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What is the purpose of the Category Weight system?

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The Category Weight system is ONLY used for reporting purposes, NOT filtering. The operational precedence for filtering is still Allow List > Block List > Pass List, with Allow taking the highest precedence.

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).