Google has just rolled out new feature known as +1 (it reads as plus one). This new social feature allows users to share and recommend websites with their friends. This new social feature is rumored to be Google’s version of the Facebook Like button.

Google Plus One

Google Plus One


The Plus One looks like a small box with numerical symbol and displays next to each search result. To use this feature, a user must login and share their recommendations with contacts through their Gmail address book, Google Reader and Google Buzz contacts.

This new social feature is currently on an experimental stage and only accessible to 2% of Google’s English-language users in the United States.

The +1 (Plus One) feature is not only limited to Google search results, but will also be available on advertisements too. Google believes that advertisers will like its plus one service and advertisements will be getting the plus one button.

Google is also looking to broaden this new social service to news publishers so that they can add Plus One on the news articles.