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The Best CAPTCHA for Your Website Forms: Code vs. Question & Answer

CAPTCHA, question & answer pair, contact form

If you’ve ever filled out a website form, you’ve probably run into a CAPTCHA. That little test to prove you’re human and not a spam bot can be as simple as typing a distorted code or answering a question. UltimateWB, in all its versions, gives you both options for your forms - but which one works best?

The Classic CAPTCHA: Copying the Code

The traditional CAPTCHA shows a string of letters and numbers in a distorted image, and users

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How to reduce your website spam with a Contact Form vs Posted Email Address

Posting your email address online so spiders can crawl it, vs using a secure contact form

Why Posting Your Email Address Attracts Spam

Spiders are not just the lovable daddy long legs like on "Honey I shrunk the Kids", or the creepy crawlers that give you the puffed up eye lid morning present.  On the internet, they are used to "scrape" emails off of websites.  So if you post your email addresses on your website you are prone to being scraped by one of these virtual creepy crawlers and getting on an unwanted mass emailing list.

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