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+1’s: the right recommendations right when you want them—in your search results

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Post by ry0ohki »

farlington wrote: post #43
ch0wn wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The video hinted that they plan to provide embeddable +1 buttons in style of Facebook's "Like". Considering that, +1 can actually be useful because you would be able to see recommendation from your google contacts.

Except the nomenclature is so nerdy. You can't really say it out loud. Like is a nicely descriptive verb; 'plus one' is a phrase you see on a formal event invitation.

That's exactly what I thought, a "Facebook Like" ripoff with a nerdy name.

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Post by barista »

ry0ohki wrote: post #71
farlington wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Except the nomenclature is so nerdy. You can't really say it out loud. Like is a nicely descriptive verb; 'plus one' is a phrase you see on a formal event invitation.

That's exactly what I thought, a "Facebook Like" ripoff with a nerdy name.

Google slapping social features on search is eerily similar to Microsoft adding internet capabilities to its desktop applications. Neither of them got it right the first time.

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Post by Groxx »

giberson wrote: post #14

I really surprised at Google by this implementation--it seems like they didn't really think it through. When I'm searching for something, my behavior is usually: Google search term Open the top couple results in a new tab Check each tab, to see if they contain the information I was looking for If tab is not useful, or more information is required, check next tab. If information is satisfied, close window (all tabs, i…

Expect a Chrome extension in the near future, among others. If they don't do it soon, someone else will. That way it's just a button press while you're on the page. Should be pretty easily doable by tracking google->internet links and storing them temporarily so you can +1 them after the fact.

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Post by cellis »

farlington wrote: post #32
bad_user wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The problem with browser extensions is one of distribution -- how many people are going to install it?

They could just build it into Chrome. Problem solved.

You know, this reminds me that a good portion of the general populace has 1-2 inches of their screen taken up by browser toolbars with lots of icons and bookmarks. I have 8 buttons in chrome (min,max,close,back,fwd,refresh/abort,wrench and star), but they might have 80. What's another shiny +1 button?

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Post by fullphaser »

ElbertF wrote: post #69
measure2xcut1x wrote: post #27

I don't see my wife creating a google account so she can click +1 on a web page when there will be a facebook like button right next to the +1 button. Why would she? Her friends are on facebook.

Her friends don't use Google?

Perhaps they do use google, but I suspect the number of people who actually use google as opposed to the number of people who have a google account is quite the gap. This is mostly because you simply don't need a google account to actually use google, while with facebook lacking an account essentially makes the site pointless.

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Post by mcobrien »

giberson wrote: post #14

I really surprised at Google by this implementation--it seems like they didn't really think it through. When I'm searching for something, my behavior is usually: Google search term Open the top couple results in a new tab Check each tab, to see if they contain the information I was looking for If tab is not useful, or more information is required, check next tab. If information is satisfied, close window (all tabs, i…

That's how you (and I) use search, but a huge number of people search for the same things every day. We use the location bar or bookmarks, but a lot of people just google, then click the first link.

These people see the same results again and again, and they only have to click +1 once.

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