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HashTags are a common misunderstood feature of Twitter. They provide an easy method of capturing time-sensitive and important information that can be distributed quickly amongst a group of Twitterers or news feeds. They were made popular during the 2007 San Diego forest fires when the hashtag "#sandiegofire" was used to identify news updates on Twitter.

Proper Use of HashTags

HashTags for TwttrStrm

The # sign is commonly referred to as a "hash mark". By placing the # in front of a keyword on Twitter, conversations can be tracked to provide relevant tweets on the subject. A popular hashtag is #followfriday, where Twitterers will recommend someone to follow on Fridays.

TwttrStrm pulls HashTags into your lens based on the tag you provide when creating your new lens. You want to be careful when choosing a HashTag because you cannot change it later! You may end up choosing a tag that is used by another person or website for a different subject and end up displaying non-relevant or inappropriate content on your lens.

HashTags are not case-sensitive. It doesn't matter whether you use #news or #News. The same results will be displayed.

Twemes.com

Twemes is an important resource to bookmark for keeping up with the popular HashTags used, and discovering what type of content will be displayed by using a particular HashTag on your lens. Search for your HashTag before using it in your lens! :-)

Popular HashTags

Frequently Used HashTags for Twitter

This list provides several examples of commonly used HashTags for Twitter. You can click on each link to see the exact feed of what will be shown on your lens:
#humor
Some jokes, some spam, and a few jokes that include vulgar language/topics.
#howto
Looks like a bot took over. All questions, limited how-to turotials and links listed.
#lens
Photography-related. No Squidoo lenses.
#news
Pulls ALL news stories that are Tweeted. Fine for a general World news lens, but you can't filter out stories on a single news subject.
#recipes
Recipes of all types, with relevant links listed. Not categoried any further, though.
#tech
Random information, not sure if most of it is tech-related, or not.

Links to Research HashTags

Twemes.com
Stream of latest tags from Twitter
Hashtags.org
Analytic reports and indexing features for hashtags.
Twitter Search
Search Twitter in realtime - see what the world is doing right now.

Misuse of HashTags...

I #ordered a #medium #coffee #today....annoying and who cares? LOL

The misuse and overuse of HashTags is an easy way to lose followers on Twitter. Using too many or irrelevent HashTags can confuse and frustrate Twitterers.

TwttrStrm already uses a HashTag in the proper format - at the end of your tweet. TwttrStrm provides your lens with ONE HashTag (10 characters or less) , so choose it wisely...and make it count! :-)

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