Google gets into the QRCode barcoding arena

Google added a feature on to their URL shorting system, Goo.gl , that will create a QRCode barcode out of a shortened URL's by added the suffix .qr to the end of the URL. For example:

Use Goog.ly to shorten the url for my first post on QRCodes:

http://www.neopawn.com/2010/03/qrcode-barcoding-as-way-to-connect-with.html

this original url becomes:

http://goo.gl/Y8kC

using goog.ly.

Then add the suffix .qr to the end of this shortened url:

http://goo.gl/Y8kC.qr

and Google will generate the follow QRCode for the shortened URL:



Here is an article about it in TechCrunch: Google Continues To Embrace QR Codes, Integrates Them Into Its URL Shortener

Currently using the Google url shorting service, Goog.ly, is not as easy as bit.ly or the others. Hopefully Google will make this easier to use in the near future.

QRCodes and others continue to look to be a useful information exchange method.