There is a frame-set in the minds of everyone that ‘faster the better.’ Google’s philosophy list even confirms the same. So they could in no case +1 button can be an exception to the rule. +1 at its launch was fast but Google has been working harder to constantly improve its load time. And finally there is an update which will make Google happy about this button. +1 button had an automatic update which benefits the users as its speed has now gone up by three times and its much faster and better now. There is no need for the webmasters to prick in the code to update the button’s code to change the speed. Google has stated that one does not have to take any action, they just have to sit back and see how fast is the loading process of the button.
If anyone is of the view that 3X is still needs to be faster, then they can make use of a new snippet which Google has come up with. This new release is still faster as it is an asynchronous snippet. This feature allows a user to simultaneously load their website and to download the +1 JavaScript. The process is simple. As one is loading their website, the +1 JavaScript is downloaded on their browser. One can get this snippet at this link. When this snippet is downloaded, usually by default this option is marked for usage, but one can still reconfirm this if they select “advanced options.”
The time taken for rendering quite frustrating and after this update, if one wants to ‘+1’ anything, then it would be really quick. +1 button has been famous for quite some time now and this update just looks to bring bigger smiles on the faces of those who use the +1 button for posts, articles, etc.
This quicky update can even turn into a well-to-do opportunity for one to promote their businesses by recommending their sites to their friends and they would not mind clicking this quicky button if the business is appreciated by them. This would even increased the traffic of their website which is in fact the basis for most of the websites. However the regular users of this button would be able to distinguish the updated click with the traditional one and would enjoy the improvement majorly.
+1 is competing with the Facebook ‘Likes’, Twitter’s ‘Follow’, etc and it looks like this update will actually change the potential of ‘+1’ button in the percentage of clicks when compared to its competitor clicks. It is already over Twitter clicks and would now be gunning for the 4 plugins of Facebook which rules the ‘click’ section too.