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September/October 2011
Newsbrief → Announcements
Google +1 Button
In conjunction with its new social
network Google+, Google has recently released a feature
called the +1
button. It is similar to "like" on Facebook:
To show your approval of something, you can +1 it on
Google+ or on Google search (the next time you search
for something, look at the end of all the website
titles and you should see
the +1 icons).
However, Google's +1 seems to be
much more important than Facebook's "like", and be very
important indeed, as Google is saying that the
amount of people who +1 a website will affect that
website's search ranking. Where a website
shows up in search results is very important (if it is
hard to find, no one will find it), so this has the
potential to greatly affect our outreach.
If you search "Maitreya" on
Google, we are currently the third website on the list
(after Wikipedia and Share International). If we
correctly take advantage of this new +1 tool, maybe we
could move up to be the second or first website
(where we used to be)!
On the other hand, if others utilize it better than us,
we could also be moved further down the list!
Therefore, if you want to help
promote and spread the Mission, it
would be most helpful if you would +1 our website,
especially our home page
www.maitreya.org.
To do so, you will need to be signed into your
Google-related account (Google+, Gmail, etc.), or create
an account if you do not have one. Then, you can
+1 us in one of two ways:
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Search for our website on
Google. Then, click the +1 button to the right
of its name on the Google search page.
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We have added a +1 button to
the bottom left corner of the
www.maitreya.org
page. Click this +1 button.
Please note that if you have +1'd
something, clicking the button again will remove your
+1. So please be sure you do not do both of the
above methods, but choose one, or they will cancel each
other out! To be sure you have it correct, look at
the color of the +1 button. If it is blue, then
you have successfully +1'd the site; if it is white,
then you have not +1'd it and need to click it again.
Thanks (God)!
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