JavaScript and email addresses

[RandomAnimations27]

How about having a CAPTCHA on your page, then, when the user types in the answer, show the email address. This will work because Google can't fill in CAPTCHAs.

[Vassilevsky]

I don't care about spam because Gmail filters everything out anyway

[worldlikes]

hi i am mad of you. you are a role model for online people. i have small dought that - is site map reflect the posistion of site .

[13hazza]

I just looked at the source (edit> source in web browser) of a site that I am making, this website has a form and my email address is not on the site. BUT if you look in the source, you can find where the form is going to be sent to. So, a form is not really an effective way of hiding it. If someone wants your email address, they will get it.

[nuncaeslupus]

Well, I think if Google will become more intelligent as to execute Javascript, then it should be a little bit more intelligent as to detect that obfuscation intent and respect the webmaster decision. Yes, I know, that is more difficult, but... it's Google!

[hollowtube76]

i noticed this with my email address a few years back

[RyanMeray]

Ugh, I love how there's no good answer to this question. And I'm sorry, we have to assume that if Google can process the javascript, so can the spammers, since the illegal people are always a few steps ahead of everyone else (see: Malware authors.)

So, Javascript is pointless, web forms can be hacked and used for even worse ends, what's left?

Ugh.

[PropellerBusted]

LOL, he doesn't even suggest how. THANKS MATT!

[hpowers1]

uh, how many times did he say web forms and images?

[PropellerBusted]

Not enough, apparently! In my defense, I had this on in the background. Sowwy.

[wholesum]

JS robot'ed out won't work matt... the spammers bots obviously will not respect robots.txt

[hoffmanj]

1. Matt means, if you robot out your JS, then Googlebot won't execute it, and your email address won't show up on search results/snippets.

2. Presumably spammer bots are not as intelligent as Googlebot at executing JS to get the final text.

[takeallfree]

This hair are not original

[portalcab]

Hey, nice wig. Just kidding... =)

[evi0blackeagle]

what happened to his hair

[jasonUKbristol]

obfuscate. That's a new word for me. I always use Javascript. At the moment it seems to work but thanks for the video. I think it's great that good looks at these sort of things.

[CodeSlapper]

The spammers hope you eschew obfuscation. Heh heh :)

[andruha11234]

they make about 30 vids in 1 day and then just upload 1 per day

[almightyvegeta87]

Right

[nightgunner5]

This video was probably made before then.

[darkyndy]

very useful info. Thanks. I was thinking that with JS I can obfuscate quick and easy e-mail addresses but not from now on :)

[ProuteurFou]

It's a wig.

[shiftedstuff]

I remember reading about this in a slashdot discussion.

[discusslife]

ya I was about to ask the same question!! lol