Google Plus One Share iOS Invalid Value for the Parameter 'Dest' Error

socialmedia Jul 19, 2012 09:47AM EDT

Good Morning,

I'm having an issue with the "addthis_button_google_plusone_share" for my site. In modern desktop browsers the link works fine and opens a Google+ page. In IE<9 I'm seeing a security certificate warning: "There is a problem with this website's security certificate... it has expired or is not yet valid." The URL showed in the address bar is for Google+ and clicking the "continue" link does open Google+.

On iOS devices, I get an AddThis error saying "you supplied an invalid value for the parameter 'dest'." The URL in the address bar is an AddThis link, but there is no way to move forward to Google+.

The code I have in place is very simple. I have the JS file for the widget and then the below HTML:

<dl class="social">
<dt>Share</dt>
<dd><a class="addthis_button_facebook" alt="Share on Facebook" title="Share on Facebook"><img src="images/social-ico-facebook.png" width="23" height="22" /></a></dd>
<dd><a class="addthis_button_twitter" alt="Share on Twitter" title="Share on Twitter"><img src="images/social-ico-twitter.png" width="23" height="22" /></a></dd>
<dd><a class="addthis_button_google_plusone_share" alt="Share on Google+" title="Share on Google+"><img src="images/social-ico-google.png" width="23" height="22" /></a></dd>
<dd><a class="addthis_button_linkedin" alt="Share on Linkedin" title="Share on Linkedin"><img src="images/social-ico-linkedin.png" width="23" height="22" /></a></dd>
</dl>

Is this behavior expected? Are there some options that I am missing? It seems other have experienced the same issue. I posted two messages to this existing thread yesterday, but neither have showed up from being in moderation: http://support.addthis.com/customer/portal/questions/370883-google-plus-share-error-on-mobile-device

If somebody could please give me some insight today, it would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Brian

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Paul (AddThis Happiness Specialist) Jul 30, 2012 04:13PM EDT
There's a problem with our Google+ share endpoint that's causing the issue on iOS. I'll let our developers know.

As for the security error, can you provide an URL where I can see it in action?

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