How to add the +1 button to your WordPress blog
Google has started rolling out Google Plus to more users as you read this. Google had announced the +1 button last month and had released the code to add it to your website.
How does +1 affect search results?
+1 helps people discover relevant content—a website, a Google search result, or an ad—from the people they already know and trust. Adding the +1 button to your pages lets users recommend your content, knowing that their friends and contacts will see their recommendation when it’s most relevant—in the context of Google search results.
When a signed-in Google user is searching, your Google search result snippet may be annotated with the names of the user’s connections who’ve +1’d your page. If none of a user’s connections has +1’d your page, your snippet may display the aggregate number of +1’s your page has received.
Does +1 affect my site’s performance in search?
Content recommended by friends and acquaintances is often more relevant than content from strangers. For example, a movie review from an expert is useful, but a movie review from a friend who shares your tastes can be even better. Because of this, +1’s from friends and contacts can be a useful signal to Google when determining the relevance of your page to a user’s query. This is just one of many signals Google may use to determine a page’s relevance and ranking, and we’re constantly tweaking and improving our algorithm to improve overall search quality. For +1’s, as with any new ranking signal, we’ll be starting carefully and learning how those signals affect search quality.
How to add the +1 button on your WordPress blog
All you need to do is install a plugin on your blog and activate it. You’re done!
Steps:
- Install the TF Share Plugin. (Also known as Twitter Facebook Share plugin)
- Activate it.
and you’re done! 2 simple steps to add the Google +1 button on your WordPress.
You can also customize the plugin as you like. You can add Facebook, Twitter, Stumble Upon and Google +1 widgets on your blog.
Do let me know how Google +1 is performing for you in the comments below.
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2 Comments Add yours
July 18, 2011
3:38 pm #comment-1
I added it to my site and its actually helping me out…. it got me to be ranked i believe 3rd in google for the keywords “Free Ugcs”
March 17, 2013
10:45 am #comment-2
In WordPress you can use various plugins to add the +1 button to your website.