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Google + 1

by tgro03
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Hey everyone, what do you think of the new Google + 1 button especially as it relates to Twitter?

Can any of you think of ways a marketer can use it to their advantage (besides the obvious of hoping a lot of people click it).
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  • Profile picture of the author tpw
    Easily abused.

    I think I might just go to mturk and hire people to click my "+1"....

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    • Profile picture of the author Rickmci
      Originally Posted by tpw View Post

      Easily abused.

      I think I might just go to mturk and hire people to click my "+1"....

      Reputation is everything, and as long as I can outspend you to "buy reputation", I will win!!!

      Laugh. I not even sure why I find this so funny but it is. I think time will tell. Time for someone to do some testing.
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  • Profile picture of the author flyntjacobs
    Interesting to see something that Google didn't originally come up with for themselves. Though this will be a new era to social marketing once it hits main stream, not for just those logged into there google account.

    Interesting comment from Tech Crunch and Matt Cutts -

    “But make no mistake, this is a massive Google project. And eventually it will hit all users — and not just those logged into their Google accounts. Down the line, Google can envision this +1 data influencing search results across the board, Cutts says. That’s what we call “downplaying” — assuming people use it, the social data is very likely to be the key ingredient to the future of Google Search.”
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