::::Google+ Launches Share Button, Ignores That Few Users = No Referral Traffic = No Installs::::

<div class=&quot;custm_img_blk&quot;><img src=&quot;http://www.techgig.com/files/photo_1335320691_temp.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /></div><p style=&quot;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px&quot;>Blogs and content sites are only willing to give up valuable real estate and clutter themselves with social sharing buttons if they get ample referral traffic in return. That&rsquo;s the big problem with the<span style=&quot;outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial&quot;>Google+ Share button that launched today</span>with no launch partners or live examples of it in use. The embeddable button for posting webpages to the Google+ news feed with an optional comment is going to struggle for installs unless Google can prove it drives page views.</p><p style=&quot;margin-top: 12.5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px&quot;>After flops like the Google Buzz and +1 buttons, and plenty of competition, it&rsquo;s going to be a tough sell. In the end, it could backfire, sidestepping the<span style=&quot;outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial&quot;>bullshit registered user counts Google cites as awesome growth</span>&nbsp;and exposing the social network as a place few people spend time. And it&rsquo;s all kind of sad because the G+ Share button could be the answer to the Google+ content drought.</p><p style=&quot;margin-top: 12.5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px&quot;>The G+ Share button and +1 button are almost identical so lets clear up how they work. One-click the +1 button and a public recommendation for the page shows up in search results for it, and it appears in the +1s section of your G+ profile. Add a comment or click Share and select an audience when you +1 something and a full story will appear in the G+ news feeds of those you shared to who&rsquo;ve circled you as well.</p><p style=&quot;margin-top: 12.5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px&quot;>Meanwhile, the Share button isn&rsquo;t public by default. It requires an initial click to bring up the share prompt and comment box, and a second click to share that Page to the G+ feed. So really, the +1 button is more versatile and powerful, but also public and I bet lots of people one-clicked it thinking they were sharing to their feed as if they clicked a Like button.&nbsp;</p>

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