Google Pushing Button Via AdSense?

[Chris.C]

I have just done a bit of a write up about Google pushing their +1 button via AdSense.

http://www.internetmarketingstrategies.com.au/638-new-button

Did anyone else get this message via their AdSense accounts today and what was your thoughts on how they went about it?

Does the cross promotion of products bother you?

 

[payattention]

I felt duped as I still use the old interface. I changed to the new one (had to in order to read the message) and it's not an important message at all; just self promotion!

 

[Chris.C]

I felt duped as I still use the old interface. I changed to the new one (had to in order to read the message) and it's not an important message at all; just self promotion!

Yeah but it's not often that you will see Google opt for self promotion and leverage other products to promote new ones.

It seems they are pushing this a lot harder than wave or buzz. They really want this feature to gain traction.

 

[James]

Google reps at work pretty much said they want to get this out onto as many website as possible.

I think +1's will be great...when the general public picks them up...

 

[Chris.C]

I think +1's will be great...when the general public picks them up...

You make it sound like the general public "will" start using it... what makes you so sure it will catch on?

EDIT: Just for fun I had a look at the top 10 sites that rank for SEO in Australia and of them none of them had the +1 button on their homepage. On their blogs (the majority of SEO companies have blogs) only one had the +1 button installed, but most had the facebook like feature and even a few had a twitter sharing button.

In short - adoption of the +1 button has been very slow, and if the best in the business aren't using it yet, your average webmaster, let alone the general public won't be using it any time soon.

 

[payattention]

I tried +1 on a site that gets a lot of Likes.. I didn't get a single +1. My thinking is that just about everyone has a Facebook account and is always logged in.. not many people have a Google account in comparison.

 

[smee]

+1 sucks - too much info on the +1 user is published/retained.

 

[James]

You make it sound like the general public "will" start using it... what makes you so sure it will catch on?

EDIT: Just for fun I had a look at the top 10 sites that rank for SEO in Australia and of them none of them had the +1 button on their homepage. On their blogs (the majority of SEO companies have blogs) only one had the +1 button installed, but most had the facebook like feature and even a few had a twitter sharing button.

In short - adoption of the +1 button has been very slow, and if the best in the business aren't using it yet, your average webmaster, let alone the general public won't be using it any time soon.

The top australian seo companies live in the past, to them spamming 100s of client site footers with links is a strategy that still works. I agree +1 is having a slow up take but google has what 1 billion unique visitors a month they can push it how they like.

Start looking at what us companies are doing like huff post and mashable..

Regards

 

[paz]

Google reps at work pretty much said they want to get this out onto as many website as possible.

What a scoop...

In other news Bing is hoping to get as many searchers using their engine as possible.

Just playing!

 

[smee]

Google +1 is not about relevance, it's about popularity.

How long before a website sells +1's?

 

[Chris.C]

How long before a website sells +1's?

LOL as long as it takes for websites to actually start getting clicks on their button.

At this stage you only need one click in most niches to differentiate yourself from your competitors.



Ordering for your button to be clicked would take longer than just clicking it yourself.

 

[James]

What a scoop...

In other news Bing is hoping to get as many searchers using their engine as possible.

Just playing!

Yeah Google employees don't give out much at all, only point I am making is they want to push it to as many sites as possible to counter FB shares/likes..

 

[Shane]

I've put it on a few of my pages, and clicked on the button myself of course.

I really can't see this taking off. Why click on the +1 button when you get nothing in return? I understand Facebook like buttons because you actually want it to show on your Facebook profile, but +1 I just don't get...

Doesn't mean I won't try it though.

 

[jam]

I really can't see this taking off. Why click on the +1 button when you get nothing in return? I understand Facebook like buttons because you actually want it to show on your Facebook profile, but +1 I just don't get...

It will integrate with Google+ for sure you would think. Will be interesting to see once it goes public and how the +1 button fits in with it.

 

[Timmy]

It's because people are sick of the search results being full of shitty spammy minisites hahaha

 

[Shane]

I noticed this morning that one of my favourite websites (autosport.com) has now implemented the +1 button.

There's a new story from last night that has the following stats:

4 Linkedin shares
5 Google +1s
68 Tweets
77 Facebook likes

Twitter and Facebook are predictably way ahead, but it's interesting to see that 5 people have already hit the +1 button within a few hours of publication, and more people have hit the +1 button that the Linkedin share button.

Most of the recent stories have at least a few +1s, so people are definitely using it, albeit in limited numbers at this early stage.

 

[Chris.C]

Most of the recent stories have at least a few +1s, so people are definitely using it, albeit in limited numbers at this early stage.

My take on the button is that, I won't have to be clicked more than the liked button, it will just have to be clicked enough that Google can reliably differentiate between good and bad content.

 

[Link]

We had +1 on one of our sites, but took it down after a few weeks. Until there is some more traction with the +1 button, we'd rather not clutter the social media options. We're happy at the moment if the Facebook 'like' is the opt-in social media option for our site visitors.

It will integrate with Google+ for sure you would think. Will be interesting to see once it goes public and how the +1 button fits in with it.

But I think Jam is right - the +1 will take on new meaning and influence once Google+ is launched. I watched some demos of it and it looks like Google might have a decent offering this time. But making any indents in the FB market share isn't going to be easy.

Interesting times ahead!