How to Add Google Plus one (+1) Button to Your Website/Blog


Google has just released the Google +1 button which webmasters can add to their site / blog and enable visitors to give a recommendation to Google and your friends about your site.

What is Google’s +1  button

The +1 button, Google’s new experiment, is shorthand for “this is pretty cool” or “you should check this out.”  By clicking +1, you can to publicly give something your stamp of approval. Your +1′s can help friends, contacts, and others on the web find the best stuff when they search. +1 will be integrated directly into Google’s search engine, and will serve pretty much the same purpose as a Facebook ‘Like’ does.

How to Add Google Plus one (+1) Button to Website/Blogs

Webmasters can get the +1 button code right now. The implementation is very simple and you get started instantly by using this default code where you want the Google +1 button to appear.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"></script><g:plusone></g:plusone>

You can customize the code at the +1 site. Google +1 has been tested widely on Google search results, which you might have already noticed if you have tried the Google experimental search earlier.

This video will explain how adding the +1 button can make your articles go viral across the web as people vote the +1 button. Google also intends to use these votes in its search engine rankings as a social influence factor.

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8 Responses to “How to Add Google Plus one (+1) Button to Your Website/Blog”

  1. shenoyjoseph

    Jun 03. 2011

    when i added Google +1 button to my blogspot i have sudden increase of traffic and i don’t what is the exact reason hope that my traffic goes on like that:)
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  2. Ahsan

    Jun 04. 2011

    I hope this change will help to bring good traffic
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  3. anuj@MakeMoneyOnline

    Jun 04. 2011

    Hi,hey nice post yes, one should add Google +1 ASAP. Hope to see better search ranking at least in our social network!!! post keep in mind that Google Plus one (+1) Button will influence search rankings.
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  4. KK Bhardwaj

    Jul 07. 2011

    thanks for sharing such a nice button i was searching for this from 2-3days

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  5. bikiran barua

    Dec 13. 2011

    thanks ………

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