A simple way to ease spam from forms

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A common request we get from many of our clients is “How do I stop spam coming through from forms on my website?”. Some client’s sites we have seen can get upto 80-100 spam emails in one day from forms on their website - this of course is very frustrating for them especially when you need to look a bit closer at these emails in case they are a genuine email.

One of the common approaches these days is to use a image verification system (usually called Captcha) but this can become very  annoying for an end user especially when it is difficult to read. Plus, these forms are usually enquiry/contact forms which are very critical to help generate sales for the client so making them unattractive and difficult to a end user can reduce the number of enquiries sent. Read the rest of this entry »