The URL Exclusion settings allow you to prevent specific pages or entire sections of your website from being crawled and included in link opportunity analysis.
When to use URL exclusions
Use URL exclusions when you want LinkStorm to ignore:
Language or region sections (e.g.
/fr/*,/es/*)Archive or low-value content (e.g.
/archive/*,/tag/*)Admin or system paths (e.g.
/wp-admin/*)Subdomains (e.g. store.example.com)
How to add exclusion patterns
Go to your website's Settings page.
Click URL Exclusions.
Type a pattern in the input field and click Add.
Click Save changes.
💡 Tip: Click Scan Sitemap to automatically detect directory structure from your XML sitemap — then tick the sections you want to exclude.
Pattern syntax
Patterns are matched against the full URL of each page. Use * as a wildcard.
Pattern | What it excludes |
| All pages under |
| Pages starting with |
| Only the exact page |
| All pages under |
| All PDF files on the site |
| Blog pages with |
| All pages on the |
| Only |
⚠️ Patterns * and /* are not allowed as they would exclude your entire site.
When do the exclusion pattern take effect
Already crawled pages are not immediately removed. They will be removed during the next crawl cycle.
When you delete a pattern, pages that no longer match the exclusion rule will be re-included on the next crawl cycle.
Limits
Maximum 50 patterns per website
Maximum 200 characters per pattern