A day after Twitter debuted its answer to Facebook's "like" button, Google has gone and recast its +1 sharing button as the perfect addition to any Web site. "Google's hoping that +1's integration in search results will make it an attractive option to publishers, which stand to gain more traffic when their visitors start '+1ing' content," writes Mashable. As Google put it, "The next time your connections are searching, they could see your +1's directly in their search results." Bigger picture, "Getting a sturdier footing in the world of social networking is something Google has really focused on …

Taking on Facebook's sharing supremacy, Twitter just debuted its 'follow' button in partnership with some top media companies. Now featured on Huffington Post and The Wall Street Journal, along with 48 other publishers, users can now follow specific feeds with the click of a button.    Similar to Twitter's Tweet button -- which lets users tweet specific content with their own followers -- "The new Follow button lets Twitter users instantly follow a Twitter account without having to leave the site they're on," Computerworld writes. "This is particularly convenient, because users no longer have to search Twitter …