Comments on: Offline Web Links! What??????

By: jim

jim — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:30:27 +0000

It’s a very attractive idea.

However, why not simply put on your web address. Take a picture of it then text recognition can either store the address for you on the phone or send you to the site?

That means people without mobile phones can jot it down. Or if they go past in their car too quickly they can at least try and decipher the smeared image of the web site address.

By: Heidi Cool

Heidi Cool — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:21:52 +0000

Sprint is doing something similar where the barcodes look more like crossword puzzles. They loaned our university a batch of the accompanying phones this summer and our orientation team had students use them on a scavenger hunt. It looked pretty cool. Of course seeing the differences in the barcodes I expect we’re going into yet another betamax vs. VHS situation, in which the different versions compete for buy-in.

By: Tad Chef

Tad Chef — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:39:10 +0000

Yeah, I bet. Nokia is doing something similar but with RFID btw.

By: Wiep

Wiep — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:17:15 +0000

This is interesting as well: http://www.evryx.com/evryx/demo.html (from the SEOmoz post’s comments)

Links based on pictures only. Shoot a picture of a car and get redirected to the web page of that exact model. Awesome.

By: Tad Chef

Tad Chef — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:37:12 +0000

Wow! I already see SEOs teaming up with street artists…

By: Wayne Smallman

Wayne Smallman — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:25:36 +0000

Of course, uptake by other companies is key to the success of something like this, but it’s an intriguing idea.

The downside is the software requirement, but that’s an inevitability.

Excellent idea, though…

By: Linda Bustos

Linda Bustos — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:38:41 +0000

Interesting that it would be designed like a bulls-eye. These could go on business cards, too I suppose. Is there a size specification for what will work and what won’t?

By: Wiep

Wiep — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:05:44 +0000

That’s awesome.
I’m filling out a request form for 200,000 coasters with URL print right now 🙂