Already added Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, delicious, Reddit, StumbleIt or Digg It icons to your site? Well, squeeze-up and make room for one more … Google’s +1 button, now appearing on Google search sites globally.
The +1 button is similar to Facebook’s “like” and “share” and allows signed in Google Account users to recommend your site or specific page content to friends and contacts.
Google is saturating its search results and with the +1 button and search engine experts predict it will become highly integrated into the Google algorithms in due course.
It’s also showing up on Chrome, Google Ad headlines, Google Maps and other Google “properties” such as YouTube, Android, Market, Blogger and Product Search. And is available on mobile Web too ¬– so users can use it on their iPhone, IPad and Android devices.
Getting your content liked and shared is the new way to Google’s heart and better page rank. Positive reviews about your business show Google your pages are relevant, so +1 recommendations for your business are set to become another key social ranking signal.
If you advertise on line with Google AdWords, +1 recommendations could influence and improve your click through rates.
Our advice? Button your business now and start earning public ticks and recommendations as quickly as you can.
It enables users to ’like’ a page by clicking a ’+1’ icon. This is then flagged up when someone in their circle or another Google+ user with a social connection searches on the same topic.
So an advert or a page from a local bike repair shop that a friend liked will be prioritised next time you use Google to search for someone to fix your brakes.
The button is part of the Google+ Project – which went live in the UK in September. This allows users to build up ’circles’ of friends and contacts, which can be divided into groups, such as school mates, zumba class crew or work colleagues, and sharing personalised content.
Get your webmaster or web agency to add the +1 button to EVERY page of content, including landing pages, on your site, ready for when the Google+ project launches.
Visit Google's webpage for detailed instructions and the +1button code.
Read more about +1 and the Google + project
What is it?
The +1 button is similar to Facebook’s “like” and “share” and allows signed in Google Account users to recommend your site or specific page content to friends and contacts.
Why bother?
Google is saturating its search results and with the +1 button and search engine experts predict it will become highly integrated into the Google algorithms in due course.
It’s also showing up on Chrome, Google Ad headlines, Google Maps and other Google “properties” such as YouTube, Android, Market, Blogger and Product Search. And is available on mobile Web too ¬– so users can use it on their iPhone, IPad and Android devices.
Getting your content liked and shared is the new way to Google’s heart and better page rank. Positive reviews about your business show Google your pages are relevant, so +1 recommendations for your business are set to become another key social ranking signal.
If you advertise on line with Google AdWords, +1 recommendations could influence and improve your click through rates.
Our advice? Button your business now and start earning public ticks and recommendations as quickly as you can.
How does it work?
It enables users to ’like’ a page by clicking a ’+1’ icon. This is then flagged up when someone in their circle or another Google+ user with a social connection searches on the same topic.
So an advert or a page from a local bike repair shop that a friend liked will be prioritised next time you use Google to search for someone to fix your brakes.
The button is part of the Google+ Project – which went live in the UK in September. This allows users to build up ’circles’ of friends and contacts, which can be divided into groups, such as school mates, zumba class crew or work colleagues, and sharing personalised content.
Next steps?
Get your webmaster or web agency to add the +1 button to EVERY page of content, including landing pages, on your site, ready for when the Google+ project launches.
Visit Google's webpage for detailed instructions and the +1button code.
Read more about +1 and the Google + project
