Google +1 Is A Great Way To Get More Traffic

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Google +1 is one of the coolest new things out there when it comes to integrating social media into the search results. Well maybe you have never even heard of Google +1 so let me tell you a little bit about it. Basically over the last few years Facebook has begun to take over the world, I am only half kidding here. Social media has a draw to it that is not in other types of internet media. It causes us to want to be on it all day long. People are addicted to social media and Google and other internet media companies have felt the hit. So how can they fix the problem?

One of their strategies is a thing called "Google +1". Basically this is a little button that is placed on search results or a website. When people push the button it increments by one. In the background though it does some amazing things for you. It lets your friends and family know that this is a site that you think they should check out. Google in their advertising compares it to your Mom leaving you a note on the fridge or a friend giving you a recommendation about a great cookie recipe.

Google +1's are not emailed to your friends and family, nor are they posted as "status updates". Instead when your friends and family are searching for things they will see a little icon underneath certain sites with your name recommending it. Google knows who you are when you make a search only if you are signed in to your Google Account.

So what if you site is searched by someone who is not a friend of a person who has +1'ed you. Well then the user will see the icon and the number of +1's your site has received. This will become a way for people to know how well a site has been liked by people that came before you. It is a ranking system very similar to the "Like" button on Facebook which has become so wildly popular.

If you are trying to create a real web presence you will need to get the little snippet of Google +1 code and put it on your website. If you are using Wordpress it is as easy as opening a text widget and putting this code inside the widget. If you have a regular HTML site you just need to put the code inside the body tags on your site, or have your webmaster do it for you. All in all this is a great little addition to the Google world and will help lots of people get more traffic to their sites.

About the Author:
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