As you have probably heard by now, Google has just launched the +1 button, which is essentially their way of competing with the Facebook Like button. If you haven’t heard, you have probably seen it popping up in Google search results and on websites. You can see mine is now neatly aligned with my other share buttons.
What Does Google +1 Do?
This is Google’s introduction video for the +1 button.
If you’re not a fan of people knowing what you like, or personalized search results in Google, you will want to read more about how the Google +1 button affects personalized search and how to set your search options so you’re not trapped in a filter bubble.
Also, since the recommendations are meant for your connections to see, you could end up in search results just like this.
I personally see it as a way of branding – your face will show up more often now when people are connected to you via Gmail, Twitter, Quora, and other social networks. A nice little reminder that you are out there recommending great content. Just remember that anything you recommend via the +1 button (and other social networks) can now be found by anyone just in random search results.
What Happens When You Click on the Google +1 Button
Whenever you hover over a +1 button when logged in to your Google account, you will see the following tooltip, as I did on Mashable’s post about how you can Google +1 their stories.
If you click on it, you’ll get a friendly popup confirming your decision to recommend the page or website you are on.
They have a link to their privacy policy, which you will probably want to read (if you’re into privacy) before you click on one of these little goodies. You’ll only get this popup once – after that point, every time you click on the +1 it will automatically add the website to your recommendations on your Google Profile.
If you have mistakenly clicked on a +1 that you have changed your mind about recommending, you can click on the +1 button again to remove your vote, or you can go to your Google Profile, hover over the X and delete it.
How to Add Google +1 to Your WordPress Blog
This is for self-hosted versions of WordPress only – it does not apply for blogs on WordPress.com.
The implementation of the code is rather simple. If you visit Google’s +1 button code generator, you will get everything you need, including the option to customize your button between four different sizes to fit your site’s theme.
What you will want to do is add the following javascript in your header.php file, or if your theme gives you a options panel to add scripts in your header, then add it there. For Thesis users like myself, that will be in the Site Options > Document Head > Additional Scripts.
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"></script>
Then you will want to place the following call for the button where you want the button to appear, preferably next to your other social sharing buttons which are probably in your single.php template or, for Thesis users, your custom_functions.php or Thesis Openhook box.
<g:plusone size="medium"></g:plusone>
You can see the full coding of my share buttons, now updated with the Google +1 in my social sharing buttons post.
What Does This Mean for Search Rankings?
Google has a nice little FAQ page for the +1 button that covers how recommendations for your site will affect search rankings. Essentially they elude to the fact that they will see how peer recommendations affect search quality. AKA, it will not hurt if your website, blog, and individual pages have lots of recommendations!
Is Google +1 More Important Facebook Like or Tweet Buttons?
Here’s how I see it. If you are looking for more traffic from Twitter, then the best way to get it is to make it easy for Twitter users to share your content with their followers. All it takes sometimes is that one Twitter follower with hundreds of thousands of followers to take your content from zero to viral with one tweet.
If you are looking for more traffic from Facebook, then the best way to get it is to make it easy for Facebook users to like or share your content with their friends as they take up some nice real estate on the user’s Facebook profile and in new feeds.
So should you replace Twitter and Facebook with Google +1? Probably not. Give your visitors the choice on how they want to share your content with their connections. Just add Google +1 as another way to share!
Your Google +1 Thoughts
Have you installed the button yet on your site? Do you feel it’s as powerful as other social sharing buttons? Share your thoughts, and your +1′s! 
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Hi Kristi,
In the book Positioning, Al Ries talks about giving the customer LESS choice, i.e. this can be a good thing as the customer doesn’t get confused into making the wrong decision or getting distracted.
Here’s the thing re +1.
Giving them several SM icons to choose from may result in them NOT clicking at all – which one do I choose? – whereas lesser options (or just one!) may get more clicks.
What to do?
Decide which SM channel(s) is most important for one’s site and ditch/phase out the rest.
This approach funnels your customers into making the decision that best suits YOUR strategy and those who would have clicked on others that are now missing are still likely to click as they’ve got clicking in their DNA anyway
Ivan
Twitter: kikolani
June 3, 2011 at 10:45 am
I actually took out one of my buttons instead of just adding on the new one Ivan. I looked at analytics and figured out which site brought the least amount of traffic and said goodbye to it. Since Google is my main traffic source, I don’t think adding this can be a bad idea as it has the potential to affect search rankings in the future!
…and you since removed the +1 button. How come?
