Google’s Plus 1 is their answer to Facebook’s ever-popular like button. If you’re planning on getting on the social media bandwagon (and you should be). You should integrate this new Google feature immediately. An important aspect to note about Google and it’s Plus 1 feature is that businesses can now integrate a social media icon that has very little connotation to being non-business or young-generation. The Google Plus 1 is an easy way to help your Google ranks. Also, every time a user clicks a Plus 1 button it is automatically posted on their public Google profile page. Which counts as an in-bound link (great for SEO) and is displayed to their list of friends. Their list of friends could be hundreds long. The best part is that it’s free and easy to implement. Just follow Google’s instructions here:
http://www.google.com/webmasters/+1/button/index.html
July 9, 2013
