By now, you have all heard about Google announced the the +1 button.

It is basically a way for you to share search results, ads and web pages with your friends. Of course, there is a lot of criticism but to be honest, most of it was already published. So I figured I link to the best stories I found and let you digest the news this way.

First, a brief video demo of what it is:

Now some official links from Google on this:

Google +1 Page
Google +1 FAQs
Google Experimental to turn it on
+1 Publisher Sign Up Form
Google Webmaster Blog
Google Blog
Google AdWords Blog
Google Social Web Blog
Google Enterprise Blog

Search Engine Land has covered this extensively from multiple angles, they include:

Meet +1: Google’s Answer To The Facebook Like Button
How To Get Google +1 Buttons For Your Website
Google’s +1 A Potential Boon To Paid Search Marketers
Search Marketers Intrigued By Google’s +1

Finally, see Techmeme for other stories.

Finally, tons of forum discussion:

Introducing Google’s 1 button, Google Webmaster Help
Discussion: Impact of Google 1?, Sphinn
Google 1, Google Web Search Help
Google Rolls Out the 1 Button – parallels the Facebook “Like”, WebmasterWorld
Google’s new ” 1″ feature, Search Engine Watch Forums
Meet 1: Google’s Answer To The Facebook Like Button, Sphinn
New Google Ranking Signal – 1 button in search results, DigitalPoint Forums