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Integrating Google +1 button "offline" and without tracking

the official way to include a Google +1 button is to add some javascript hosted on Google's server which draws the button.

For a couple of reasons I don't want this on my site:

  • Privacy: Social network providers know their users visisted my site even if they don't click on the button.
  • Performance: Additionnal requests to social network sites needed to load the page.
  • Security: Who knows how this javascript could interfere with my site when it's changed.

So I would like to host a +1 image linking to some url like it is possible with Facebook for exmaple http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http://my.site.com

I have no need for showing the number of +1s on my site.

Any official or unofficial solutions for this available?

Solution

  • There is an article at slashdot about Heise news (big german IT news site) introducing a "2-click" system for social sites like facebooke, twitter and Google+.

    http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/09/03/0115241/Heises-Two-Clicks-For-More-Privacy-vs-Facebook

    If you look at http://heise.de itself, you'll see their grayed icon's and "slider" approach.

    Seems like they replace the elements when you click.

    Interesting is also the reaction of facebook, read the article ;)