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title: Using hashtags to categorize Tweets by keyword - Web Daytona, LLC
description: "Definition: The # symbol, called a hashtag, is used to mark keywords or topics in a Tweet. It was created organically by Twitter users as a way"
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# [Using hashtags to categorize Tweets by keyword - Web Daytona, LLC](https://www.webdaytona.com/blog/using-hashtags-to-categorize-tweets-by-keyword)

 Written by [Admin](https://www.webdaytona.com/blog/author/admin) | Jun 30, 2015 8:31:07 PM

Definition: The # symbol, called a hashtag, is used to mark keywords or topics in a Tweet. It was created organically by Twitter users as a way to categorize messages.

### Using hashtags to categorize Tweets by keyword:

- People use the hashtag symbol **#** before a relevant keyword or phrase (no spaces) in their Tweet to categorize those Tweets and help them show more easily in Twitter Search.
- Clicking on a hashtagged word in any message shows you all other Tweets marked with that keyword.
- Hashtags can occur anywhere in the Tweet – at the beginning, middle, or end.
- Hashtagged words that become very popular are often Trending Topics.

**Example:** In the Tweet below, @eddie included the hashtag #FF. Users created this as shorthand for “Follow Friday,” a weekly tradition where users recommend people that others should follow on Twitter. You’ll see this on Fridays.

### Using hashtags correctly:

- If you Tweet with a hashtag on a public account, anyone who does a search for that hashtag may find your Tweet
- Don’t #spam #with #hashtags. Don’t over-tag a single Tweet. (Best practices recommend using no more than 2 hashtags per Tweet.)
- Use hashtags only on Tweets relevant to the topic.

### Top Hashtags for #SocialMedia

 hashtags data by hashtagify.me

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