What to believe?? Matt Cutt said that +1s and rankings are not related....But many industry leading SEO agencies and professional claimed that Google+ is one factor of better SERP..
Read the story here : http://searchenginewatch.com/article/22 ... er-Ranking
A million of Google+ may not help you get there - Google's 1st page..!!!
If you make compelling content, people will link to it, like it, share it on Facebook, +1 it, etc...Rather than chasing +1s of content, your time is much better spent making great content...!!!
There is no shortcut to SEO, it need research, effort and content made for people(not for bots

