How to add the Google+1 button to your page
The new kid on the social media block, Google+ allows you to add the +1 button to your website, Google’s version of the ‘Like’ button from Facebook. This tutorial will show you how to add the +1 button in a couple of easy steps.
If you are a Blogger, the +1 button will be extremely important as the Google+ community grows. Since the Panda update Social Media is now being taken into account in the Search Engine Results and if you get enough +1′s (and Facebook Likes and Retweets) you should see better organic listings for your page.
How to implement the Google +1 button on your page in 2 steps:
First we need to add the following code, just before your </body> tag.
<!-- Place this tag in your head or just before your close body tag --> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"></script>
Next, simply paste the following code where you want the button to appear:
<!-- Place this tag where you want the +1 button to render --> <g:plusone></g:plusone>
That’s it ! Painless.
You can use this code in your WordPress post template pages if you want to carry it across all posts you make.
If you want to customise your button visit the Google Webmaster page here:
http://www.google.com/webmasters/+1/button/index.html
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