Google Plus One:  What You Need to Know

So, I finally added Google Plus One (+1) to my website, about 3 weeks later than everyone else.  I know, I know, I’m super lazy.  But I wanted to see how many people would be early adopters and how big of a trend to expect.  Also…super lazy.

So far, I’m impressed.  Most of my favorite sites have the +1 icon next to it in search results, including PerezHilton, GoFugYourself, Wikipedia, IMDB, and the NYTimes (just kidding.  I don’t read the news.)

What is +1?  It’s a button that you can add to your website which visitors click to indicate that they like your site.  Similar to Facebook “like” but offered by Google- makes it more official, somehow. You have to have a Google account and be logged in to use this new feature.

Google, of course, now includes the number of +1 clicks in their algorithm to help improve the quality of their search results.  So, in terms of SEO- you want to add the Google +1 button, and you want lots of clicks, because you want Google to bump you up in the rankings.

I definitely want to keep Google happy, and I always like better rankings, so I added Google Plus One to my site. So please click +1- we appreciate it!

We also recommend that you add +1 to your site yourself- it only took us a few minutes. Or if you’d rather not mess with coding, we’d be happy to do it for you- contact Ad Astra today!

POSTED: Monday, June 20, 2011.