Spam-free Forms
Spam‑free Forms are spam free because spambots don't see them.
For spambots, Spam‑free Forms don't exist.
The Spam‑free Form is simple in concept:
- Spambots look for form tags and form input tags.
- A Spam‑free Form has none of those.
- Spam‑free Forms are invisible to spambots.
Spam‑free Forms are brand new. This is a perfect point in time to jump on and be part of it from the get‑go.
CAPTCHA Gone Forever
Something that is strikingly and happily absent from Spam‑free Forms is the annoying and irritating visual CAPTCHA.
To the form user, CAPTCHA can seem more trouble than they're worth. Do you like it when you have to use them?
No doubt, many potential form users abandon their intent to ask about prices or product options, report a web site glitch, or engage in conversation often necessary for an ecommerce website.
Visual CAPTCHA is unnecessary when spambots can't find the form.
How to Get Spam‑free Form for Your Websites
Sign up at the Spam‑free Form website.
It's free. All you need is an email address.
Blocking Manually-submitted Spam
Spam‑free Form can prevent both auto-submitted and manually-submitted form spam.
It Is a Service
Because changes may need to be made suddenly, there is a central software installation that services all Spam‑free Forms.
It is a service. Sign up to publish Spam‑free Forms on your websites.
The forms appear on your website pages as if they were coded right into it. But the software itself stays at a central location where it can be upgraded as needed, when needed.
My experience is 2 decades of programming form-related software, most having spam protection to a greater or lesser degree. You can trust that I really do know what I'm doing.
What spambots don't see, spambots can't spam.
Upgrades
Spam‑free Forms will be evolving for quite some time, for as long as good improvement suggestions are received.
Upgrades currently on the list:
- Form use statistics.
- File-upload functionality.
- One-time-use download links.
- Integration with Aweber and Mailchimp.
The future cannot be predicted with certainty. However, these concepts remain true:
What spambots don't see, spambots can't spam.
Spambots can't spam what they don't understand.
Today, however, is a certainty. As is Spam‑free Form.
(This article first appeared with an issue of the Possibilities newsletter.)
Will Bontrager
