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by pherk 5070 days ago
At last some sanity sets in. That button really made no sense at all. In a typical scenario, I will decide whether I like or not only after visiting the page. And to visit the page, I have to leave the Google search results page.
2 comments

Lots of people use Google as the gateway to their favorite sites.
Fair point.

I still find it awkward and counterintuitive for most people as a pre-clickthrough button though.

Exactly. The G+ count would have been more useful than a G+ button useful only to psychics.