Whats more beneficial - Google+1 on your website or Your Google+ Page

[ocelot]

Hi

From an SEO perspective what is the most beneficial getting +1 of your homepage or trying to get customers to click on your actual Google+ Page - or are they linked in some way?  As the importance that Google are/will place on this cannot be ignored

My concerns regarding Google+  are that I believe in the UK at least, most active consumers are not on Google+ (not sure what its like in the USA) many may not even have a google account, especially of their email is with the likes of hotmail or aol.

The people who are using Google+ are other companies, web pros,marketing pros etc and not your target audience in many cases

[YNWA]

The google+ image that you click to +1 something is a recommendation of your website not your Google+ account. So having that +1 image to click is better in my eyes.

Your +1 profile you handle like a facebook account. Sharing stories, posting links etc...

Image its facebook. You want your LIKE button on your website for people to Like and also maybe a link in footers for direct links to your profile.

So in other words have both, but make the +1 image or Like buttons more visible for people to click and recommend the page they are placed on.

[TinaGammon]

Agreed the +1 button is better for your website. I am still not sure how to make a company +1 page. I have tried but it only sees my personal page. Honestly I do not like Google + I feel like we are being forced to use it because it "may" help our websites.

Facebook is much easier to use in my opinion however, that is probably because I am used to Facebook I spend a lot of time on there.