List Archive: gentoo-project
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Tiziano Müller <dev-zero@g.o> wrote:
> An alternative (which works quiet well with my blog):
> have an empty css-hidden input field in the form and check for it being
> empty when submitting the form. Bots will fill it out since they ignore
> CSS mostly.
> Advantage: it's hidden for all users and for those where it isn't
> (Screen-Readers) you can add a normally hidden description stating this
> is a spam-catching-field intentionally left blank.
Interesting idea. :) But once they get to know about the trick, they
might just bypass it. A blog will not be as lucrative as Gentoo site,
so the bot-makers could go to extra lengths to get their bots working.
Regards
Nandeep
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