SecondIncomeReview.com: The Google +1 Button
Posted 5th June 2011 at 01:39 PM by RobertJBanach
The Top Ten Things You Should Know About Google +1
The Google +1 button has become available for webmasters, site owners and publishers to include on the content you post.
Many have rushed right, why? Because it will impact your site’s visibility in search, and with the continuously changing Google algorithm, anything to help in that department is welcome to most sites.
Is this changing the Google Search into a popularity contest, or will this +1 really mean something?
We would love to hear your opinion…
Here are the Top Ten things You should know about Google +1:
1. The +1 button will influence search rankings. David Byttow, Google Software Engineer, quoted “We’ll also start to look at +1’s as one of the many signals we use to determine a page’s relevance and ranking, including social signals from other services. For +1′s, as with any new ranking signal, we’ll be starting carefully and learning how those signals affect search quality over time.”
2. What the +1 will display may be different to different users, if you are signed in to Google, the +1 will show how many of your connections have +1′ed that site, if you are not signed in or none of your connections has +1′ed the site, then the total +1′s will be shown.
3. Google says publishers could see “more, and better qualified traffic coming from Google” as
potential visitors see recommendations from friends and contacts beneath their search results.
4. Google calls the +1 button “shorthand for ‘this is pretty cool’ or ‘you should check this out’.
5. Once a user clicks the +1 button, a link to the content appears under the +1′s tab on the user’s Google Profile.
6. Google suggests clicking the button when you “like, agree with, or want to recommend” something to others.
7. The +1 Button is not the same as Google Buzz, though there are similarities. They both appear on
your Google Profile under different tabs, but +1′s don’t allow for comments (at least not yet. I’ll wager you’ll see Buzz’s functionality get rolled into +1 eventually).
8. +1′s are public by default. Google may show them to any signed-in user who has a social connection to one. Users can choose not to have them displayed publicly on their Google Profile, however.
9. There are a variety of sizes and styles of the button that you can use on your site.
10. The button is even more customizable if you want to get more technical. The API documentation can be found here: http://code.google.com/apis/+1button/
The real question is posed, will this benefit the consumer?
We know it sure will make it easier for Google to direct their advertising powerhouse upon us.
It is up to each of us to decide, use it or not.
For more information about the Google +1 read this article: Google +1 Button: 31 Things You Should Know
Points of note for users and site owners – http://www.webpronews.com/google-1-button-3-2011-06
Best!
Bob
Robert J Banach
Publisher | Founder
SecondIncomeReview.com
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The Google +1 button has become available for webmasters, site owners and publishers to include on the content you post.
Many have rushed right, why? Because it will impact your site’s visibility in search, and with the continuously changing Google algorithm, anything to help in that department is welcome to most sites.
Is this changing the Google Search into a popularity contest, or will this +1 really mean something?
We would love to hear your opinion…
Here are the Top Ten things You should know about Google +1:
1. The +1 button will influence search rankings. David Byttow, Google Software Engineer, quoted “We’ll also start to look at +1’s as one of the many signals we use to determine a page’s relevance and ranking, including social signals from other services. For +1′s, as with any new ranking signal, we’ll be starting carefully and learning how those signals affect search quality over time.”
2. What the +1 will display may be different to different users, if you are signed in to Google, the +1 will show how many of your connections have +1′ed that site, if you are not signed in or none of your connections has +1′ed the site, then the total +1′s will be shown.
3. Google says publishers could see “more, and better qualified traffic coming from Google” as
potential visitors see recommendations from friends and contacts beneath their search results.
4. Google calls the +1 button “shorthand for ‘this is pretty cool’ or ‘you should check this out’.
5. Once a user clicks the +1 button, a link to the content appears under the +1′s tab on the user’s Google Profile.
6. Google suggests clicking the button when you “like, agree with, or want to recommend” something to others.
7. The +1 Button is not the same as Google Buzz, though there are similarities. They both appear on
your Google Profile under different tabs, but +1′s don’t allow for comments (at least not yet. I’ll wager you’ll see Buzz’s functionality get rolled into +1 eventually).
8. +1′s are public by default. Google may show them to any signed-in user who has a social connection to one. Users can choose not to have them displayed publicly on their Google Profile, however.
9. There are a variety of sizes and styles of the button that you can use on your site.
10. The button is even more customizable if you want to get more technical. The API documentation can be found here: http://code.google.com/apis/+1button/
The real question is posed, will this benefit the consumer?
We know it sure will make it easier for Google to direct their advertising powerhouse upon us.
It is up to each of us to decide, use it or not.
For more information about the Google +1 read this article: Google +1 Button: 31 Things You Should Know
Points of note for users and site owners – http://www.webpronews.com/google-1-button-3-2011-06
Best!
Bob
Robert J Banach
Publisher | Founder
SecondIncomeReview.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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