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Hashtag Help #HashtagHelp

Hashtags–you gotta love ’em … here are the results of a recent foray into the world of social media hashtags, which are used on Twitter, Google+, Facebook, and many other platforms! The tools mentioned below are basic (and free).

But first, if you haven’t watched Jimmy Fallon’s and Justin Timberlake’s take on hashtags, ….

 

 

hashtagify hashtag toolSo, how do you choose a hashtag that is relevant to your topic and that is also used by others? A couple of free tools are available.

Hastagify.me generates a hashtag map (see the image to the right). Hastagify also identifies top influencers, pulls in recent tweets, and shows usage patterns (it’s free).

Ritetag hosts a Twitter Hashtag Directory. After searching for a particular hashtag, one can click the hastag and get information about associated hashtags in tweets, how good they are, and a variety of other info (see the graphic below):

ritetag hastag directory

A search on Google Plus will usually bring up a list of associated hashtags and posts recently published on Google Plus.

Google Plus Search

And of course, you can search the search bars on Twitter, Facebook, etc.,to find hashtag results. The media searches bring up recently published material.

The Google Plus Search extension for browsers is useful (I’ve used it on Chrome). The material seems more content oriented than time-sensitive.

Tagboard pulls in posts containing a particular hashtag from a variety of platforms. Here’s a screenshot — the symbol in the upper right corner of a post shows its source (Twitter, G+, Instagram, etc.).

Tagboard hashtag tool

 

Not sure what a hashtag means? Look it up on tagdef:

Tagdef hashtag definitions

Many more hashtag tools are available. Which one(s) do you use?

Other Hashtag Resources

How to Use Hashtags to Promote Your Cause – written for nonprofits, but has a list of good resources (pdf)

 

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