diff --git a/.github/workflows/link-check.yml b/.github/workflows/link-check.yml
index 9efbbc2f3..15b1f5919 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/link-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/link-check.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check Links
         uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v1.9.3
         with:
-          args: --verbose --no-progress './contents/core/**/*.qmd' './contents/labs/**/*.qmd'
+          args: --verbose --no-progress --exclude-mail --max-concurrency 10 --accept 200 --accept 403 --exclude-file .lycheeignore './contents/core/**/*.qmd' './contents/labs/**/*.qmd'
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.lycheeignore b/.lycheeignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..569b93d08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.lycheeignore
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Broken YouTube/DOI links
+https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK0SrxBC1xs
+https://doi.org/10.1145/3451349
+
+# Google Slides (unauthorized)
+https://docs.google.com/presentation/
+
+# Localhost and internal IPs
+http://localhost
+http://127.0.0.1
+http://192.168.
+
+# Known 404s and content gates
+https://www.reuters.com/
+https://www.st.com/en/mems-and-sensors/lsm6dsox.html
+https://blog.didomi.io/
+https://www.usgs.gov/