What is Spotlight indexing when Safari is in use?

I would like to cut down on the intermittent mds (Spotlight) activity when surfing the web. What folders or files do I need to add to the Spotlight Privacy pane to stop indexing Safari-related files?
Thanks.

Okay, I tried adding the Library/Safari and Library/Caches folders to Privacy, but am still getting the frequent MDS/hard disk activity from Spotlight when running Safari.
Anything else I can try?

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