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I have a Google+ account and the "g+1" button on my toolbar.
For most web pages the button is enabled and I can, should I so wish, show my "love" for the page by clicking it.
However, there are some pages where the "g+1" button is disabled.
Is this something Google decides or is there a code web developers can include on their pages that disables the button?
A standard, simple hyperlink way of +1ing something (and sharing to Google+) is now making the rounds on blogs (couldn't find an official source, so it may still be undocumented):
https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/confirm?hl=en&url=%URL
Replace %URL with the URL. This is what shows up in the Google+ stream:
According to this WIRED article, +1 Google is investigating wether to consider it as a signal in future updates of the search engine.
Google confirmed its plans in an e-mail to Wired.com.
“Google will study the clicks on +1 buttons as a signal that influences the ranking and appearance of websites in search results,” a spokesman wrote. “The purpose of any ranking signal is to improve overall search quality. For +1’s and other social ranking signals, as with any new ranking signal, we’ll be starting carefully and learning how those signals are related to quality.”
So, for now at list, the pages you are +1-ing will not change ranking.
Best Answer
The Google +1 Button extension disables itself on HTTPS sites that have query params (
?foo=bar).The reason is because some sites grant access to private data based on tokens in the URL and Google doesn't want users to publish those tokens publically.