+1 button in Google Sites
September 15th, 2011 | Published in Google Docs, Uncategorized | 1 Comment
We have been thrilled with the response to the launch of the +1 button on websites all across the web, but we also heard that you’d like a simple way to add the +1 button to your own Google Sites. Adding the +1 button to your site will allow your visitors to recommend it to their friends and contacts, which helps more people discover it via their personalized search results.
Starting today, you can add the +1 button to any individual page by choosing +1 Button from the Insert menu, or you can add it to your site’s sidebar and have it appear on every page instantly by editing your Site Layout under Manage Site.
Try it out and let us know what you think in the forum.
Starting today, you can add the +1 button to any individual page by choosing +1 Button from the Insert menu, or you can add it to your site’s sidebar and have it appear on every page instantly by editing your Site Layout under Manage Site.
Try it out and let us know what you think in the forum.
September 23rd, 2011 at 12:39 am (#)
This is nice, but it’s missing some key features. First, when users click this +1 button, they are not able to share to their stream and specify the circles they’d like to share with (as they can with other implementations of the +1 button). The snippet from Google Site is just posted to their Google+ profile. Also, the snippet is a mess. You cannot customize it as you can with other implementations. These two features are quite necessary, IMO. Is there a plan to enrich the implementation of +1 buttons on GSites?