There is a certain
segment of Internet marketers who still believe Twitter brings the maximum visitors
to their blogs in spite of the fact that Google + has overtaken Twitter by
twice the number of users already.
Even though Twitter
updates contain only 140 characters, it is still a mind boggling task to
retrieve information from literally millions of tweets posted per hour.
Therefore, the hashtag (#) was invented which, when attached to any word on
your tweets, would make the retrieval of information quick.
For example, if you
have a website that sells video tutorials on how to use Facebook or you sell an
ebook about how to use linkedin, you just add the # key before the exact keyword
on your tweets.
Sample Tweet:
Learn how
to use Linkedin by reading the best #linkedintutorial. Going cheap. Plenty of
bonuses included. Visit http://www.jvzoo.com/c/25524/6896
Note: There is no space in linkedintutorial.
Don’t ask why. This is the sintex for using hashtag.
May be some more
examples given below would make you understand how hashtag is used in Twitter.
#hashtag
#MSDhoni
#Mushroom
#Obama
Are you getting the
idea?
Try to be as
innovative as possible while using hashtags. It would be better if you do the
actual twitter search for the same keywords you intend to use in your Tweets
before you actually implement in your tweets using #.
For example, before
you actually compose your tweet that promotes your Linkedin tutorial, you copy the
following keyword preceded by the hashtag and paste in Twitter search box and
scan the results.
#linkedintutorial
This would give you an
idea about how to compose your tweet using hashtag, who are promoting the same
products, how often they have tweeted it and so on.
I have compiled some
useful links to websites where you can search for Twitter hashtags and identify
the matching ones to include in your tweets. This would bring more people to see
your tweets, share them, and follow the links in them to read your blog posts.
1. Hashtags.org
Hashtags.org is one of the most widely used sites to find
Twitter hashtags. As I mentioned earlier, type a keyword or keyword phrase without
spaces between words into
the search box and ‘Enter’. You'll be amazed at the clarity of the information
that resulted. For example, a graph shows the popularity of your selected
hashtag by day of the week and time of day as well as a list of the most recent
tweets that used the hashtag. You can also see a list of related hashtags as
well as a list of prolific users of your chosen hashtag.
2. Trendsmap
Trendsmap tracks real time trends posted on Twitter. If I were
you, if there is a popular hashtag related to my blog topic that is currently
trending, I too would use in my tweet after a bit of fine tuning to top the
search results.
3. What the Trend is one of my
favorite Twitter trending sites because in addition to reporting hot tweets,
you can see what a hot topic is in Twitter in your country.
See the image below.
Here is where it gets interesting. Justclick on the ‘Reports’
tab on the navigation bar to see a list of the most popular Twitter hashtags
over the previous 30 days.
4. Twazzup
Twazzup is also a real-time hashtag search tool. If you just
enter a hashtag into the search box on the Twazzup home page, and you'll get a
list of current tweets that use the hashtag as well as content from the web
using the hashtag.
In addition, you will see thumbnail images of those tweeters who
are influencing that particular hashtag's popularity. Cool!
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