Comments on: Twitter’s Missing Link: use of Hashtags (re: Context)

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[...] Twitter’s Missing Link: use of Hashtags (re: Context) « Driving innovation in a digital world To make Twitter useful, we need to better understand and more consistently use the scheme for relating tweet content to topics. It’s done with a special tag for tweets, called a “hashtag”. These are simple key words that you and others define, typically on the fly. Over time, as the most common hashtags gain popularity, people start to watch who is using them, and to see what those people are saying. The hashtag basically serves to index your tweet for anyone else who might want to find it. (tags: twine Twine_Bookmarks education hashtag) [...]

By: Heidi Cool

Heidi Cool — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:50:25 +0000

Hashtags are extremely helpful. If you compare a search on #recipes versus recipes you can quickly see the difference. People using the hashtag have purposely indicated that their post has a recipe to share. When doing Twitter searches I'll often compare the results with and without a hashtag to see where the differences may be. Usually the ones with the hashtags seem to be more pertinent. I also wrote a blog post last week that offers more insights on tools to use for Twitter chats and some of the benefits one gains for participating: Twitter chats: if you can’t meet in real space, meet in real time.

By: sourcepov

sourcepov — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:49:06 +0000

Yes Jeffrey there are many. Important ones that I tend to I watch are: #socialmedia #smm - social media marketing #e20 - enterprise 2.0 #web20 - web 2.0 #gov20 - gov 2.0 Let me know if you come across others. I'd list a few chats, but I'd leave some some out that you might find interesting. Two great sources for info on chats: List of Twitter Chats by Meryl K. Evans wthashtag.com (another source for chat details, stats and transcripts) Hope that helps; thanks for your comment, and for stopping by.

By: Jeffrey Tang

Jeffrey Tang — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:01:49 +0000

Got to this post off Twitter, appropriately enough. Thanks for this post; I realize I’ve been forgetting to make good use of hashtags lately (both in terms of my own tweets and in searching for other people’s tweets).

Other than #smchat, are there any other good hashtags for business, internet marketing, and social media that you’d recommend?