NEW GOOGLE FEATURE: The +1 Button

As you are probably very aware of when your searching for something it can be really annoying sifting through say the first 5 or more results that pop up on the front page. But what if your most relevant result was on the 10th page?

Most people will tend to go through the first 2 or 3 pages maximum before they think of other search options. That's where Google's new +1 button comes in.

You know the 'Like' button you get on Facebook? Its very similar to that. For every search you do results will come up as normal but with the +1 button at the side of it. The idea is if you find that result useful and relevant you just click the +1 button and this will count as a vote for that resource. This is the same logic for any side ads that appear on Google's main page.

Your vote can be shared with others or you can just set your preferences as private. The more votes the result gets the better the chance it gets on moving up on the results search.

Result Example of the +1 button

This way its not about how fast a site is able to get the content indexed in Google and going off traffic etc. Its all about what you the viewer wants to see and you are the one in control to help contribute where this result should appear making it fair to all websites.

At the moment its just an experiment and Google will be phasing this into their system worldwide a bit at a time starting with the Google.com English search.

Its an opt in service so you don't have to take part but if you want to join in as well as providing feedback to Google you need to have a Google account. If you don't have one you can sign up here. Then you will have to turn on the feature found in Google's experiment settings which you can access from here. If you change your mind you can come back to this page and 'Leave' the experiment also.