Don’t you hate it when you’re typing along, filling in an online form (which is often a joy in itself); you get to the bottom and see one of these things? It might as well be a roadblock. If you’re like me, you have to refresh it several times before you get something that you can actually decipher. It’s a pain, and it could even be costing you customers. Research shows that forcing users to prove they’re human with a captcha like this can reduce conversions (like form completions) by 3.2%. That’s bad – but there are other ways to… Continue Reading
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Akismet – it's a bargain!
I’ve been using Akismet for quite a long time now. Akismet is the spam control plugin that comes installed by default in WordPress – but it’s not free. Well – let me clarify. It is free for personal or hobby sites, but that’s probably not what you’re doing if you’re reading this, is it? Akismet is $5.00 per month, and in my opinion it’s a bargain. On my development blog that’s been up for about 3 years, Akismet has so far caught 14,593 spam posts. I get very, very little in the way of spam on that blog. How does… Continue Reading