YelpBot — What It Is and How to Handle It

YelpBot is a web crawler operated by Yelp, the popular business review and local search service. This bot fetches content from business websites to gather information such as hours, menus, contact details, and other business data that helps keep Yelp's business listings accurate and up-to-date.

Operator: Yelp | Type: Other | Category: Other

YelpBot is classified as other. Use Centinel to monitor its behavior and decide whether to allow, block, challenge, or monetize its access to your content.

Centinel automatically detects YelpBot using behavioral fingerprinting. When detected, you can allow it, block it, challenge it with an interstitial page, or set a per-request licensing fee — all enforced in real-time with under 2ms latency.