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Ask HN: Is Google's +1 button one of the signal for Google Search?

6 points by p3rs3us ↗ HN
Hi, I wanted to know if Google's +1 button is really effecting website's ranking on Google Search. And if it effects, how much it really counts? Thanks

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blackboxxx
I'm a professional SEO but I haven't done a lot of testing with +1. I may never. I think it's tacky and easily gamed.

That said, it's my understanding +1 is not a signal yet, but will be (albeit of little weight). Not worth worrying about.

tnorthcutt
I must be missing something. You're a professional SEO, you believe that at some point in the future Google will in some way factor +1 button activity into the search results, and yet you think it's not worth worrying about? How... odd.
blackboxxx
Go ahead. Put that stupid +1 button on your website. Tell your mother and all your friends to click on it.

I hope you're my competition :)

sunspeck
Yes, it will be.

http://searchengineland.com/googles-matt-cutts-live-webchat-...

Cutts confirmed what Google said when the +1 button launched: Google will use +1 activity to influence its search results.

“It’s definitely a signal we’re paying a lot of attention to,” Cutts said. “It has tons of potential. It looks very promising.”

p3rs3us
Isn't it considered to be a signal which might help personalizing instead of influencing the entire general search criteria?