_=- "Google’s New +1 Social Search Could Be A Vote In Favor Of News Publishers" -=_

"For publishers, the result is that pages given a +1 by readers will appear more prominently in Google searches, and will be highlighted as recommendations by friends within the reader’s social network. That network only extends to Google products currently, but it is expected to include Twitter and other services in the future."

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