Latest IT News » Internet News » Google launches competitor to Facebook’s “Like” button

Google launches competitor to Facebook’s “Like” button

Google Plus One is now available also for external sites (Image: Google).

Google’s “+1″ button is now available for Web sites and are no longer confined to search results on its own site. The report TechCrunch and Search Engine Land unanimously.

“+1″ Provides users with a Google account, the ability to keep their eye on popular search results. Each such excellent result is shown in a list in the user’s account. Google can vote better on the other side with the knowledge of most popular sites on the users of its advertising program. In addition, it uses “+1″ to assess the quality of the displayed results better.

So far it is still unclear what exactly happens when a user clicks on the “+1″ button to a site that does not belong to Google. When “Like” button of your competitors can see all the Facebook friends of the user the relevant link. He also appears in certain search queries at Microsoft’s search engine Bing. Google, however, has no similar integration with Facebook. Details on how users should be aware of the “+1″ preferences of their friends, has not yet been named Google.

As a competitor to the Facebook’s “Like” button intended function was started in March. With “+1″ could be logged Google users indicate that they like a very good result.

Google has to make good on the field of social networks floor. Bing competitor can search public Facebook has long been content. Recommendations from users, among other things help in the fight against search engine spam. Those who need only click on the recommendations of friends, is better protected against spam. Spam sites tend to offer content that is not useful, so they could hardly get a recommendation by “+1″ or “Like”.

Gallery The privacy risks in social networks »Picture Gallery …

The latest news from "Internet News"

Chitika: Nearly 95 percent of the traffic going from Tablet of iPads

Chitika: Nearly 95 percent of the traffic going from Tablet of iPads

Google Plus One is now available also for external sites (Image: Google). Google’s “+1″ button is now available for Web sites and are no longer confined to search results on its own site. The report TechCrunch and Search Engine Land unanimously. “+1″ Provides users with a Google account, the ability to keep their eye on [...]

Twitter mobile website optimized for feature phones

Twitter mobile website optimized for feature phones

Google Plus One is now available also for external sites (Image: Google). Google’s “+1″ button is now available for Web sites and are no longer confined to search results on its own site. The report TechCrunch and Search Engine Land unanimously. “+1″ Provides users with a Google account, the ability to keep their eye on [...]

U.S. government announces veto CISPA

U.S. government announces veto CISPA

Google Plus One is now available also for external sites (Image: Google). Google’s “+1″ button is now available for Web sites and are no longer confined to search results on its own site. The report TechCrunch and Search Engine Land unanimously. “+1″ Provides users with a Google account, the ability to keep their eye on [...]

Twitter teaches Big Data at the American University of Berkeley

Twitter teaches Big Data at the American University of Berkeley

Google Plus One is now available also for external sites (Image: Google). Google’s “+1″ button is now available for Web sites and are no longer confined to search results on its own site. The report TechCrunch and Search Engine Land unanimously. “+1″ Provides users with a Google account, the ability to keep their eye on [...]

Report: Google threatens million fine for safari tracking

Report: Google threatens million fine for safari tracking

Google Plus One is now available also for external sites (Image: Google). Google’s “+1″ button is now available for Web sites and are no longer confined to search results on its own site. The report TechCrunch and Search Engine Land unanimously. “+1″ Provides users with a Google account, the ability to keep their eye on [...]

Commissioner compares with Google “Orwellian surveillance apparatus”

Commissioner compares with Google “Orwellian surveillance apparatus”

Google Plus One is now available also for external sites (Image: Google). Google’s “+1″ button is now available for Web sites and are no longer confined to search results on its own site. The report TechCrunch and Search Engine Land unanimously. “+1″ Provides users with a Google account, the ability to keep their eye on [...]

Google Docs launches 450 new fonts and 60 templates

Google Docs launches 450 new fonts and 60 templates

Google Plus One is now available also for external sites (Image: Google). Google’s “+1″ button is now available for Web sites and are no longer confined to search results on its own site. The report TechCrunch and Search Engine Land unanimously. “+1″ Provides users with a Google account, the ability to keep their eye on [...]