Tricks to Fix and STOP Website Spam

Tricks to Fix and STOP Website Spam

From Marketing with Purpose by MayeCreate Design

February 13, 2026 · 39 min

About this episode

In this episode, Rebecca shares effective strategies to combat website spam and protect your inbox from unwanted messages.

You wake up to 47 emails about cryptocurrency, someone wants to sell you SEO services (the irony), and three bots are VERY concerned about your website's performance. You know the drill. You delete five, ten more appear. You silently cuss technology and consider just shutting down your contact form entirely and making people send carrier pigeons instead. You, my friend, are NOT alone. AND you don't have to live like this. In this week’s episode our resident bot bouncer Rebecca joined me to share how she protects over 300 websites from spam armies. Everything from the basics you can set up in 10 minutes to advanced bot warfare (yes, that's a real thing and yes, it's as satisfying as it sounds). Rebecca explains: How to shut down comment spam (spoiler: just turn them off) The two essential tools that stop form spam before it hits your inbox automatically How reCAPTCHA actually works (it's not just about clicking a box) When to bring out the big guns: manual logic tests, IP blocking, and CDNs Why Cloudflare protects websites using lava lamps (we're not making this up) If you don’t have spam YET and haven’t done anything to your knowledge to block it don't wait until your inbox is a…

People in this episode

Guest: Rebecca

Topics covered

  • website spam
  • bot protection
  • reCAPTCHA
  • comment spam
  • form spam
  • IP blocking

Keywords

  • spam prevention
  • website security
  • Cloudflare
  • manual logic tests

Mentioned in this episode

Products: reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare

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