How to Add Google +1 to your WordPress Blog

If you hadn’t heard yet (living under a rock?), Google +1 (plus one) launched. Now that all the fanfare and buzz is subsiding (was there much?), what’s a WordPress blogger to do other than jump on the bandwagon.

In defense of +1, I like it. It is a great way to passively add your stamp of approval to content and sites you come across around the web. But remember, that means it is extending your footprint, so this is not for the shy or privacy-at-heart types. And, it’s interesting to see what your friends plus one.

Read more about plus one here:

Google’s Plus 1 Program May Alter Paid Search Landscape

Social Search – How it Will Change the Landscape of your Decisions

http://searchengineland.com/its-here-google-1-buttons-for-websites-79394

And, when you are ready to add it to your WordPress blog (it should be somewhere below this post), just do a plug-in search for “plus one” and you’ll find dozens to chose from.


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