# When does DEVONagent follow links?

**URL:** <https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/when-does-devonagent-follow-links/81442>\
**Category:** DEVONagent\
**Created:** [December 2, 2024, 4:25pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/when-does-devonagent-follow-links/81442 "2024-12-02T16:25:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![benoit.pointet](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/benoit.pointet/32/9018_2.png) [@benoit.pointet](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/benoit.pointet)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 4:25pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/when-does-devonagent-follow-links/81442/1 "2024-12-02T16:25:09Z")

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Will DEVONagent follow links on pages that “do not match”?  
Or a page not matching implies that none of its links will be followed?

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**Author:** ![cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/cgrunenberg/32/7172_2.png) [@cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/cgrunenberg)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/when-does-devonagent-follow-links/81442/2 "2024-12-02T16:40:59Z")

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Following of links is indeed independent of matching.

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**Author:** ![benoit.pointet](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/benoit.pointet/32/9018_2.png) [@benoit.pointet](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/benoit.pointet)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 5:12am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/when-does-devonagent-follow-links/81442/3 "2024-12-03T05:12:14Z")

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And same question for the “exclude domains”, “exclude llinks” fields and “Files” checkboxes: are matching links crawled and later filtered out, or are they being discarded “as soon as found”?

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**Author:** ![cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/cgrunenberg/32/7172_2.png) [@cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/cgrunenberg)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 6:49am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/when-does-devonagent-follow-links/81442/4 "2024-12-03T06:49:58Z")

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These settings affect crawling, matching and following.