Google today introduced a new feature Google +1 which allows to share recommendations with the world right in Google’s search results. It is yet another attempt to make search more social.
It’s Google’s version of the Facebook "likes", a simple feature that’s very powerful because it’s part of a social network.
Google will show +1 buttons next to all search results and ads, while encouraging other sites to include the buttons. All +1’s are public and they’re tied to Google Profiles. Google Social Search already does this, but there’s no support for Facebook likes, so Google had to come up with a substitute.
Google says –
"+1 is the digital shorthand for ‘this is pretty cool.’ To recommend something, all you have to do is click +1 on a webpage or ad you find useful. These +1’s will then start appearing in Google’s search results.
Once you click +1 button, a pop windows appears you to confirm the recommendation.
This feature is slowly rolled out to Google.com, but you can try it by enabling the +1 search experiment.
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