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Twitter #Hash Tags vs TweetDeck Searches

June 5, 2009 Craig M. Jamieson Leave a comment Go to comments
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Disclaimer: I am just starting to explore hash tags on Twitter so this is my way of gathering my thoughts. And, in so doing, I am going to pose a number of questions and would certainly invite any of your comments. Thanks!

Like a lot of folks not really well versed in Twitter, hash tags “#” are something that I see regularly but have never really understood. The most common one you will see shows up on Fridays in the form of  #FollowFriday which suggests folks that you may want to follow on Twitter. Hell, I did not even know that you could click on one in a Tweet and it will take you to a real time search on Twitter for the tag (smile). And, it will find Tweets that include that word and those words don’t necessarily even include the “#” symbol. So, what purpose to they serve? I am still not sure and the answer may lie in Twitter apps outside of Twitter itself.

This all started based on my desire to keep abreast of Tweets that have been sent out regarding, in particular, networking groups. I like to keep an eye on the competition (smile). What I have found to be of value is setting up “search columns” in TweetDeck. I have a column now that searches for the words “boise,networking”. It is important to note that these search columns will search all Tweets and not just those within the group of folks that you have chosen to follow. As such, it is a good way to find folks with common interests.

I did see a Tweet the other day that caught my interest. This local gentleman has started a blog that reviews networking groups in the Boise area. He visits and reports on his findings and plans to also publish a networking event calendar which, incidentally, can be found on this site already. At any rate, I looked at his site, Networking Pro’s Blog, and decided to follow him on Twitter. He has not chosen, at least yet, to follow me back (smile). It would seem that this gentleman also represents a new start up company that will be launching a “CRM” type product that combines social media tools named MyReMa which I would interpret to mean “My Relationship Manager”. Interesting and I will look forward to learning more. At this time it would seem that you are only able to sign up to receive additional information as it becomes available. There is really nothing to look at now.

We come full circle back to hash tags. A couple of weeks ago I noticed a Tweet from one of my colleagues that she had signed up with an application called WeFollow and had registered her Twitter account under three “#” tags. So, this seemed like a good place to start. