By now, you have all heard about Google announced the the +1 button.
It is basically a way for you to share search results, ads and web pages with your friends. Of course, there is a lot of criticism but to be honest, most of it was already published. So I figured I link to the best stories I found and let you digest the news this way.
First, a brief video demo of what it is:
Now some official links from Google on this:
- Google +1 Page
- Google +1 FAQs
- Google Experimental to turn it on
- +1 Publisher Sign Up Form
- Google Webmaster Blog
- Google Blog
- Google AdWords Blog
- Google Social Web Blog
- Google Enterprise Blog
Search Engine Land has covered this extensively from multiple angles, they include:
- Meet +1: Google's Answer To The Facebook Like Button
- How To Get Google +1 Buttons For Your Website
- Google's +1 A Potential Boon To Paid Search Marketers
- Search Marketers Intrigued By Google's +1
Finally, see Techmeme for other stories.
Finally, tons of forum discussion:
- Introducing Google's 1 button, Google Webmaster Help
- Discussion: Impact of Google 1?, Sphinn
- Google 1, Google Web Search Help
- Google Rolls Out the 1 Button - parallels the Facebook "Like", WebmasterWorld
- Google's new " 1" feature, Search Engine Watch Forums
- Meet 1: Google’s Answer To The Facebook Like Button, Sphinn
- New Google Ranking Signal - 1 button in search results, DigitalPoint Forums
