There have been a lot of mixed responses from the time Google Plus One button was introduced, though they are still in its initial stage. But this cute little button could be thought provoking in terms of their great impact on SEO.
Google +1 impact on SEO |
- Get your website indexed more quickly
To get your site indexed on google by linking from another website, would take weeks or nearly a month. But if the same is done by a way of sharing it through Google +1, your site would get indexed in a couple of hours.
Of course, users need to have a public profile and be signed in Google, when they share content with the plus one button. The same applies if you would like to view the +1 on SERP.
- Better Rankings on SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
Google +1 button is a great snippet that helps your site to get organic links. The annotations listed in a more personalized manner with search history, would encourage users to check your site again. Besides when a content is shared via the +1 button, it easily helps to build links that are crawled by search engines.
- Impact through your circle of Google+ Friends
Example of Annotations on SERP |
Google plus one is in its infant stage and they have more to offer in the coming days. If all works well, it would be one of the very best webmaster tools that Google has offered so far. Once the business pages goes live, we could expect more features. But until then, let this be a learning period getting acquainted with social search and how they would improve your rankings.