Comments on: Twitter SEO – The Slow Death of Twitter Hash Tags

By: Techgump

Techgump — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:13:11 +0000

Great article. Thanks for the info, and I agree, there is a time and place for hash tags, otherwise a waste… just about like anything.

By: Website. designer in noida

Website. designer in noida — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:41:59 +0000

Thanks a lot …. this will really be very helpful and the matter of the fact is the whole content fall so smoothly at place …. make it very readable …. appreciate the effort.

By: Joshua Odmark

Joshua Odmark — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:33:14 +0000

Yes Mark, yesterday’s news is less newsworthy.

And about hash tags, you can find a use for anything if one was so inclined.

Heck, just the other day I used my Sega Genesis console as a paper weight.

By: Mark Bockenstedt

Mark Bockenstedt — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:59:18 +0000

As a co-operator of a website dedicated to hashtags, I respectfully disagree with your statement that hashtags are dying. I agree they are corroding due to misuse/abuse – but they’re still very useful.

On the matter of time sensitivity – people tend to favor real-time over, well, whatever the alternative is. It’s true – who wants to read yesterday’s news? But does that make it any less newsworthy? Is it any less valuable?

One of the features we provide is a transcript of all tweets using a specific hashtag for a given timeframe. If you miss out on #smallbizchat or #blogchat (or many others), just come to our site and we’ll tell you what people were saying about it. We also attempt to solve the problem of tags not having definitions by letting the community submit both short and terse definitions so others can quickly figure out what the tag is used for.

What I do agree with you on is that using a hashtag can be a little cumbersome. There’s no convention on where to use it, how many to use, or when to use one. It’s purely preference. I will say with complete confidence that people will continue to learn the hashtag system and benefit from it.

By: Joshua Odmark

Joshua Odmark — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:06:33 +0000

Cathy,

I would call that a time-sensitive use of hash tags, which was covered thoroughly.

By: CathyWebSavvyPR

CathyWebSavvyPR — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:42:58 +0000

I find your title to be linkbait, but with that said, the post has good info. Howeverr, you missed one major use of hashtags on twitter to drive traffic, and that is those that designate and connect people using Twitter.com for a live, realtime chat on a specific subject.

I co-host on called #SmallBizChat Wed nights 8-9 ET see (@smallbizchat for info), @MackCollier runs #blogchat Sun nite 8pm CST. These chats give people a forum to share information, showcase expertise and expand their following and gain clients even. It can be very effective way, used right, to drive traffic to your twitter page, and perhas to your blog as well.
Links to two posts listing chats:
http://www.twitip.com/tweeting-with-your-twitter-community-how-to-participate-in-a-twitter-chat/

http://www.meryl.net/2009/05/list-of-twitter-chats/

By: crashpadder

crashpadder — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:13:18 +0000

fascinating post, and an equally interesting debate which followed! I’m slowly getting to grips with SMM/SMO at the moment to help spread the word of my own site but it’s not easy’ just got my head round SEO… Hopefully this will be a useful resource in the future.

By: Naomi Most

Naomi Most — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:43:51 +0000

MLDina sez:

“I like hashtags, but I’ve seen a lot of ones recently that seem pointless, such as #worsthashtaginthehistoryoftheworldslashuniverseever. Now do you really think someone is going to know to search for that?”

You really think that someone constructed that with the intention of it being searchable?

That is, in fact, a perfect example of the repurposing of “utilitarian” language as wordplay.

Human communication at its best is fun — useful, sure — but mostly fun. Why else would we do it so much?

By: Richard Hendrickson

Richard Hendrickson — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:55:51 +0000

The best purpose using a hash tag on search query on twitter is that you can easily find person that have a professional skill on her/his niche. Yes, you’re right about spam thing but we can ignore it easily since the conversation is appears on the box. Is it relevant or not, we decide it later.

By: Allen Kelly

Allen Kelly — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:32:18 +0000

#awesome #post #!