Attending social media networking groups is a lot of fun. I attend about 7 per month at the moment. Well, some are social media and some are more techy than social or media. Anyway. I have noticed a lot of the same questions come up from folks who are relatively new or who are excited to learn more. So I thought it might be helpful to answer some of those as they come up. This is the first one.
Twitter hashtag
A hashtag on Twitter is the pound sign or “#” key. So you might write, or ‘tweet’ #SEOMOZ if you wanted to make sure someone who follow SEOMOZ information might be able to find your. Something like
‘Gosh #SEOMOZ is so helpful for improving my #SEO know-how’
or
An example of a twitter hashtag "#" on twitter
Writing with Twitter hashtag
So when you are tweeting (writing something on twitter) you use the twitter hashtag to help other people search/find your tweet regarding the particular subject.
Reading with Twitter hashtag
When you are reading tweets it helps you know what the tweet is about if your attention span is so short or time so pressed that you cannot read all 140 characters you can skim the hashtags like #SEO or #hubspot.
Researching with Twitter hastag
You can also use the twitter hashtag for researching a person, event or subject by searching using the word with the hashtag in front of it.
Further reading on twitter hashtags and how to use twitter hashtags
How are you using the twitter hashtag?
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