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Google removes plus one button from organic search

25 points by flavio87 14y ago

austenallred 14y ago
Praise the Lord!
seanp2k2 14y ago
Wow. Maybe they're actually realizing that people lately don't care about +1 (because it was both ambitious and horribly implemented in G+.)
pherk 14y ago
At last some sanity sets in. That button really made no sense at all. In a typical scenario, I will decide whether I like or not only after visiting the page. And to visit the page, I have to leave the Google search results page.
- noblethrasher 14y ago
  Lots of people use Google as the gateway to their favorite sites.
  - mattypants 14y ago
    Fair point. I still find it awkward and counterintuitive for most people as a pre-clickthrough button though.
  - deleted 14y ago
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- mattypants 14y ago
  Exactly. The G+ count would have been more useful than a G+ button useful only to psychics.
unreal37 14y ago
There is now a link that says "Share" next to my search results, so I can still post things to my G+ wall. Is that a lot different than +1?
- jameszol 14y ago
  Yes, you can +1 a link without sharing it, similar to clicking 'like' for Facebook. Your +1s are minimally visible or only visible to you, just like a Facebook 'like' is minimally visible in a timeline. Sharing on Google+ creates a more prominent but soft broadcast/recommendation/endorsement to the public or to your friends (via circles). Out of curiosity, I tried two scenarios: +1 button on a website/link = I shared with a circle and it counted as a +1 automatically. This is NOT what Google is doing when you share a search result, so you are not +1'ing that shared-from-the-search-results url. Sharing a link directly through the Google+ UI at plus.google.com = NOT automatically +1'd. This is what Google is doing with the 'share' link in search results. Sharing a search result does not +1 it while it does broadcast it to the circles you choose.
sixothree 14y ago
Somehow I lost the ability to remove sites completely from my searches. Now that would be useful.
- jmillikin 14y ago
  Click the result, then click back to the search results. You can also manage sites manually from the settings. flower in the top right -> search settings -> block unwanted sites

25 points by flavio87 14y ago

Praise the Lord!

Wow. Maybe they're actually realizing that people lately don't care about +1 (because it was both ambitious and horribly implemented in G+.)

pherk 14y ago

At last some sanity sets in. That button really made no sense at all. In a typical scenario, I will decide whether I like or not only after visiting the page. And to visit the page, I have to leave the Google search results page.

noblethrasher 14y ago
Lots of people use Google as the gateway to their favorite sites.
- mattypants 14y ago
  Fair point. I still find it awkward and counterintuitive for most people as a pre-clickthrough button though.
- deleted 14y ago
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mattypants 14y ago
Exactly. The G+ count would have been more useful than a G+ button useful only to psychics.

unreal37 14y ago

There is now a link that says "Share" next to my search results, so I can still post things to my G+ wall. Is that a lot different than +1?

jameszol 14y ago
Yes, you can +1 a link without sharing it, similar to clicking 'like' for Facebook. Your +1s are minimally visible or only visible to you, just like a Facebook 'like' is minimally visible in a timeline. Sharing on Google+ creates a more prominent but soft broadcast/recommendation/endorsement to the public or to your friends (via circles). Out of curiosity, I tried two scenarios: +1 button on a website/link = I shared with a circle and it counted as a +1 automatically. This is NOT what Google is doing when you share a search result, so you are not +1'ing that shared-from-the-search-results url. Sharing a link directly through the Google+ UI at plus.google.com = NOT automatically +1'd. This is what Google is doing with the 'share' link in search results. Sharing a search result does not +1 it while it does broadcast it to the circles you choose.

sixothree 14y ago

Somehow I lost the ability to remove sites completely from my searches. Now that would be useful.

jmillikin 14y ago
Click the result, then click back to the search results. You can also manage sites manually from the settings. flower in the top right -> search settings -> block unwanted sites