Saturday, June 4, 2011

Google released +1 button for websites

The +1 button has been rolled out by Google in March. Users are able to recommend content to friends and contacts directly from Google search results and ads. But sometimes we want to +1 a page while we’re on it. How do we know we want to suggest that recipe for chocolate flan if you haven’t tried it out yet?




To accommodate users to be able +1 while on a page, Google has just released +1 button to the websites. As a result, you might start seeing +1 appear on sites large and small across the Internet. This could be same as the Facebook "Like" feature that enable us to like an article on a website. The difference, the Google +1 feature will directly impact to the Google search result, not only count the numbers.

Google has partnered with a few sites where you’ll see +1 buttons in the near future. You'll also start to see +1 buttons on other Google properties such as Android Market, Blogger, Product Search and YouTube.

+1 is as simple on the rest of the web as it is on Google search. With a single click you can recommend that raincoat, news article or favorite sci-fi movie to friends, contacts and the rest of the world. The next time your connections search, they could see your +1’s directly in their search results, helping them find your recommendations when they’re most useful.

In the meantime, Google are continuing to roll out the +1 button for English-language searches on Google.com. If you want to +1 search results and search ads earlier, you can opt in through our experimental search site. To see recommendations from your friends and contacts in Google search, make sure you’re signed into your Google Account.

If you’re a webmaster, you can get the +1 button code and learn more about implementation on Google +1 webmaster site (http://www.google.com/webmasters/+1/button/index.html).

The Google +1 buttons across the web make it even easier for you to recommend content to your friends and contacts, and make search results even more helpful and relevant.

Now you can try to +1 this article!

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