subject: 1 button The New Feature in Google Search Results [print this page] 1 button The New Feature in Google Search Results
Here comes the fresh news from Google the giant which is captivating on Facebook's Like Button with a button of its own, known as the +1 Button.
Blog post from Google product manager, Rob Spiro who states that the Goal of Google is to provide its users the most relevant results in a very short time and the relevance is about relationships as well as words on webpages and that's why Google recently started to include more information from people through Twitter, Flickr and other sites in Google search results.
According to the reports from Google, the giant is enabling its users to share recommendations with the world right in Google's search results with the help of a +1 Button.
To give your recommendations or rating of the page, you need to sign into your Google Account and once done at Google.com search results you will find a +1 Button, which will be up right next to a link and beside to the current magnifying glass icon, which is used for Google's Instant Previews feature.
And if a user likes the website, which they have visited they can rate the website or can share with the people whom Google has identified as friends or contacts by clicking the +1 Button. Once done, below the link on Google.com search results, you will be able to view the list of friends who have rated or clicked the +1 Button for that link.
However, currently the +1 Button option is available only to the selected users by Google, but very soon this option will available for everyone via Google's experimental search site.
Google, the giant even states that adding the button to websites will be easy, giving Google fans the option of giving a +1 to participating pages outside of Google.com as well.
As you are aware, the entire system is alike to that of Facebook's Like Button, which has rapidly spread over many popular websites across the internet, including the news agencies which are looking to increase online readership.
Lastly, Rob Spiro states that the beauty of +1's is their relevance, which will guide the users to catch the right recommendations, at the right time and in the right format, as the ratings are coming directly from the people who are well known to them.
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