A QR Code is an image with funny black square pixels that you can scan with a mobile phone QR reader to see the hidden content behind the code. QR technology is considered as the most awesome technology it has swept across Japan, but produced little to no success anywhere else for many years. Everything is changing and there are a lot of useful scenarios of how to use a QR Code in everyday life or business. Watch this video.

QR Code generator

It all begun back in summer 2010 when we had started developing an online survey service Good Survey (currently in final testing stage) and down the development road we found that the service would be essential for us to push mobile surveys and on the back of this we found QR Codes so much fun that on September 15, 2010 we launched first version of our free online QR Code generator. Since launching this QR Code generator we got very positive feedback from the web community, people, and businesses. After the launch we added many new features and improvements.

We have listened to users feedback (asking for new features) and we realize that our initial design had reached its limits. We decided that redesigning whole website was essential, we needed a better and more scalable website and at the same time we still wanted to stay close to the old concept “Life below 600px“. Our aim with the new design was to improve online experience, make clear website navigation and stay simple and fast while raising overall quality.

New feature: QR Code tracking

Many extra features were added since the launch in autumn 2010 and finally “you asked that” we implement a tracking feature inside this QR Code service. Today, we’re happy to see that people are creating more and more 2D codes for a variety of purpose. In USA they recently started incorporating QR codes in everyday life services like airline boarding.

QR Code tracking is a powerful online tool to track QR Codes scans for all QR based marketing campaigns. You can track a number of scans by date, location, device manufacturer and device model after scanning a code. You can always view created QR Codes from your account or edit your data.

Other major new features on redesigned QR Code web site

• Automatic link shorting with goo.by
• Replaced VCARD with MECARD as it is more compact
• New chart for usage statistics
• QR Code Twitter feed
• Updated API version with backward compatibility
• And of course we kept QR codes in vector formats such as SVG, EPS, XAML,…

We very much appreciate your support, comments and feedback so far and we want to give you a sneak preview what is coming next. We are in the final stage of testing WP7 app for QR Code tracking.