Google Launched a Facebook Like button, +1, which in short will create recommendation for other users connected to your profile. Danny Sullivan @ Search Engine Land has covered it in detail but as a summary +1 is a new button available for results shown in Google Search. So if you like a search result, you can click on +1d which will act as signal for your connections.
But that does not ring a bell. Why ?
How can anybody click on +1 by just looking at the result ? The titles displayed doesn’t mean that the articles are good or what one is looking for.
So for me to click on +1 button :
- I need to open the result it new window
- Find if the article fits
- Go back to search result page and say, YES , +1
That’s too much of step and we all know how long an Internet users stays back if they need to do so much of extra stuff and specially when I am happy with what I have.
Danny Sullivan @ Search Engine Land also says +1 is not available for websites like Facebook Like Button is and without that IMO it will not work the way Google is planning to make it work.
I did ask Matt Cutts here and here on Twitter and hope to get some reply.
Would Love to know your thoughts.
