JavaScript and email addresses

Matt Cutts discusses the practice of using JavaScript to hide email addresses.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• google
• javascript
• email address

[nightgunner5]

This video was probably made before then.

[Vassilevsky]

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

[SilverCalculatorApp]

thanks for the video Matt thanks

[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.

[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.

[PropellerBusted]

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

[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!

[hpowers1]

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

[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.