QR Code Press

Snapchat QR code will now work for a website

02/02/201702/01/2017 Jorge Gonzalez

The popular messaging app has made it possible to create quick response codes for websites, not just profiles. It is now possible to create a Snapchat QR code for a website, not just for an individual profile. The messaging app has been using the quick response codes format for quite a while. The barcodes make it easier for mobile device users to exchange profile links without having to manually enter an individual’s data. The QR codes have now been broadened to allow people to scan to access websites as well.…

Snapchat QR codes no longer welcome on Facebook

12/21/201612/19/2016 L. Green

The social network is banning the quick response codes from both profiles and pages. Facebook has decided to crack down on the Snapchat QR codes people are sharing on their profiles as well as their pages. They are hunting specifically for the ones being used as page and profile images. As it turns out, Facebook has a very rigid set of guidelines when it comes to promoting other social networks. Among the reasons that people have assumed that Snapchat QR codes are not considered to be acceptable as a profile…

QR codes get a popularity boost from Snapchat

05/08/201505/06/2015 Julie Campbell

For a while, quick response codes were starting to drift away from use, but this could bring them right back. For the last few years, QR codes have been moving in and out of favor with marketers, package designers, and consumers, alike, as they have been used well and have been used very badly, but now Snapchat has brought the barcodes back into use. The practicality of quick response codes is enormous, but there has been a great deal keeping them down. The misuse of QR codes has played an…