SEO Tycoon

**mechanicaldesig** · 07-18-2011, 01:06 AM

What is google plus one? and how it is beneficial in seo?

**hamesy** · 07-18-2011, 05:22 AM

http://www.google.com/+1/button/

I'm not sure on the SEO value but my understanding of it meant to give sites more credibility because people having recommended the site by plus 1'ing it.

**chrishirst** · 07-18-2011, 05:49 AM

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Originally Posted by mechanicaldesig

and how it is beneficial in seo?

It isn't!

Might be of some minor benefit to promotion though (for the right kind of website)

**crama09** · 07-18-2011, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by chrishirst

It isn't!

Might be of some minor benefit to promotion though (for the right kind of website)

For now.. but in the future I am sure that google will use plus one for a ranking factor.

**alpha_q21** · 07-18-2011, 07:28 AM

I think google plus is just "like" button of facebook. Google launches google plus a social networking website to compete with facebook. It has on different feature you can keep your persona and professional thing separate.

**chrishirst** · 07-18-2011, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by crama09

For now.. but in the future I am sure that google will use plus one for a ranking factor.

Highly, highly unlikely. In fact I go as far as saying "not a chance" of that happening.

Why on earth would they use something so obviously capable of being abused as a "ranking factor"

**willcode4beer** · 07-18-2011, 01:22 PM

I you use google plus, then items you give a plus one to show up in your profile.

Basically, it's a less annoying way to share links with your social network.

**spa3212** · 07-25-2011, 08:52 AM

You can take google +1 as the button we have for facebook like, actually few months google also entered in the field of social networking keeping in the the that google is loosing place due to facebook popularity and its also said that website having +1 would also get some SEO benifits but how this is not cleared so far but definitely it does have some impact on search engine optimization.

**Digital Friend** · 07-25-2011, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by spa3212

You can take google +1 as the button we have for facebook like, actually few months google also entered in the field of social networking keeping in the the that google is loosing place due to facebook popularity and its also said that website having +1 would also get some SEO benifits but how this is not cleared so far but definitely it does have some impact on search engine optimization.

No! The only affect it has on search engine ranking ( most likely what you're thinking about ) is to your added Google contacts for search results that you recommend by pressing the +1 button,

**willcode4beer** · 07-25-2011, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by spa3212

its also said that website having +1 would also get some SEO benifits but how this is not cleared so far but definitely it does have some impact on search engine optimization.

A claim without evidence is just speculation

**vangogh** · 07-25-2011, 04:39 PM

Actually both Google and Bing have publicly stated they're using things like social shares as a signal in ranking web pages. I don't think they're doing anything as simple as a +1 or a Like automatically increases where your pages rank, but I wouldn't discount the idea that content that gets shared more often or is liked or +1'd more will rank better.

To some extent it's natural that as more people see your content on any social network more people will then link to it, which would likely help the page rank better.

Here's a video where Matt Cutts clearly says Google uses social signals from Twitter and Facebook as signals in the algorithm. This is from about 7 or 8 months ago and he says they've mainly used it in their real time results and have been using it some in the regular results with an eye toward expanding that use.

Here are some responses by Google and Bing to some questions Danny Sullivan asked about social signals.

There's no reason to think they wouldn't then use their own social network as it would give them cleaner data.

**usearchme** · 07-26-2011, 06:27 AM

Isnt it just a way to try to complete with facebook likes lol !

Woc

**rtucker** · 07-27-2011, 02:53 AM

Even if it doesn contribute in a way in terms of SEO, this will be yet another window of opportunity for shady methods of promoting your site, which is spamming +1 to get a boost.

But as it's made and implemented by Google, I can't help but think it'll have a planned effect in the future.

**chrishirst** · 07-30-2011, 10:22 AM

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But as it's made and implemented by Google, I can't help but think it'll have a planned effect in the future.

One thing you can be reasonably sure of, is that Google will be getting first hand information on the users, websites and pages that are abusing "social networks" to circumvent Google's ranking algorithm. So it won't be long for social media spam to become as useless for some sites as "link wheels" and all the other "Web 2.0" stupidity is currently.

**bighunter120** · 07-31-2011, 06:19 PM

google plus is just like twetter button i think that didn't add value for seo

**slicx** · 08-02-2011, 03:54 AM

Just another trick by Google for users to rate website's publicly, but this wont have an effect on the SERP's

**Hollie1** · 08-02-2011, 03:54 AM

Google +1 key indicates that the content or website is significance reading or visiting which actually contains some useful information for the visitors. It is publicized by the Google that this +1 button will permit search bots to recognize the most quality based website on the World Wide Web and it will certainly have an impact on search engine rankings.

**braydonmax** · 08-02-2011, 05:14 AM

I hope there is more great ideas to kill crappy websites even further and help those who put in the hard work to get even better traffic, Awesome. I can already see though people developing software with proxy to try and mess with this+1 feature.

**bingobabe** · 08-03-2011, 10:49 AM

Does anyone know how important +1 is for seo? I can see it becoming more and more important. Then again, i think +1s can be gamed easier than links. So i duno.

**Jim Gillum** · 08-03-2011, 03:53 PM

Have not heard and thing from the G...yet.....
Too easy to manipulate....

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