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Trade of Google+1 "Likes" as a Business

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ruining-it-for-everyone dept.

siliconbits writes "Selling Google+1 "likes" is gradually becoming a rather lucrative business, helped by cheap labour and ever-falling internet access worldwide; the trend is not unlike what we saw previously with Twitter & Digg during the days except that this has a more widespread implication for SEO and could turn the nascent social networking service into a massive headache for Google as many try to game the system. Google+1 selling sites like Googleplus1supply, buygoogleplus1 or Blackcatseo have cropped up during the last few months — amongst so many other websites — with the sole aim of selling Google+1 "likes" to publishers and businesses."

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  1. Not really a problem.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    The only thing that Google+ is saying about their +1 affecting search ranking is that it will only increase the ranking of sites that people in your circles have +1'd.. so unless you plan on following a bunch of spam bots on Google+ I really don't see how this is an issue..

    "+1 helps people discover relevant content—a website, a Google search result, or an ad—from the people they already know and trust"
    http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=1140194

    1. Re:Not really a problem.. by MozeeToby · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Someone mod this up for God's sake. It shows that Google not only realized the potential for the problem but even addressed it before the beta began. Not to mention it shows exactly how Google intends to monetize Google+, by personalizing search results based on what a self-selected group of people similar to you enjoy.