Google +1 is similar to the Facebook like button, it allows you to \u201c+1\u201d a site you like or would like to recommend and then friends\/contacts on your Google account will see that you have +1’d it.<\/p>\n
It looks like this : What makes it slightly more useful than the Facebook like button is the +1 also shows up on search results when searching on Google. For example if a friend has +1\u2019d play.com’s DVD section, when searching for \u201cBuy DVDs\u201d you would see that this friend had +1\u2019d against play.com on the search results. You are therefore more likely to visit the site based on this friends recommendation. The main benefit to this feature is it quickly allows you to see recommend sites without actually having to visit the site.<\/p>\n It seems Google +1 is only a small part of this new project, the whole project is simply named \u201cGoogle +\u201d which is set to be a new social networking platform which will turn their search engine into a massive social network.<\/p>\n Similar to Facebook you have friends and contacts however you can group theses people into Circles so you only share details with certain groups. This could be useful if you were friends with your boss online – you could place them in a separate group to your close friends to avoid your boss seeing pictures of you passed out with kebab down your shirt…or worse!<\/p>\n Another feature of Google + is Hangouts, this looks to challenge Facebook\/Skype video chat, offering a flexible online video meeting area. Whether it’s a social gathering of used for business you can have up to 10 people at once on the video chat. We’ve added Google’s promotional video below for a taster and I’m sure they’ll have more information on this very soon.<\/p>\nThere\u2019s more\u2026<\/h2>\n