Google +1 Button is currently available just for Giant Squids.You can read the official announcement about this new feature and testing on Squidoo HQ Blog.
How Can This Improve My Lenses?
If you +1 a lens it will be recommended to your community and friends. So if your friends search for a specific keyword related to your lens, your lens will appear higher in search results and Google will show your recommendations to your friends and your network. This can help you to increase your traffic and gain some quality readers that are interested in the topics you're covering. People will more likely to check out something that someone has recommended to them.
What Google says
Here’s what Google has said about their goals and how this might positively affect SEO:
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.
Example
You’ll see the +1 button on Giant Squid lenses, next to the existing Facebook and Twitter social sharing buttons. New button looks like this:
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The Google +1 button on a Giant Squid's lens |
What do you think about this new feature? Do you think this new button will help to grow your traffic and rankings? Share your thoughts in comments.
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