Twitter has started linking hashtags in tweets to Twitter searches. A few other Twitterers have started to notice as well:
The move makes sense, considering that the hashtag phenomenon has reach tremendous popularity. They often appear in the trending topics.
The move also illustrates a greater emphasis being placed on Twitter Search, which only this year has become a focus of the company. It wasn't that long ago that it was added to the Twitter home page, and it is already sparking big interest in real-time search throughout the entire search industry.
A hashtag is a tag that is a keyword or term that assigns a category or topic for a post on twitter. To use the hashtag you type the hash character and then the keyword/term with no spaces.
Example:
Here is my twitter post #keywordHere
OR
Here is another twitter post #newstuff
For more definitions you can checkout our blog titled: Definitions for Twitter Terms
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