We've been planning for this upgrade for a long time and it's an important step toward some of the changes that we have in store for this year.
Thanks for your understanding!
POSTED BY ELI, January 26, 2007 | 26 comments
POSTED BY CHRIS, January 16, 2007 | 12 comments
Spam protection for mailing list signups
Ah spam... So tasty, but so bad for you.We've had quite a few members tell us that spam bots have been signing up to their mailing lists (mostly @mail.com addresses lately).
One of the most effective ways to stop spam bots is using something called a "Captcha"--a form where you type a word that appears in an image. This is a simple task for humans, but very difficult for spam bots.
Now, when someone tries to sign up to your mailing list (either on your Bandzoogle site, or using HTML code that you've pasted on another site), they'll be presented with a captcha form in a popup window. Once they fill in the captcha form they'll be subscribed to your list.
We tried hard to make it an easy process--goodness knows you don't want to discourage people from signing up to your mailing list!
One small step for Bandzoogle...
...one giant stomp on the heads of those spam bots!
POSTED BY ELI, January 10, 2007 | 20 comments
