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    Something I've been curious about for a while...the web filters at my work let me browse BG(obviously) as well as a few other FFXI related sites such as FFXIOnline and my LS' forums, but it blocks things like Allak/wikis/KI/etc. It has those categorized as 'Games' and whatnot, I'm just curious as to what it is that puts those into that category while leaving out sites like BG/FFXIO.

    Or rather, who sets that categorization, is it something the operators of the site do, or google, or some sort of internet fairies?

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    Depends on what kind of software/hardware your company is running. If they use a service, then it depends on the host company what they decide to block or not. Some companies use a hardwired filter that blocks whatever sites they deem worthy of being blocked. Most download a list of blocked sites that is maintained by a 3rd party company.

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