Google removes plus one button from organic search

Wow. Maybe they're actually realizing that people lately don't care about +1 (because it was both ambitious and horribly implemented in G+.)

At last some sanity sets in. That button really made no sense at all. In a typical scenario, I will decide whether I like or not only after visiting the page. And to visit the page, I have to leave the Google search results page.

Somehow I lost the ability to remove sites completely from my searches. Now that would be useful.

There is now a link that says "Share" next to my search results, so I can still post things to my G+ wall. Is that a lot different than +1?

Praise the Lord!