How to Define a Hashtag!

Continuing my previous post on the use of Hashtags I will go a bit more into detail into figuring out what a Hashtag is used for and there meanings.

On many ocassions your are browsign thru Twitter and you identify a hashtag which you might not be familiar with. This happens to me on many ocassions. If it comes from a source I trust I normally either ask them to explain wha t hte hashtag is used for or I try to find out for myself. There are various sites which might help you identify the hashtags meaning and provide you more detailed information on the Hashtag.

I have identified the 4 that I know of (if you have identified other Tools or sites which do a better job than the ones I have included feel more than free to include them in the comments area.

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What the Trend – Very complete it has the following areas:

Leaderboard
Definition of Terms
Adding a Trend
Week in Review
Trends segmented by Countries.

Twubs – Very appealing interface. In the front page you can find popular terms, conference hashtags, featured, and various categories. Other features throughout the site include:

Search of hashtags and terms
Definition of terms.
Adding a Term or Trend
You can also send a tweet, shorten url, and also include video.

Hashtags.org – Very simple includes search box which will give you a the term, a list, and a trends graph.

Tagalus – Very simple.

Get and set definitions
Includes a dictionary
Identifies tags in Twitter, Youtube, & Flickr

What hashtags have you found interesting today or this week?

How often do you use hashtags and what for?

Feel free to share your thoughts?

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