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June 14, 2011 at 10:31 am
I felt it was slowing my site down a bit Ari. Which is sad because I’d really like to test out how it affects search results. I’ll probably try optimizing a few more things on my site and adding it again in a week or so.
I like this – yes, it is great for branding. Some peple are for and against it, but I’m for it…. in a way though, maybe Google is preparing us for something bigger that they may be working on? who knows…. it’s too similar to Facebook’s ‘like’ button – makes one think what is up. Google is always behind omething new all the time.
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June 2, 2011 at 6:10 am
Thanks kristi! I have just installed Google +1 to my blogs following your guide here. yeah I believe this is powerful and helpful to anyone who wants a good rank in Google. But anyway, we’re just stating the game, let’s see the effects in the near future.
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June 2, 2011 at 7:12 am
Have you placed a +1 button on this blog? I can’t find any.. Is there any reason to not place a +1 button on a blog?
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Hey, Bjorn. It’s the last button at the top of Kristi’s post below the title.
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June 3, 2011 at 1:01 am
It shows when I use my laptop, but on my smartphone using android the +1 was hidden…
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Hey, Bjorn. I just tested it out on my iPhone and it’s not showing up there either. I’m not sure why that is, but I’ll bet Kristi will get to the bottom of it.
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June 3, 2011 at 10:44 am
Not sure why it’s not showing up on mobile browsers Bjorn – guess it’s still a little flaky!
Funny how some button gets the internet world stirring. I am not so sure that I need another button on my site. I get the possibility of additional traffic and popularity, but sheesh how many buttons do we need anyway? What happened to google buzz buttons by the way…didn’t happen I guess. I don’t see the google +1 amounting to much. I have a feeling it will fizzle unless google has some other plan they are not telling us about yet. I will wait to see what happens before I clutter my site up with more unnecessary buttons for the time being to see what becomes of this +1 thing.
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June 2, 2011 at 9:06 am
I think they will incorporate this buttons count to their rankings, cause everyone is talking about how Facebook shares and RTs are now important for rankings. I think this is another way of them adding the social proof to ranking factors. Makes a lot of sense to me.
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I use +1 button and I think it will benefit for bloggers and webmasters. It can help you to gain traffic and get more targeted visitors to your blog. But we have to wait to see the actual results
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June 3, 2011 at 10:42 am
Definitely can’t wait till the Analytics integration comes out Tilen.
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June 2, 2011 at 8:59 am
I have skipped all the posts and announcements till now, but you really chewed it up for me, so what I am going to do is add it today and that is it. We can “hate” it, as some are making comments on this button, but if it will bring something to my blog, I will try it. Off to do that
Thanks for the summary and the explanation how to do it!
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June 3, 2011 at 10:42 am
A lot of people hate change, Google, or both Brankica.
I say if Search Engine Land and Mashable feel it is important enough to add to their sites, then that’s good enough for me!
For the cost of a tiny little extra button taking space on your blog it offers promises of ranking and lots of ego stroking as your name shows up in Google searches. Google can’t lose with this can they? With authors names showing alongside recommendations auto syndicators will think twice. Thanks for the video link and instructions Kiki. This us my first visit result of reading Brankica’s tweet.
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June 3, 2011 at 10:40 am
You’re welcome Julia. I say if it doesn’t slow down your site, then it certainly can’t hurt!
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June 2, 2011 at 10:09 am
Hi Kristi,
I’ve been testing the button out for a while now and one thing that I like about is that you have the option to +1 any website when you are searching google. (It makes it easy to +1 a lot of your own content quickly if you do a search for your blog.) Though Google is not my search engine of choice when I am searching so it doesn’t help me unless I go out to specifically hit a lot of buttons while searching.
Also it took some playing around to get the button to show up in my sharing bar on the side. I simply took the first line of code, put it in the sharing bar and then put the second line of code right after the first.
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June 3, 2011 at 10:40 am
Ah, you beat me to it then Stacy!
I usually don’t mess with anything in the labs as they might not fully develop them depending on popularity, but this one is definitely on the rise!
Maybe you can help me understand something, Stacy. If I’m searching for a keyword on Google and see a list of responses, I sometimes see (similar to the screenshot above) that someone I follow on Twitter had shared a Google result.
That is, I’ll see something like:
Shawn Smith shared this on Twitter.
What would I see with this +1 system?
Shawn Smith +1′d this
??
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June 2, 2011 at 10:31 am
OK I am hearing it everywhere and you have really given some detailed insights about the +1. Let me give it a try. I am not sure how much time it is going to take as I mess around. Hope everything will be as easy as breeze.
