Google Launches +1 button & Twitter Launches The Follow Button for Websites!

Twitter and Google have each launched, respectively, a Follow and +1 button for use on your website. Increase your online reach and opportunities among potential residents! Your status and availability will increase when visitors to your site can in one-click Follow you on Twitter or in one-click +1 you to their Google friends. Visitors who follow your business via social media are more likely to interact with your business, recommend you in their networks, retweet/repost your information.

Twitter's Follow
Twitter launched the Follow button for use on websites May 31, 2011. This Follow button allows all visitors of your site to click their mouse once and begin following your business on Twitter. You can customize the button with a background color, your follower count, and language choice.

Read more here.

Google's +1

Google launched the +1 button for websites on June 1, 2011. The +1 button serves as a tour guide in Google search results. Internet users logged in to their Goggle accounts are now able to recommend websites by clicking the +1 button instead of copying the link to share in an email, on Facebook, Twitter, a blog, or use on other sites. By simply clicking the +1 button users visiting your site will recommend you to their friends, networks, and the world. A user's +1 will show on your website and next to your website in any Google search or on Search Ads.

Read more here or watch the video below for a quick overview.

Let us know how these buttons affect your websites!