Google have today announced and launched their latest social venture "+1". The new and fully integrated feature allows users to give websites a "public stamp of approval", viewable to friends who come across the result in search. Think of it as a kind of Facebook 'Like' for search results.

This is undoubtedly the big G's hardest push into social so far, and although 'the like button' is now well seeded within the internet community, Google's traffic monopoly sets them in good stead for the title of content sharing champion.

So, where do you sign up? Despite the hype, the function is only in 'experimental mode' and therefore resides under Google labs, the company's opt-in-only site where new and upcoming features are tested on consumer guinea pigs. Want to get in on the herd? Then read on...

There is no doubt whether Twitter has become this years hot topic or not, and with it a sea of controversy from all angles. It doesn't help that we are Tweeting whilst being burgled, driving and blown up, but now the question remains.. 'To follow or not to follow?'. Let us examine as we look at the Top 3 most contraversial online Twitter tools...