandex.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- API access
- Yesyandex.com · read 21 Sep 2026
- Availability
- On October 12, 2026, the product homepage stated that the service was temporarily unavailable while engineers worked to restore it.webmaster.yandex.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Backlink analysis
- Yesyandex.com · read 21 Sep 2026
- Competitor research
- Yesyandex.com · read 21 Sep 2026
- Diagnostics
- The service checks sites daily and reports errors and recommendations for improving visibility in Yandex Search.yandex.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Eligibility limit
- Only sites with their own domain can be added to Yandex Webmaster.yandex.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Indexing tools
- Users can check crawler visits, submit updated pages for reindexing, and notify Yandex about Sitemap updates.yandex.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Integration
- Users can link a Yandex Metrica tag with a site in Yandex Webmaster through a request that the other service's authorized user approves.yandex.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Keyword research
- Yesyandex.com · read 21 Sep 2026
- Maker
- Yandex describes itself as a technology company building machine-learning-powered products and says the company appeared in 2000.yandex.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Helps site owners track and analyze page indexing, search ranking, and technical condition in Yandex Search.yandex.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Rank tracking
- Yesyandex.com · read 21 Sep 2026
- Review limit
- After a restriction review, another review request may require a 30-day wait if the restriction remains.yandex.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Search analytics
- Shows search query positions, impressions, clicks, and click-through rate.yandex.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Security
- Users can view detected security threats and search violations, see restrictions, and submit fixes for review.yandex.com · read 12 Oct 2026
- Site audit
- Yesyandex.com · read 21 Sep 2026
