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There are a lot of offline ads (billboards, magazines, TV spots) that give out a URL.
by jacalata 11y ago
There are a lot of offline ads (billboards, magazines, TV spots) that give out a URL.
- nly 11y agoMore likely a QR code these days
- noamsml 11y agohttp://picturesofpeoplescanningqrcodes.tumblr.com/ http://picturesofpeoplescanningqrcodes.tumblr.com/
- chrisan 11y agoIs there a good (or even native) app to scan these on iPhone? Everything I have tried is lackluster. I'm to the point where if something is qr only I just don't care enough and move on
- themartorana 11y agoRedLaser works well. Really well, actually. I'm not a QR fan, but hey every now and again I do scan one (usually out of some weird curiosity) and RedLaser is the best app for the job.
- andrebalza1 11y agoOpera mini does its job, and approaches QR codes the right way, being an input alternative to the keyboard reachable from the omnibox
- vsl 11y agoScanbot. Great app for scanning documents, but when you scan a QR code, it handles it.
- forgotpasswd3x 11y agoPeople still use QR codes?
- dcwca 11y agoThey ever did?
- forgotpasswd3x 11y agoWell I think people did, once, but then immediately discovered it wasn't worth the effort.
- goodplay 11y agoI do for any printed media. It makes it easier for people to look up the corresponding electronic version of a document. QR code has its uses, but tends fail when misused. QR code is best when interacting with it is strictly optional.
- daveguy 11y agoFor loading two-factor authentication secrets. Or anything else you can think of that has too much information to convey with a short link. If you are directing people to a web site using QR codes then you're doing it wrong. Well, wrong now that everyone has realized just how limited QR codes are.
- djsumdog 11y agoI use them at bus stops to pull up live tracking
- vacri 11y agoThey're great for managing parts in a manufacturer's storeroom. A QR code is more information-dense than a barcode.
- icedchai 11y agoRight. By the time most people remember how to scan a QR code, they could've typed in the URL.
- stephen_g 11y agoEven as a technical person, I hardly use URLs apart from sites I know well. I've noticed more and more recently a trend of billboards and things that just say 'Search [name]' instead of putting their URL there.
- djhn 11y agoI've seen it too. That's a lot of confidence in their SEO.
- codeka 11y agoNot really, if I were doing this, I'd buy ads for the search term so I can guarantee (within reason) I'm at the top.
- Consultant32452 11y agoI bet the sign itself serves as search engine optimization. If everybody starts searching for "foo" and clicks on my site in the result set then a reasonable search engine might bump my site up higher for searches for "foo."
- effie 11y agoThat's an interesting hypothesis. It makes sense for the company both as optimization of their web pages for search engines and as making good impression on customers.