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Google Launches Goo.gl Site With QR Surprise

by - source: Tom's Hardware US

Surprise!

Link shorteners are helpful to keep a link short and sweet, but they're nothing new. Even though there are plenty of link shortening options out there, Google is pressing onwards with the next step in its own service.

Previously available only through Google's software, now the Goo.gl shortening service is available through the web browser. Simply hit http://goo.gl/ and get your links done.

There's even a secret to the Google URL shortener – it can make QR codes for you simply by adding .qr at the end of the link.

For example, turning http://goo.gl/kKf0 into http://goo.gl/kKf0.qr makes this:

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the_krasno 10/04/2010 10:05 AM
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That is kinda neat, QR images look pretty awesome imo :)

bebangs 10/04/2010 10:12 AM
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Hmm... i'd love to play with QR codes.

Links - http://goo.gl/IBEO

Create QR code. Send as postcards. I Win.

micr0be 10/04/2010 10:13 AM
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nice! this is actually extremely useful for smartphones.

JOSHSKORN 10/04/2010 11:17 AM
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Useless!

bebangs :
Links - http://goo.gl/IBEO


OK maybe not so useless after all. :)

xbeater 10/04/2010 11:56 AM
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bebangs :
Hmm... i'd love to play with QR codes.Links - http://goo.gl/IBEOCreate QR code. Send as postcards. I Win.


I am speechless! Indeed you win! :P

kronos_cornelius 10/04/2010 12:16 PM
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QR code is pretty popular to advertise Android apps. That way you can shoot the monitor with your phone if you want to download the app.

we'll see QR codes everywhere in the future to load up menus in restaurants, animal's info in the zoo's etc. Too bad I have not found a way to add a business plan to that wave.

harth13 10/04/2010 12:57 PM
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so?

alidan 10/04/2010 12:59 PM
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kronos_cornelius :
QR code is pretty popular to advertise Android apps. That way you can shoot the monitor with your phone if you want to download the app.we'll see QR codes everywhere in the future to load up menus in restaurants, animal's info in the zoo's etc. Too bad I have not found a way to add a business plan to that wave.



to bad i already have, and i will start the patent process tomorrow, or copyright or something, something so that every time someone uses a qr code for that purpose I get a penny. ill probably be set for life

mosu 10/04/2010 1:24 PM
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To alidan: Tomorrow will be too late.Sorry!

vsgm 10/04/2010 1:28 PM
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kikireeki 10/04/2010 2:21 PM
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More Show Than Go.

Camikazi 10/04/2010 3:47 PM
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bebangs :
Hmm... i'd love to play with QR codes.Links - http://goo.gl/IBEOCreate QR code. Send as postcards. I Win.


DAMN YOU!!! I can usually avoid Rick Rolls, got me with that one :P

theoutbound 10/04/2010 3:53 PM
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QR codes or no, do we really need another one of these things. I swear Tom's RSS feeds this morning are full of Google not invented here stories. First WebP and now this. What's next? Google invents new internet, claims old internet is too slow because it's a series of tubes.

xyster 10/04/2010 6:05 PM
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totally awesome.

Anonymous 10/04/2010 6:21 PM
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@theoutbound

Google invents telepathy (as powered by android) iPhone no longer required....

rantoc 10/04/2010 6:44 PM
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Yeah this is great in a way, VERY BAD in another. Reading the real Url helps a lot of people to avoid bad sites, i REALLY hope Google make sure they only have links to legitimate sites before this could become a worse security risk than it already is!

COLGeek 10/04/2010 6:52 PM
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That one looks like a butterfly. The second one looks like my mother. The third one looks like your mother. The fourth one looks like......

bin1127 10/04/2010 7:43 PM
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finally QR in North America. No more of those 100 random character links.

shoshu 10/04/2010 9:45 PM
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stupiiid !

lathe26 10/04/2010 11:08 PM
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Google missed a fundamental scenario: web link rot.

If I need to change where my shortened URL points to, I can't do that with Google's solution. Now I have get a new QR code as well. I'm left with a stack of printed business cards, postcards, flyers, or whatever that I need to pay $$ to get reprinted.

Microsoft Tags have better functionality (for now).

nottheking 10/05/2010 12:55 PM
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Oh god, it's almost like CueCat all over again.

Though as also mentioned, there's the issue with link rot. For smartphones, this sort of system could be rather useful, and I could see it adopted in business; business card gets waved, scanned, smartphone loads relevant page. But if there isn't a counter to link rot... It'll likely be too burdensome.

Pyroflea 10/05/2010 3:02 AM
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Very cool! :D

bebangs 10/05/2010 9:41 AM
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after 24hrs... there were 1758 RR'ed. :D
made my day. peace (^_^)y


dEAne 10/05/2010 12:02 PM
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good idea.

Gin Fushicho 10/05/2010 6:25 PM
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Damnit.....

eddieroolz 10/05/2010 9:45 PM
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Looks good. Since Android phones can read QR code natively it would be especially useful for them.

spentshells 10/06/2010 1:48 AM
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thanks for the roll

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