Whats happaning with Plus1's
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What do we know about googles +1's, are they used as a signal? i noticed that they have some reports on them in google web master tools.
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there are some rumors they gonna effect the QS in adwords also.
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At the very least, they are used as a signal in the same way facebook activity is used. Based on comments made by Google previously, I believe it will be a very strong signal in the future. Later this year Google Plus will be fully implemented and together with +1, Google will have a ton of new data to play with.
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