3 ms·Seems to me ripe for abuse and also ripe for stories of collateral damage.by kiba 15y agoSeems to me ripe for abuse and also ripe for stories of collateral damage.ry0ohki 15y agoWhy would it be any more abused then the Facebook Like button?vizzah 15y agoBecause, potentially, it can be used by Google to increase site rankings.getsat 15y agoI'll buy 10,000 GMail accounts and write a Ruby library to do this if likes can influence non-friends' SERPs. Being #1 = $$$ry0ohki 15y agoGoogle already uses signals from the Facebook Like button and Twitter tweets to increase site rankings, give them a little more credit!