Google tries social ... again

I saw this article at Techcrunch about Google +1, their latest effort into social media. This one seems like it may take off - or at least have a better uptake than Buzz, or that other one ... Wave was it?

Imagine the Facebook like button, but next to individual search results in Google ... you can then +1 the link which I am guessing would be considered a vote?!

PROS
- I sounds freakin awesome
- Similar to how you 'like' stuff on Facebook, you can share your +1's to your social networks so its an easy way to promote stuff you like ... like totally!!

CONS
- Will Google's world famous you-beaut freakin awesome search algorithm and the almost-always accurate results be changed by this 'vote'? Is it a vote?!
- Will the most popular sites just end up being the ones that already have heaps of traffic, leaving the smaller and generally more helpful websites pushed further down in listings?

Here's another article (and a video) so you can decide for yourself:

http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/30/google-plus-one/

http://www.google.com/+1/button/



Sign up in the experimental area here:

http://www.google.com/experimental/