Evil Robots May Be Searching Your Website. OoooOOoOo…
So, I’m on this site and I’m looking to do a search through their help forums… and after typing in the search item, I find myself face to face with one of those wacky CAPTCHA images… you know the ones, they basically won’t let you submit the form unless you decipher the digits in some wacky image and input it into the field correctly. These are mainly to keep out the evil army of spambots and are typically found on forms where you may be able to add some spam to a blog or a social bookmarking site.
So, first off, why exactly am I filling this into a search box? Is the site owner so paranoid that ROBOTS MAY BE SEARCHING THEIR HELP FORUMS? I mean, I’m all for being paranoid about robots… I mean, do you have robot insurance? Cause seriously, those robots will steal your old people medication… but I digress.
Secondly, what the flip am I supposed to make out of this image?
Anybody got an idea on what that is? I think I see a bear in a cloud… eating tuna fish from a can? And maybe that’s a letter W… or a sideways M? Oh look, the two last letters are hugging. They must be in love. OH! that must be a left carrot character and a 3! Love = <3.
I <3 stupid CAPTCHA.
The saddest part about this whole deal is that the site I was looking for help on… was a site focused on Usability… I’m filing this under dumb.
Man, they put a CAPTCHA on the SEARCH?! Insanity. They could’ve at least made it fun and used Kitten CAPTCHA instead.
Dude, Kitten CAPTCHA? That is awesome. It’s like taking something really annoying, like CAPTCHA, and making you think of cutesy things rather than the annoying part. That’s Usability AND marketing, man! Whoever thought of that is a genius.
Mmmmm. Blogging. I’ve been reading stuff from Twitter feeds lately rather than open my news reader. It’s been a helpful way to filter stuff. If you’re interested:
http://twitterfeed.com