Exclude inactive domains

Q. How can I exclude inactive domains from the scan?

A.. The crawler finds all pages that it can access, including where live links are present to connect the pages. There are a few ways to exclude old or inactive domains:

• Contact the support team and provide an accurate sitemap so that we can ensure that the crawler only follows the specific path.

• Create link exclusions to prevent the crawler from scanning anything on the inactive domain(s).

  For more information, see the user guide article:
  ​Path Constraints and Link Exclusions.

• Create path constraints that specify exactly what the scan covers.
  For more information, see the user guide article:
  ​Path Constraints and Link Exclusions.

• It is also possible that the scan already detected that the domain is inactive. When this happens, a warning indicator (orange triangle with an exclamation point inside) is shown on the same row as a domain. It can also label a domain as inactive when the domain is not set up to actively scan on the platform.

For more information, see the user guide article:

Configure Domain Scans.