Google +1 Counts Appearing in Search Results

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Google +1 Counts Appearing in Search Results
by Danny Goodwin, Search Engine Watch
June 22, 2011

In what seems to be an attempt to further push its new Google +1 button, Google is beginning to show the number of +1's sites have received in the search results, whether or not you're logged in to a Google account and regardless of which browser you use.

Earlier this afternoon on a search for Google Maps, for the first time I noticed a new (and previously announced) addition to Google's search results, an annotation indicating "X people +1'd this." In this case, 1,708 people have +1'd Google Maps.

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