# You should add a Google+ link to the bottom of threads **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 27, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-add-a-google-link-to-the-bottom-of-threads/590524 "2011-07-27T18:20:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-add-a-google-link-to-the-bottom-of-threads/590524/1 "2011-07-27T18:20:46Z")
Down where the Facebook and Twitter, etc., links are, you should add a Google+ “+1” link. It’s easy to do. I put one on my own website just for the hell of it. It’s available through Add This. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-add-a-google-link-to-the-bottom-of-threads/590524/2 "2011-07-30T04:04:29Z")
Good idea! ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-add-a-google-link-to-the-bottom-of-threads/590524/3 "2011-07-30T05:10:08Z")
+1 ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-add-a-google-link-to-the-bottom-of-threads/590524/4 "2011-08-01T01:15:05Z")
Well that, was certainly easy enough! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-add-a-google-link-to-the-bottom-of-threads/590524/5 "2011-08-11T15:28:19Z")
The code to add is \< a class=“addthis\_button\_google\_plusone”\>\< /a\> (without the spaces obviously) And it could fit right under the current Google button that adds a bookmark. It would coordinate! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-add-a-google-link-to-the-bottom-of-threads/590524/6 "2011-08-11T15:31:17Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > The code to add is \< a class=“addthis\_button\_google\_plusone”\>\< /a\> (without the spaces obviously) It takes a little more than that. You also have to add a \ tag somewhere in the header, that will pick up the CSS page the class= part above is referencing. Anyways, I see no reason not to, as you already have the Facebook one there, I just discovered. (I the whole share bar unsightly, so I block it.) ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-add-a-google-link-to-the-bottom-of-threads/590524/7 "2011-08-11T16:17:08Z")
They already have the AddThis code installed, so they just need to add that line to it, I’m pretty sure. That’s all I did for my site and it shows up fine. It doesn’t work in IE yet, but it works in Firefox and Chrome and I think in Safari but I’m not 100% sure on that one. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-add-a-google-link-to-the-bottom-of-threads/590524/8 "2011-08-11T18:00:17Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > They already have the AddThis code installed, so they just need to add that line to it, I’m pretty sure. That’s all I did for my site and it shows up fine. It doesn’t work in IE yet, but it works in Firefox and Chrome and I think in Safari but I’m not 100% sure on that one. I’m sure I’m being stupid, but I just went to your site and I can’t find any Google+ links anywhere. A little help? I’d love to see what it looks like in action. ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-add-a-google-link-to-the-bottom-of-threads/590524/9 "2011-08-12T02:13:12Z")
To the right of the title banner thing on the main page there are a bunch of share links. The little window with a “+1” is Google+. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-add-a-google-link-to-the-bottom-of-threads/590524/10 "2011-08-12T02:25:48Z")
When you consider Google+ is insisting its members use their real identities or get booted off (with a select level of hypocrisy as well), why offer the link? Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-add-a-google-link-to-the-bottom-of-threads/590524/11 "2011-08-12T05:34:17Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > I’m sure I’m being stupid, but I just went to your site and I can’t find any Google+ links anywhere. A little help? I’d love to see what it looks like in action. Make sure you’re not using IE. It’s in the upper right corner next to the nav buttons. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-add-a-google-link-to-the-bottom-of-threads/590524/12 "2011-08-12T14:26:03Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](#): > > To the right of the title banner thing on the main page there are a bunch of share links. The little window with a “+1” is Google+. FWIW, it’s not there for me in Firefox either. There IS a small link that says “Share,” that, when clicked, gives a ridonkulous number of sharing links in a separate window. Frankly, I was too overwhelmed to look for the Google+ link. ETA : 328. Three hundred and twenty-eight share links. Granted, I see now that they are alphabetically arranged, but christ on a crutch, that’s a lotta links. ETA again : And Google+ is not one of them, unless it’s out of alphabetical order, but I’ll never wade through to find out. Joe ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-add-a-google-link-to-the-bottom-of-threads/590524/13 "2011-08-12T15:17:34Z")
That’s odd, it works for me. Here is what I see: [screenshot](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-k0o1Kh9m3dE/TkVDo773o5I/AAAAAAAAAog/8o6DAunb7l4/s800/opalcatscreenshot.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-add-a-google-link-to-the-bottom-of-threads/590524/14 "2011-08-12T16:12:45Z")
The small “Share” link, but not those buttons, was there earlier this morn, but is not there at all now: [Screenshot](http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn210/hrhomer/Untitled-6.jpg) If it involves Noscript, oh, well. ETA : Temporarily allowed “[opalcat.com](http://opalcat.com)” and the buttons appeared. Joe ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-should-add-a-google-link-to-the-bottom-of-threads/590524/15 "2011-08-12T17:31:16Z")
Ah! Good to know that some people won’t see them. I’m not sure how much they get used anyway, but they’re good to have for when people do want to share.