Google has clearly been embracing the mobile trend over the last year, with their introduction of the Google Phone and a push for the Android operating system.  

Back in December they started mailing out window stickers with two-dimensional QR Codes to business around the country.  Maverick Digital's office has one, too. 

The idea: you take a picture of the QR Code with your phone, and all sorts of information about that business will come up.  

Google's latest trick involves adding the ".qr" to the end of a "Goo.gl" shortened link.  You can create your own shortened links through the Google Toolbar.  And by adding ".qr" to the end of your link, Google will automatically generate a QR Code.  For example, this shortened link to Maverick's site http://goo.gl/szmi generates the QR Code seen below when you type in http://goo.gl/szmi.qr

While QR codes have become very popular in Japan, they have yet to pick up in the United States.  With Google actively pushing this technology, do you think people will join in?