Quick Response Codes or also known as QR are
becoming very popular. They are just like the bar codes you seen on the back on
items you buy at the store, just a little different. QR Codes can hold up to thousands
of alphanumeric characters of different information. These QR Codes can be
scanned by a smart device. When they are scanned it takes you to a web link for
whatever is placed inside the code.
There
are many different ways that businesses are using these codes. Rather they are
profit or non-profit businesses. For instance, United Airlines uses QR Codes as
digital boarding passes when getting on the plane. Another one is, when you
list your business on google it makes a QR Codes for you with all your business
information. Organizations such as “The Cure” (which is for cancer people) use
these to spread out their information such as were to donate, information about
the illness, and links to all their website.
The
most common use for the QR Codes are to promote movies, coupons, music
downloads, and links to purchase items online. QR Codes are both an input and
an output. When you make your QR Code you are inputting information in to it.
When a QR Codes is scanned by someone it then is an output, because it is
giving out the information inside the code.
One
advantage to have QR Codes is that when you are a new business and need to get
your information out on the street this can save you tons of money. Instead of
spending thousands of dollars on flyers you can make a QR Code for free. QR
Codes also help to link different forms of marketing together to help
businesses.
A
disadvantages of the QR Code is the lack of knowledge the people in the world
have for the QR Code. Another one is, that unless you have a smartphone or
tablet, you cannot scan the code. Then the information is not getting out,
because not everyone can afford a smart device.
