Default excluded and restricted categories
High-risk categories are excluded or blocked by default, including:- Malware
- Phishing
- Spyware
- DNS tunneling
- Potentially unwanted software
- Child abuse
- Hacking-related content
- Drug-related content
- Unreliable information patterns
- Profanity-heavy pages
- Adult-themed content
Quality scoring
Linkup applies a quality scoring model to evaluate candidate pages during indexing and retrieval. Higher-quality sources are prioritized; low-trust content is de-prioritized.Crawling safeguards
- AI-powered filtering blocks malware, phishing, and other malicious sources before indexing or serving
- Ranking and curation controls reduce exposure to sensitive or prohibited content
- High-risk sites can be blocked through filtering and DNS security controls
- Domain exclusions can be applied via the
excludeDomainsAPI parameter - Crawling respects
robots.txtand does not circumvent CAPTCHAs or access controls - Only publicly available content is indexed; content behind authentication, paywalls, or registration is not accessed
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Enterprise index controls
Under enterprise agreements, additional controls can be configured, including:- Blocking of specific domains
- Blocking of additional content categories
- Fastlane inclusion of approved sources not yet present in the index
- Custom refresh rates for selected sources
- Customer-specific ranking bias (for example, geographic relevance)
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