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That is the same interaction that I was having with it as well. The client would like to +1 external articles as their business but not under her personal account.

I am sure people will think this is sketchy, but I have used it and it seems to work. http://www.papablogger.org/2013/05/get-more-Google-plus-followers.html

Thank you very much Sida. We are going to use the Facebook Like button in the header of all of the pages and then have it update Likes on our Facebook page. We will have a second Facebook Like button in our blog and that will Like the actual page itself. Appreciate the feedback and suggestion.

The question should be not: "What services should I ping?", but what "Social" are the correct for me? Because, even if they don't look like Twitter or Facebook, all the sites you cited are Social. So, is it justified for you to share your content in those sites? Is your audience there? If yes, do it. If not, don't waste your time.

So far we have compiled a list of services: Sprout Social Share This Add This Any other services or suggestions?

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Ah, yes. Since the tag just "represents" the URL that should be used for the content, it doesn't produce an endless loop. Redirects (301 or 302) produce loops from time to time, but that is another issue. Good question to ask and good that you are looking at everything to make sure your site is healthy.