Blog & NewsSpam Sucks, reCAPTCHA Helps
I hate spam. We all do. It’s become even more of an issue lately as spammers have decided to use online forms on Point2 Agent websites to spam our members. We’ve heard about this loud and clear from all our members on the Message Board and through our Customer Care Team.
We are pleased to announce we now offer spam control on your web forms from reCAPTCHA.
This feature was released last Thursday and is available for all members to turn on in your Point2 Agent websites. By default, reCAPTCHA will be left turned off. You will want to go in and take a few quick seconds to activate this feature if you are concerned about spam in your web forms.
For instructions on activating the reCAPTCHA feature in your Point2 Agent account, please visit our User Manual here.
For more information about reCAPTCHA and how it works, check out their site.
Point2 Agent, Real Estate Websites, Web Technology | mlust | August 24, 2009
features, new feature, Point2 Agent, reCAPTCHA, spam, spam prevention, web forms
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WoooHoooo! I am so tired of the spam. Thank you!
Great addition to Point2 – Spam is not appreciated and this will help alot. Thanks
Many many members have benn asking for this. Cool…P2
Thanks… that will be a big help! Now all we need are editable forms!
I turned on Captcha but still receive the SEO Spam. Any ideas?
Many thanks
the most effective captchas are the non-famous. I saw a lot of web engines which can break recaptcha. Just happens because it’s the most famous captcha system.
Google recently bought the recaptcha. We can expect further improvements in service? Currently the recaptcha is our antispam system more efficient. We use on multiple pages and systems of our company.
Hi Samantha,
The reason behind Google’s purchase of ReCaptcha is the synergy it now shares with Google Books.
By populating recaptcha’s with words unreadable by Google’s algorithm but readable by humans it enables a form of machine learning that will improve both the quality of Google Books and the security of ReCaptcha at the same time.
Here is more information on the purchase.