Google’s +1 Button Now Works With Google +, Go Figure!
Google has announced that the Google +1 button now works with Google’s social network, Google +. +1 Button Sharing on Google + Now when you click a +1 button on a publisher web site, such as this one, you will be able to share that article directly with your Google + circles. All you do […]
Google has announced that the Google +1 button now works with Google’s social network, Google +.
+1 Button Sharing on Google +
Now when you click a +1 button on a publisher web site, such as this one, you will be able to share that article directly with your Google + circles. All you do is click the +1 button, then in the text box area you comment, choose a circle and then click on the share button.
Here is a picture of me sharing a story on this site:
Then if I go to my Google + profile you will see what I shared:
This is being rolled out now and should be available to everyone within days.
Google + Snippets
Google also added + Snippets as part of their rich snippets markup. This allows publishers to define what is shared by the Google + user, such as the image, URL, description and so on.
Here is some sample code on how it works:
<body itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article">
<h1 itemprop="name">This is the article name</h1>
<img itemprop="image" src="thumbnail.jpg" />
<p itemprop="description">This is the description of the article.</p>
</body>
Here is a video on these additions:
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