Match Modes for Customized URL Categories

Web

Match URLs from a domain: Looks for a specific website and all its subsites.

Guidelines:

• There is no need to include http:// or https:// in the URL because it is automatically stripped.

• Typing a website (URL with the domain name) includes all its subdomains, directories, and files. In this case, there is no need to add a wildcard character (such as an asterisk) at the end of the domain as TMWS automatically adds it.

  For example, example.com matches:

  • example.com/content/file.htm

  • example.com.jp/content/file.htm

  • app.example.com.jp/content/file.htm

  • appexample.com.jp/content/file.htm

  • appexample.coment.com/content/file.htm

• To limit the scope to the subdomains of a domain, add a period (.) before the domain name.

  For example, .example.com matches app.example.com/content/file.htm but not appexample.com /content/file.htm.

• To limit the scope to the directories of the domain, add a slash (/) after the URL.

  For example, www.example.com/ matches www.example.com/content/file.htm but not www.example.coment.com /content/file.htm.

Keyword

Match URLs containing a keyword: Looks for occurrence of the keyword anywhere in a URL.

For example, sex would be considered a match for http://www.example/content/sexton.htm.

TMWS automatically adds an asterisk (*) at the beginning and end of a keyword. As such, exercise caution when adding extra asterisks to the keyword as this increases the chance of false-positives.

String

Match a URL: Limits the search to the input as a whole. Use strings to target a specific website, page, or file.