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June 3, 2011 at 10:39 am
Seems to be Jane!
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June 2, 2011 at 10:50 am
Looks like another social button for my! Excellent post Kristi. Thanks for the insights. I had not paid too much attention to this until now. Very helpful. It’s going to be interesting to see how +1 evolves in light of the “competition.”
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June 3, 2011 at 10:38 am
Thanks Mike!
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June 2, 2011 at 10:58 am
I have added it to my business website to see how it impacts on that.
I won’t be rushing around to add it to everything, I have Facebook like and LinkedIn share and for me the LinkedIn share works / converts best of all.
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June 3, 2011 at 10:38 am
I didn’t get a lot of traffic from the LinkedIn button – I notice mine mostly comes from when I participate in the groups and answers.
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June 2, 2011 at 12:21 pm
I added the +1 button to the posts on my blog, and I’ll have to wait and see how things play out. I am more interested to see how this +1 will affect search engine rankings, if any, going forward. It it does affect rankings, I can see it being easily abused.
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Thanks for this tutorial. Its too early to tell how helpful it will be in the long run and I’m sure it will work better for some than for others. But I’m glad I found such a helpful source to teach me everything their is to know about this new button.
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June 3, 2011 at 10:37 am
You’re welcome Jennifer!
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June 2, 2011 at 12:52 pm
I have added it myself and have our own article talking about it and potential benefit, again it may cause some people to consider noticing your article if they see a friend of theirs liked it and it was 4th down on the SERP list than the 1st page article which didn’t have someone the user know +1 it.
This may cause a change in how SERP result click through ratio’s work, since it may mean 1st place may not always get the most clicks if other’s have more +1′s, or sites with more +1′s may get ranked better and climb up closer to 1st place. Not sure yet, but obviously with Google changing the SERP landscape again there will be all new strategies and recommendations for how to improve SERP results once people figure it out.
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June 3, 2011 at 10:37 am
I could see that Justin – maybe the first result doesn’t have a lot of votes, but if the third has the photo of one of your connections recommending it, then you might be more likely to click that result instead. Supposedly there is going to be integration with Webmaster Tools and Analytics, so maybe those will give us more idea how beneficial it is in the long run.
Google Webmaster Tools already got statistics for the +1 button but what I found was that it wasn’t affecting almost any searches. I don’t have that many connections that are searching for resources that my site has (and that people have given a +1 to) so there was no reason for me top keep the button on there.
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June 2, 2011 at 1:06 pm
I don’t really understand the concept of plus one yet. If you have 5 sites with similar content, each with 10 plus 1s, how do you rank them in search results? Which of those sites is more relevant, based on the ratings? Users should be able to describe more specifically what they exactly like on that page instead of just blindly like something. People like things for different reasons all the time.
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June 3, 2011 at 10:35 am
I don’t think this will be the only way Google determines where a site should rank Andreas. It might be the combination of other social signals, links, traffic, and then the +1 votes.
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June 2, 2011 at 2:00 pm
The concept of the +1 button isnt really that understandable yet. But I bet since it’s from Google, then it could probably add up a bit to a blog’s SERP. I’m not yet using it though, but I’m looking forward to it.
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I noticed you replaced your LinkedIn share button with this, Kristi. Is that just a design issue, or do you think this is more important than LinkedIn?
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June 3, 2011 at 10:29 am
I didn’t want to have too many buttons Brad, so I decided to replace one when I added the Google button. I just went and looked at my analytics, and my top referrers are Google, Facebook, Twitter, and StumbleUpon. LinkedIn brought in less traffic (mostly because I haven’t been utilizing the groups and such like I should) so I figured that was the right one to swap with.
Good article, and in general I kind of agree with the direction Google is taking. This should help move good content higher in the ranks, while spam sites are pushed down…
However, I am also concerned that this could create an ‘echo chamber’ effect. In other words, once a couple of people recommend a certain piece of news, will it start getting pushed up unnaturally high? Will you still be able to easily get good, but conflicting information?
I do a lot of research and much of the information I look at seems to be in conflict. I don’t want to have some of that excluded because it isn’t popular.
-Richard
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June 3, 2011 at 10:28 am
I think Google is going to keep a close eye out on any kind of fishy activity Richard. But they are already looking at social signals, so this shouldn’t be too far from being a factor (but not absolute determiner) within search rankings.
