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Question:
What is the purpose of the Category Weight system?
Reply:
The Category Weight system lets you choose which category will be logged and reported for a URL request that exists in multiple categories with the same operational precedence.
That is, it will only take effect if the site in question is contained with multiple categories of a particular list (Allow or Block). For example, let's use www.myspace.com. We'll assume the following:
- www.myspace.com exists in 2 categories: Online Communities and Dating
- The active filtering profile is set to block both Online Communities and Dating
- myspace IS NOT contained in any categories in the Allow List
- Dating is weighted higher than Online Communities
In this example, any hit to www.myspace.com will result in a block under the Dating category (since Dating is weighted higher).
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