New Spam Protection Features for Your Website Contact Forms
At O’Brien Media, we’re always looking for ways to help our customers get more from their websites. That means better performance, easier management—and keeping spam out of your inbox.
We’ve introduced three powerful new spam protection features that are now available for all customer websites with contact forms. These tools are designed to enhance security, improve the quality of form submissions, and help you focus on genuine leads.
Here’s what’s new and how each feature works:
1. Cloudflare Turnstile CAPTCHA
Say goodbye to the frustrating “click all the pictures with traffic lights” puzzles. Our new form setup uses Cloudflare Turnstile, a modern CAPTCHA solution that helps stop bots without disrupting your users.
Turnstile doesn’t require users to solve anything—they simply submit the form as usual. Behind the scenes, Cloudflare checks for suspicious activity using browser behaviour and other signals, meaning real users won’t even notice it’s there.
This improves the user experience while keeping your forms protected from spam bots and malicious scripts.
2. Email Input Filtering
Spam often comes from the same dodgy domains or disposable email providers. With our new email input filtering, you can block specific email addresses or entire domains from submitting your forms.
You can also use this feature positively—for example, only allow submissions from business email addresses or your own customer base. This makes it easier to control who can get in touch through your website and helps stop spam before it reaches your inbox.
We’ll work with you to configure filters that match your needs, and we can update the list at any time as your business evolves.
3. Email Confirmation Fields
Typos happen—and when they do in a contact form, you miss out on valuable opportunities. With email confirmation fields, visitors are asked to type their email address twice. This small step makes a big difference to the quality of the data you receive.
It helps ensure that the email address is correct before submission, reducing bounce-backs and the need for manual follow-up to clarify contact details.
Combined with our other anti-spam measures, this also helps prevent spam bots that submit fake or random email addresses.
Already a customer?
If you’d like any of these features added to your current website forms, just drop us an email at hello@obrienmedia.co.uk.
Looking for a new website?
Our websites are built with security and ease-of-use in mind. If you’re considering a new website or upgrading your current site, our team is here to help. Let’s make your website work harder for you—with less spam and more genuine engagement.