> This tool demonstrates that Google is already accessing and indexing the data it says it needs to improve its search results. This isn't rhetoric; it's code.

It doesn't really demonstrate that. It demonstrates that Google can show G+ pages related to a topic, and that it can show high-ranked social pages linked to the owners of those G+ pages. But it doesn't show that on a broad, scalable basis Google can dependably link from a topic to a highly relevant 3rd-party social page. Demonstrating it on a couple of easy, celebrity-focused queries isn't proof of anything.

The tool isn't limited to celebrity queries. Install it and use it on whatever queries you wish.

I realize the tool isn't limited, but it only works with the (relatively) short list of terms that Google is using to display that Google+ pane.

I've noticed Facebook even asks you to login if you're logged out of Facebook and you're reading on a Facebook page. Why should Google have to deal with that when even Facebook themselves don't want their own data to be very public?

Blake why are you guys completely kicking out the legitimate G+ profile links from the search results using the bookmarklet? I thought you were against search result manipulations. I search for people like Guy Kawasaki or Trey Ratcliff who are very active in G+ and yet their profiles are not listed on the first page of the results if I use your bookmarklet.

We are not touching the organic results. The code for the bookmarklet is freely available; anyone can verify that.