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Ask HN: Is Google's +1 button one of the signal for Google Search?
Hi,
I wanted to know if Google's +1 button is really effecting website's ranking on Google Search. And if it effects, how much it really counts?
Thanks
- blackboxxx 15y agoI'm a professional SEO but I haven't done a lot of testing with +1. I may never. I think it's tacky and easily gamed. That said, it's my understanding +1 is not a signal yet, but will be (albeit of little weight). Not worth worrying about.
- tnorthcutt 15y agoI must be missing something. You're a professional SEO, you believe that at some point in the future Google will in some way factor +1 button activity into the search results, and yet you think it's not worth worrying about? How... odd.
- blackboxxx 15y agoGo ahead. Put that stupid +1 button on your website. Tell your mother and all your friends to click on it. I hope you're my competition :)
- sunspeck 15y agoYes, it will be. http://searchengineland.com/googles-matt-cutts-live-webchat-78570 http://searchengineland.com/googles-matt-cutts-live-webchat-... Cutts confirmed what Google said when the +1 button launched: Google will use +1 activity to influence its search results. “It’s definitely a signal we’re paying a lot of attention to,” Cutts said. “It has tons of potential. It looks very promising.”
- p3rs3us 15y agoIsn't it considered to be a signal which might help personalizing instead of influencing the entire general search criteria?