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Twitter community the usage of hashtags (#) which gave the first attempt at grouping of information(tweets) on more logical lines.
A hashtag is very similar to other web tags (flickr used tags to categorise images), it uses a hash or pound key (#) in combination with a word to act as a tag for that tweet. Since you have an option to make your tweet public (many people often do that), a search by hastag can lead to the originator of that tweet.
Example of tweet with hashtag: Anyone willing to donate for Earth Quake in Haiti can check this website #Haiti
Anyone searching by this hastag in twitter website as well as through other twitter hashtag search engines can find your tweet. www.hashtags.org is real time hashtag tracking website.
Note: As evident from the above image twitter appreciates and accepts the usage of hashtags within a fair usage limits.
How and when to use hashtags?
Usage of hashtags has no limitations in tweets but it is quite common that not more than 3 hashtags are associate with single tweet. It is not expected to be used as spam but rather as single keyword – which closely explains the content of the tweet. It is neither expected nor advisable to use hashtags in all the tweets that you send out, so please don’t go overboard with the same.
Intelligent usage of “good” hashtags is a very good way to increase your followers. You are getting into a community of similar usages and people would find you and you might end up reading each other’s tweets.
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