I have a Google Plus page for my website, which is at https://plus.google.com/111407386830313266899?prsrc=3
As of this moment, it has 8 pluses.
But, if you look at my website, which is tied to it, http://www.derekbeck.com/1775/ , the G+ button only renders the number 4.
Now, it seems the G+ button is tied to the G+ page. If I plus the button on my site, the number on the G+ page increases. Yet apparently the reverse is not true.
Any ideas?
Thanks, Derek
On your website, http://www.derekbeck.com/1775/, the +1 button is targeting your Google+ page's URL, https://plus.google.com/111407386830313266899.
You should actually be targeting your homepage as shown on your page: http://www.1775thebook.com
This means your markup will change from
<div class="g-plusone" data-size="small" data-href="https://plus.google.com/111407386830313266899"></div>
to
<div class="g-plusone" data-size="small" data-href="http://www.1775thebook.com"></div>
Ok, to close off this question, from @abraham , buried in the comments above:
"The website shows 6 +1's and the G+ page shows 8 followers, combine those and you get the +14 you see on the G+ page. If you add a G+ badge to the website instead of a +1 button you will see +14 there as well. – abraham Sep 7 at 22:51"
