HOW TO: Enable Google +1 on your account
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...
- Sign up or log-in to your Google account
- Navigate to the Google Experiments page
- Under '+1 button' click 'Join this experiment'
- Perform a search on Google.com and click on '+1' next to the desired result to share with friends.
The Goog are reminding that this rollout isn't a free-for-all, and that it may take a number of hours to see +1 surface internationally:
Please note, it may take a while before you see the button in search results, and it may occasionally disappear as we make improvements.
Baring this in mind, you can now enjoy your new, more social Google. Of course this feature might be written off as another Wave or Buzz-like fad, but at this moment in time it looks as if the search monsters have just got it right third time around.
- Tags: +1, Content Sharing, Google, Search, Social Media, Social Networking
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