Kristi – I think the fact that an article about the +1 Button on a blog that is as widely read as Kikolani.com only has 16 clicks as of 2:09 pm (CST), (versus 94 Tweets, and 23 Facebook Likes and Shares) demonstrates that it is not going to be an immediate success. Time will tell. I think it likely will gain momentum over time, but that is no sure thing. I’ve manually added it to a couple of the articles on my Drupal powered blog as the Drupal +1 module has not been released yet. I’m taking a wait and see attiute before adding +1 buttons to my ecommerce sites.
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June 3, 2011 at 10:27 am
I think it’s just too new for a lot of people Randy, plus it relies upon you having a Google account to use it. I’m guessing there are more people with Twitter and Facebook than Google accounts.
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June 2, 2011 at 7:16 pm
This is my 3rd post in two days, and I’ll say it again. It seems way to easy to abuse and I hope it dies out quick and quiet.
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June 3, 2011 at 10:26 am
I think too many SEOs will take interest in this one for it to die out quickly Dennis. But only time will tell!
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June 4, 2011 at 8:34 am
Yea, I’m afraid that interest will take the form of abuse as they “experiment”.
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Hi Kristi – I’m not sure about +1. I blog in the parenting sphere and I think a lot of mums just don’t know what all these buttons are for. I’m liking pushnote though – https://www.pushnote.com/user/register – tells me what other people think of sites (and allows a comment) I go to and I can rank sites I go to – just ranked you
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June 3, 2011 at 10:24 am
Thanks Fiona. I think the Google +1 will take a while before it becomes mainstream, and in the meantime probably the most users of it will be SEO and online marketing types. Will check out the site you recommended too!
I’ve seen a few of these plus 1 articles in the last few days, but I hadn’t read any until this one Kristi, and the honest reason why is because you have a natural way of explaining things so people actually understand and can apply them. This was great and I appreciate very much you taking the time to do such an extensive article on the subject.
Thanks for being great,
Marcus
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June 3, 2011 at 10:24 am
Thanks Marcus! I try to remember to approach it from both sides – people like (or should want) to know what a button will do before they add it to their site for their visitors to click on. This button will do on Google what Facebook Like is already doing on Bing as far as showing up in search results.
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June 2, 2011 at 11:34 pm
Nice post Kristi. I added mine in the sidebar as this allows users to +1 homepage as well as individual posts and pages. I also installed the plugin, yes one is already out, which places at the end of my posts
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June 3, 2011 at 10:22 am
I didn’t think they’d be that fast at coming out with plugins for it Sire, but that’s definitely good to know!
absolutely great step from Google, I’ll have it in my blog soon
This ofcourse will effect the result from Google because when someone recommend
something to me I’ll definitely go for it. Thanks for the great cover of the +1 button.
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June 3, 2011 at 5:13 am
Hi there Kristi, Just added the +1 one to my blog, it’s will be interesting to see the comparisons between people clicking on the RT, Share and Stumble button.
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June 3, 2011 at 10:22 am
I think the Tweet button will always win Karen, unless it happens to be an article about Facebook.
Hi Kristi
Looks as though we are all going to have to add the +1 buttom.
Sounds as though it is a vote for your site when people click it.
BTW – came over from Wayne John’s site.
Wayune has installed the button but he does recommend caution on something so new.
Thanks for a great review.
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June 4, 2011 at 8:45 am
I used yours as my first, so now you have 32.
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Hi, Kristi
I guess this option and this button can prove to be effective but I think people will need time to realize the whole potential of this option.
The information was really interesting and now I gonna have the same with my blog – to install the button there. Thanks.
Hi Kristi,
I haven’t install Google +1 to my blogs site.. I will install it and trying to follow your instruction.. I am excited to discover if it is really helpful and effective.. But I guess it is effective because Google wouldn’t launched this if it is not helpful.. Thanks for sharing Kristi. Looking forward to read more informative article from you..
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Hi Kristi,
It sounds like a great idea from Google. However we have to keep in mind that Google Wave also sounded like a great idea. The thing is it may work if Google is learning with their mistakes. Those mistakes started when they let Orkut decline, they have to start thinking more social and less engineered.
As an SEO or SMO consultant, I was excited when I first heard about this a few months back. Your article certainly drives home the benefits. I am a bit uninspired by +1 for the moment but realize it will surely take off once it is adopted.
I feel context and content is what drives these sorts of voting systems. Google lacks on the community side, which is why I see +1 as a little more than what Digg currently offers. What do you think?
