Commercial links number 2

[region2]

The answer is to G***le it.

ripoffbeekeepingsupplies.com use QR codes in their advertising. I think QR codes should be banned as they are commercial links.

Are we not allowed to mention Google? OMG!!!

R2

 

[BKF Admin]

Can I just point out that very often a member will star out a word out of respect to the forum not because the word is filtered.

The example above of G**gle rather than Google is a good example.

 

[region2]

Can I just point out that very often a member will star out a word out of respect to the forum not because the word is filtered.

The example above of G**gle rather than Google is a good example.

Forgive me for not understanding how the word 'Google' might offend anyone. Unless they work for a rival Search Engine! Come on Admin - this situation is really getting silly now. Let's stop starring out certain words, mithering about links etc etc and let the forum run free. There's enough Daily Mail readers on here to self Moderate with a couple of officials as backup. Please....

R2

 

[AnotherNewBee]

Perhaps the user who asterisked out Google also missed a smilie?

 

[Hivemaker.]

Forgive me for not understanding how the word 'Google' might offend anyone.
R2

R2 that was just an example of what a member may do themselves, out of respect,regards starring out,but the word Google,or google,google or even go*ogle,or Goo*le is fine, but it may be another word which may not be...hope that explains it a bit.

 

[Winker]

What's a QR code??

this:

 

[region2]

Ta Hivemaker, I totally got that Norton starred it out themselves - my complete and utter frustration is that A. s/he thought it necessary to star out a word like that. B. we're still in this situation where the forum is staggering around with some words allowed and some words not allowed and C. no dictate as to what is going to happen with links.

R2

 

[AnotherNewBee]

this:

This one being a link to en.m.wikipedia.org

So, not commercial.

 

[For want of a better word]

R2 that was just an example of what a member may do themselves, out of respect,regards starring out,but the word Google,or google,google or even go*ogle,or Goo*le is fine, but it may be another word which may not be...hope that explains it a bit.

Had me confused.com... I thought it was Goggle!​

 

[Monsieur Abeille]

this:

Stone him!

 

[Norton]

Daily Mail, Wikipedia, Google.................commercial links, they make money from the Internet don't they? So it is commercial advertising.

 

[AnotherNewBee]

Daily Mail, Wikipedia, Google.................commercial links, they make money from the Internet don't they? So it is commercial advertising.

Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the not-for-profit Wikimedia Foundation, which has created a family of free-content projects that are built by user contributions.

 

[dpearce4]

West sussex BA have sent out on their latest newsletter with one of those things on it. so even they are using them now.

 

[alanf]

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West sussex BA have sent out on their latest newsletter with one of those things on it. so even they are using them now.

That's what they are designed for. To be printed on newsletters, magazines, posters, labels etc. They usually code a piece of text as a 2D barcode. The text will often be a URL (web address) which a barcode reader app on your phone reads and takes you to a version of the web page suitable for a phone browser. Or it should do in most cases, you might trust an advertiser in an established magazine where you might not trust a flyer in the street. Scanning can be just as risky as clicking on a link in spam.

An Android, iPhone or a Blackberry phone with camera is the usual requirement, which means the audience was fairly geeky but is becoming mainstream. Advertisers use them for offers, online order pages and so on. A newsletter could use them for the latest version of a diary, a meeting agenda posted online, map directions or similar. Traditional barcodes only code numbers, which is fine for product price lookup at the till or for price comparison but it doesn't start a conversation.

There's not much point in putting them on a web page to be read by the public unless it's likely to be printed. A link is easier and more readable, as below. Other uses include machine readable text in some passports and coded boarding passes which can be displayed on a phone screen and read at airport check in barriers.

Apologies to those who know all this but I've always found there are more who want a bit more explanation than will put their hand up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code