The proclaimed nemesis of the Facebook ‘Like button’ has finally arrived. Google has released the +1 button for websites. Since its launch in March publishers have been eager to use the +1 button on their websites. During the Google I/O conference, last month, the company had promised that the content sharing button from Google would be made available soon. As we have already reported,...

When Google had launched the +1 button back in March, the company had announced that soon webmasters and publishers would be allowed to use the button on their websites as well, just as do with the Facebook Like button. But, within hours Yvo Schaap had broken down the code and showed us that the button was there to be used. Needless to say, Google fixed the glitch much faster than Schaap could locate...