Hidetext.net - Leaving No Traces Online

If for any reason you don’t want any portion of text on your site or blog being looked over by Google, a visit to this website is a good bet. Generally speaking, what Hidetext does is to convert any text into an image that can’t be eyed by any standard search engine on the web today.

This way, you can protect sensitive information easily, not to mention making life harder for anybody who wants to plagiarize your text – granted, he will still be able to do so, but it would entail a much bigger effort that might turn him off.

The process for “becoming ungoogable” is an easy one: you key in or cut and paste the portion of text in question and a link where you can download the resulting image will be provided for you to get it.

The service actually supports up to 100,000 characters, so it can be said that all kind of users are catered for. Moreover, a tool for hiding your e-mail address is likewise included online, and it works exactly in the same way as the text-hiding service.

“Hidetext.net lets you convert text to an image. This means you can hide passwords, personal messages, pieces of code, or any kind of private information on forums, blogposts, emails, irc, msn-aim chats... The created image can be linked to, or you can download the image and delete it directly from the server.”

It is a practical solution which is very well-implemented.

What other uses can this service be put to?