Ask HN: Is Google's +1 button one of the signal for Google Search?

#1

Post by p3rs3us » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 1:53 PM UTC

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

Re: Ask HN: Is Google's +1 button one of the signal for Google Search?

#2

Post by blackboxxx » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 2:46 PM UTC

I'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.

Re: Ask HN: Is Google's +1 button one of the signal for Google Search?

#3

Post by sunspeck » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 7:46 PM UTC

Yes, it will be.

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.”

Re: Ask HN: Is Google's +1 button one of the signal for Google Search?

#4

Post by tnorthcutt » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 8:10 PM UTC

blackboxxx wrote: post #2

I'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.

I 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.

Re: Ask HN: Is Google's +1 button one of the signal for Google Search?

#5

Post by blackboxxx » Fri, Jul 29, 2011, 2:05 AM UTC

tnorthcutt wrote: post #4

blackboxxx wrote: post #2

I'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.

I 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.

Go 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 :)

Re: Ask HN: Is Google's +1 button one of the signal for Google Search?

#6

Post by p3rs3us » Fri, Jul 29, 2011, 12:20 PM UTC

sunspeck wrote: post #3

Yes, it will be. 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.”

Isn't it considered to be a signal which might help personalizing instead of influencing the entire general search criteria?