The Cayve blog
Notes on form spam, what works against it, and how we build Cayve.
Held, not deleted: why we never throw a message away on a guess
Most spam filters have two answers. Cayve has three, and the third one is the reason no real customer is lost.
Read the postHow to move off reCAPTCHA without a spam flood
A step-by-step plan for removing CAPTCHAs from your forms, using a week of shadow mode to check nothing gets worse.
Introducing Cayve: spam protection that explains itself
Why we built a spam filter that holds what it isn't sure about, tells you why it decided, and never asks your visitors to prove they're human.
Real lead or SEO pitch? How to tell in ten seconds
The signs that give away an SEO pitch, a scam or a bot, and the ones that mean a real person wrote to you.
What contact form spam is actually made of
Link drops, SEO pitches, scams, sales pitches and job seekers. Why "spam" is really six different problems, and why each deserves a different answer.
What to say about spam filtering in your privacy policy
If your forms are checked by a spam filter, your visitors should know. Here's what to cover, with a sample paragraph you can adapt.
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