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