A Short History Of The Hashtag
Perhaps the most important term in the Essential Twitter Dictionary we published last week is “hashtag.”
A hashtag, or “#”, denotes a keyword or topic on Twitter. It’s any string of characters without spaces.
Some of the most popular hashtags from the past few months are: #NFL, #Election2012, #BlackFriday and #CyberMonday.
Hashtags are the quickest and easiest way to search for and find out what Twitter users are currently talking about. They’re also key to productive Twitter engagement – hashtags
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