Always use CAPTCHA or a variant when possible. Check the referrer. nofollow links and moderate, or nofollow unmoderated links.
--Ben Doom Mike Little wrote: > hi guys, > > it appears my addcomments.cfm page has become indexed in google. usually this > page is only accessed when a user goes clicks a link from the articles.cfm > page. > > so... because of the endless spam we are currently getting, i am assuming the > spambots are going directly to the addcomment page? > > now, i had an idea - what if on the addcomment page, i test that the user has > come from the articles page using CGI.HTTP_referrer?? > > (i have also now added the addcomment.cfm page to my robots page and used the > google remove url tool). > > any thoughts would be appreciated. > > mike > > ps. we use the cffromprotect tool and it works brilliantly. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:293336 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
