Google's +1 Button Goes Global

Google’s +1 Button Goes Global

Jun 27, 2011 at 5:36pm ET by Matt McGee

plus-1-image Google’s +1 button is rolling out internationally.

The company has announced that 1 buttons will start showing on a few select Google search engines at first:

Google.co.uk
Google.de
Google.jp
Google.fr

The +1 button will be “expanding quickly to most other Google search sites” in the near future.

Up until now, the +1 button has only been seen on Google.com’s English-language search results.

Related Topics: Google: +1 | Top News

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https://serps.com Scott

Any news on if they have fixed some of the loading time issues? It’s just maddening how long that little widget can slow down page loads.
http://www.redmudmedia.com Ralph

@Scott Good question, I was just wondering that myself as we wanted to add it to a client site, but saw this article by @aaronpeters
http://www.aaronpeters.nl/blog/google-plus1-button-performance-review
Aaron McNeil

Boy, Canada never gets in on the goodies : / Tis a shame!
http://www.webroads.net W.R.

Can’t wait to see it in action…
http://seo-websiteoptimization.blogspot.com Divy

Hi,

One of my client has added it too, but i found it pretty good… i hope it works well in a long run..
T.P.G.

The thing is that if Google pushes people into using +1 by integrating with its search, then it runs the risk of further lowering the relevance of its search results…
http://www.valexdesign.com Val Pereyaslavets

As promised +1 is not going to affect search result. I see it more like voting for your webpages.