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QR Code Life Expentancy

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    • November 20, 2022 at 3:17 am #14374943
      Aldo Carbonari
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      I was discussing including QR codes in a printed Yearbook with a client and they asked if they have a life expectancy?

      I guess as long as the document they link to remains online, it will remain valid – but thought it best to check.

      Thanks

    • November 20, 2022 at 11:33 am #14374945
      David Blatner
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      QR codes just encode data… the data could be a link to a web page or a VCF card (contact info) or phone number or piece of text. If a QR code points to a web page and the web page is no longer on the site, then it would show up as a broken link.

    • November 20, 2022 at 10:52 pm #14374954
      Aldo Carbonari
      Participant

      Thanks for confirming David

      • November 21, 2022 at 3:51 am #14374956
        Nick B
        Participant

        You can use link shorteners like bit.ly to get around dead links, so the QR code is of the bit.ly link and therefore stays the same but you can update the target of the short link in the future if necessary. Obviously make sure that the shortened link doesn’t expire.

        We use QR codes on our books for post-publication updates and other online resources, but the link is to a static URL on our own website and then that either redirects to a landing page on our site or to a target page elsewhere on the web.

        Nick

    • November 21, 2022 at 3:53 am #14374957
      Aldo Carbonari
      Participant

      Thanks Nick, good to know.

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