My hopes are that Google expands upon this wonderful idea so it succeeds where Google Buzz failed. Certainly, this brings more value to the overall Google arena but only time will tell…
Okay, I kinda had to laugh at myself because I’ve been seeing +1 everywhere today (stayed away from the internet the last couple days) and was thinking “Duh! Google implemented +1 ages ago!” Then I looked more closely and saw we could now add the button on our sites, and had a DOH moment. =) Sometimes my inner Luddite gets the better of me, lol.
After reading what Wayne John had to say, I was still a little skeptical. After reading your much more in-depth virtual tour, I’m convinced. I would think that Google’s made it too easy to add it to any Blogspot blogs, since they’re all Google children anyway. In this case, I have no excuse *not* to have it!
Thanks for shining light on this for me, Kristi! =)
Delena
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June 6, 2011 at 12:38 pm
Thank you Kristi for not only showing me the what what on this +1 bidniz but then showing me how to set it up on my blog!!! Very thoughtful of you to put them together!
The way google is integrating search with your “Connections” is wow, seems very compelling. I can’t wait to see how this all pans out for Google and their users like your and me.
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So that’s what Google’s been up to with linking Twitter to show connections in Google search. It’s been ages since I’ve read their blog. D’oh. Thanks for this info, Kristi, and how to set it up too. Will definitely add it to the blog and have to set aside time to create a Google profile too.
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Hi Kristi,
Thank you so much for adding value to this post by sharing screen shots and tutorial on how to add Google +1 to WordPress Blog. I have seen many posts about Google +1 but few provide an in-depth look on how to add this button and what happens when you click on the +1.
I appreciate your take on it and as I am technically challenged, I will add it this weekend. If not, I know they have a plugin to make it easier too.
Thanks
Diana
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I´ve added to 3 of my sites, just to see if it works.
But i´m afraid that it will be abused, by click rings meaning that xx sites agrees to click on eachothers sites because the impact it has on serp.
But only time will tell if it will work, i hope.!
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June 7, 2011 at 3:36 am
This is just amazing. This is another new technology and knowledge that can make my projects better and even easier to accomplish.
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June 10, 2011 at 1:52 pm
Hey Kristi,
Great round up of the +1. It’s exciting and I have also added it on my blog and blogged about it.
Like most people, I’m intrigued to see how it goes. Time will tell.
All the best,
Mavis
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The Google +1 Button is the most complicated and confusing button yet. In fact, so much so, that it is slow in catching on. Many people just don’t know what to make of it. Specially laypeople not in the blogging or website business. It remaigns to be seen if this may be another one of Googles failed ventures like Google Wave or Google Buzz. They are both still there, but that’s about it, nobody uses them.
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I am definitely on the fence with the +1 button. Maybe the issue I have with it is that I am not much of an “early adopter.” It seems to me that for most people, the +1 button is going to be a real abstract concept. The more abstract something is fewer people will participate and will participate more slowly.
For instance Facebook is a pretty simple concept. You create a profile, connect with friends, and communicate with them; Pretty simple, 500 million users. On the other hand Twitter; its purpose, and how to use it, is a bit more abstract, so fewer people are using it and its general adoption has been much slower; only 15 million “active” users.
+1 is even more abstract. So, in my opinion there will be even fewer users using it and it will be adopted much more slowly.
I think bloggers, internet marketers, SEOs, and the like, see a potential for promotion. But, the every day Joe on the street could probably care less about +1.
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This Google +1 is like a voting system. I think it has the same purpose as Pinging Blogs. Just makes your post more popular in SERP.
Though +1 is more convenient!
Hi Kristi,
I am curious about the paragraph which begins, “If you’re not a fan of people knowing what you like…” It’s my understanding that there is no way to opt out of Google relevant searches. Even if you log out of your Google account, you are still receiving location-/IP-specific results. We are all trapped in a Google filter bubble if we search on Google.
The link provided says when I disable I will “not allow Google to use my +1′s and other profile information to personalize content or ads on non-Google websites. I will not see +1 recommendations from people I know when visiting those sites.” This says nothing about search.
It seems to me that Google reserves the right to use +1 to filter what you see on a Google search regardless of whether you disable +1 for non-Google sites. It is my understanding that there are no “pure” Google results anymore, and this concerns me not only for my searches but also for my SEO efforts.
Thanks for this excellent tutorial about adding +1 to a WordPress site.
Thanks for sharing this Awesome Post. Google try to competing with facebook. Now Google +1 has more features. very much liked this post and +1ed.
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November 29, 2011 at 12:12 am
The plus one button is getting more popular now. Months ago Google+ is populated by online entrepreneurs, SEO and internet marketers but now the public is giving interest to google+ and see this as a great social networking platform.
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