Add Google "Plus One" Button on Blogger

Google has released an alternative to the Facebook and Twitter Sharing buttons named +1.If you like something that you find on the web, you can hit the +1 button, and your +1's will help friends, contacts, and others on the web find the best stuff when they search. This tutorial will guide you on adding the same to your Blogger Blog.










 1. If you are already using the official Blogger Sharing buttons, you should  already be seeing the +1 buttons on your blog. If it is not, then  go to that tutorial, and you will get the answer to how you can fix it.


2. No I don’t want to add those Blogger Sharing buttons, but would love to add the +1 button somehow. If that’s the case, then read on..


3. Go to Blogger Dashboard > Design > Edit HTML and click on the button which says “Expand widget Templates”. Look for and immediately above that paste
 

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js">
{lang: 'en-US'}
</script>
 

4. Now look for and immediately below that paste

 &lt;div&gt;

&lt;g:plusone size=&quot;standard&quot; expr:href=&quot;data:post.url&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/div&gt; 

5. Save the template, and you should see the Google  +1 buttons on your blogger blog.



For webmasters, Google has added a link where you can directly go and grab the button in couple of seconds.
The reason why we mentioned the above code is for English version is, +1 button is available is 44 different languages. To get the particular language based +1 button Google has added small additional code to script like below,
For non-webmasters, Google started rolling out +1 button for English-language searches on Google.com. If you want to +1 search results and search ads earlier, you can opt in through Google’s experimental search site. To see recommendations from your friends and contacts in Google search, make sure you’re signed into your Google Account.
Google has added +1 button mainly to share the content you read will be suggested to your friend who is connected through Google Account. +1 is as simple on the rest of the web as it is on Google search.
With a single click you can recommend that anything you found interesting to friends, contacts and the rest of the world. The next time your connections search, they could see your +1’s directly in their search results, helping them find your recommendations when they’re most useful.
Ok! That’s it. You have a +1 button with you now. Help Google is social space as they have already failed with Orkut and Google Buzz!