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Re:Ask HN: Is Google's +1 button one of the signal for Googl... by blackboxxx on Thursday July 28, 2011 @10:46AM (#2816986)
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.

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Re:Ask HN: Is Google's +1 button one of the signal for Googl... by tnorthcutt on Thursday July 28, 2011 @04:10PM (#2818699)
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.
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Re:Ask HN: Is Google's +1 button one of the signal for Googl... by blackboxxx on Thursday July 28, 2011 @10:05PM (#2819859)
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 :)

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Re:Ask HN: Is Google's +1 button one of the signal for Googl... by sunspeck on Thursday July 28, 2011 @03:46PM (#2818588)
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.”

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Re:Ask HN: Is Google's +1 button one of the signal for Googl... by p3rs3us on Friday July 29, 2011 @08:20AM (#2821369)
Isn't it considered to be a signal which might help personalizing instead of influencing the entire general search criteria?
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