Google +1 link on Domain or Page?

[noeltock]

Since its release, I've seen Google +1 being used across an entire domain but only reference the root href in the code snippet. At the same time, you see other sites use +1 more naturally with the button being specific to the page you're on.

What's your take on this?

To clarfiy, do you add:

or

.. on each page.

[RikkiD22]

Good question. I was only thinking of implementing it at home page level or as you suggest across the site but pointing to the root. I guess at this stage a lot of it depends on speculation about the impact of +1 and your website design.

P.S. While on the subject of +1 has anyone had any success with it so far? In terms of visitors using it.

[RyanKent]

It really depends on your site.

If you have a site with less then 10 pages, I would prefer the home page as the target.

If you have a well developed site, then most likely the subject of the +1 / Like / Tweet would be content located on a specific page, and not the overall site. For example, a specific blog article should be the focus of the +1 and not the general site.

If you have a forum site or offer a lot of products, then you can drill down to the specific product or post on a page.

[Andy.Drinkwater]

Very slow uptake for most it seems - I have gone to the page level with mine.

Even with an arrow and reminder pointing to mine, very few click on them - see here:

http://www.inetseo.co.uk/seo-services

Can't get any more clear I dont think!

[RikkiD22]

Yeah certainly cant get more clear. Having similar uptake ourselves.

[deuce1s]

I have a question about this:

If you place the Google +1 for the domain only, wouldn't that benefit all of the domain's pages?
Wouldn't it be better then to just increase the Google +1 metric for the domain, and in consequence increase the social value of the entire domain?

[RyanKent]

I think we are presently in a "too new to tell" stage. It also seems this is a metric which will be watched very closely by Google and may be adjusted multiple times this year.

With that said, intuitively the weighting style would be similar to a link. Would you prefer a link to your home page or to a deeper page? The same logic should apply.