How to make most of the Twitter #tags
Now that we have billions of tweets and millions of hashtags how do we make the most of it. [ as if it’s a matter of life and death. BTW Who cares? ]
First things First!
What does this hashtag stand for? It can be as difficult for Twitter veterans as it is for a newbie to make out what the hashtag stands for from the tag itself. While people are still busy finding the most efficient way to do it use the following to make your way through.
Tagalus: Tagalus is a simple dictionary for hashtags. It’s very easy to find information on thousands of hashtags as defined by other users.
Twubs: Uses a wiki system to help disseminate information on a hashtag. It aggregates tweets and imports pictures to help illuminate the topics being discussed.
Hashtags.org: While not the best at helping you understand the meaning behind a tag, Hashtags.org is good at showing you its use over time and recent tweets, which oftentimes is enough to figure out the meaning behind the tag.
What the Trend?: This useful little service makes it really easy to learn about trending hashtags. When something starts trending.
Tracking the Twitter world via the hashtags.
If you are a journalist, marketing pro or just an individual and like to track the topics of your interest, you can do so via the hashtags. Monitter and Twitterfall are good choices recommended by Mashable to do so.
If you need to track a less popular Twitter hashtag, try setting up a Twilert to get a daily email of the use of a specific hashtag.
Is it really that simple to understand and use?
Yes it is unless some of the unwritten rules are followed. Twitter hashtags are just like Google’s meta keywords [ if you don’t find youself on the same page with us we recommend reading through this article.]
Use them don’t abuse them. If you make every word of your tweet a hashtag then firstly It doesn’t look neat and secondly it doesn’t make sense. It’s just like copying pasting the whole webpage in the keywords field.
Give your hashtag context. Most people won’t actually know what your hashtag means, so give a quick explanation in one of your tweets or, if you’re making a hashtag, make it very apparent what it’s talking about. Be specific and use specific tags instead of generalized words.
I guess that would be end of the gyan from us. We would like to know from you all how you have used hashtags to make the most out of your tweets. Do leave a comment.
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Hey for once a description of all the mysterious #tags although the explanation of how to use hash tags is not really present in the article. Keep in mind that every day thousands of new twitter followers sign up at Twitter. They have no idea what hash tags are.
is it possible to have a tag cloud of all tags use on twitter ?
yes… but it gets very long…. I use wp-cumulus to show then in a 3d sphere and it works for me
I am trying to organise a fundraiser for #Pakistan by doing an online auction and want to use a hashtag for bids. Can you suggest the best way to make this specific, so it is easy to track the bids, or would you suggest an app instead?
thankyou
Hashtags are amazing in terms of events. I’m an editor for a website that hosts publishing events on a regular basis. During a conference when there were 3 different panels going on at the same time I was able to follow along with the conversations I wasn’t around for.
I don’t usually use hashtags in every day tweets, but I find them invaluable when following along during events and connecting with other people there.
Thanks a lot fot sharing your experience Marian
#tags are just awesome
You can just go with #fundraiser #pakistan or any additional tags…
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