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My Google Places QR Code.
"Mike" Michael L. Baird
QR Code bairdphotos-bar-code
30 Oct 2010 This code was used in a Techcrunch article techcrunch.com/2010/10/30/the-future-of-local-commerce-fa...
I said "David Marcus, thanks for using my QR code above from www.flickr.com/photos/72825507@N00/4880623547 to bairdphotos.com - Google Analytics shows no traffic increase as of close-of-business 10/29/2010 but I bet tomorrow's report will show more traffic (if anyone actually scans QR codes!)."
Scan this code with your iPhone or Smartphone (any QR reader app will do) and it will go to my Google Places page and map.
What's that bar code? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code says
A QR Code is a matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code), readable by QR scanners, mobiles phones with camera, and smartphones. The code consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on white background. The information encoded can be text, URL or other data.
Common in Japan, where it was created by Japanese corporation Denso-Wave in 1994, the QR code is one of the most popular types of two-dimensional barcodes. QR is the initialism of Quick Response, as the creator intended the code to allow its contents to be decoded at high speed.
Although initially used for tracking parts in vehicle manufacturing, QR Codes are now used in a much broader context, including both commercial tracking applications and convenience-oriented applications aimed at mobile phone users (known as mobile tagging).
QR Codes storing addresses and URLs may appear in magazines, on signs, buses, business cards, or on just about any object that users might need information about. Users with a camera phone equipped with the correct reader application can scan the image of the QR Code to display text, contact information, connect to a wireless network, or open a web page in the phone's browser. This act of linking from physical world objects is known as a hardlink or physical world hyperlinks. Google's mobile Android operating system supports the use of QR codes by natively including the barcode scanner (ZXing) on some models and the browser supports URI redirection, which allows QR Codes to send metadata to existing applications on the device. Nokia's Symbian operating system is also provided with a barcode scanner, which is able to read QR Codes[citation needed], while mbarcode [2] is a QR code reader for the Maemo operating system.
Users can also generate and print their own QR Code for others to scan and use by visiting one of several free QR Code generating sites.
Google Places says:
This unique bar code on the lower right of the sticker (known as a QR code) lets customers - and potential customers - instantly learn more about a business, by visiting a mobile version of the business' Place Page on any supported phone. Here's more on how it works and what you can do with it:
1. Make sure your phone can scan a QR code with its camera, either with an application that you download or via software that's already installed on your phone. To find out what application to use for your phone, we recommend doing a Google search for the model of your phone along with "QR reader".
2. When you see a QR code, use your phone's application to scan it. If you're scanning a QR code on one of the window decals that we've sent to thousands of U.S. businesses, you'll quickly be taken to that business' mobile Place Page on Google, where you can:
* Read reviews to see what other users think about the business
* Find a coupon that the business has posted to their Place Page
* Star the business to remember to check it out later, or to remember to visit again
* Leave a review right after you leave the business. What's a better time to write what you think, than when you've just visited?
30 Oct 2010 wiseleo has sent you a message on Flickr. Subject: Front page of TechCrunch :)
Date: 30th October, 2010 Hi Mike, Just curious how much traffic that little article featuring the QR code for your Google Places page brought. You may want to say "Hi" in the comments.
In case you haven't seen it - techcrunch.com/2010/10/30/the-future-of-local-commerce-fa... You should be able to see that in your Places analytics.
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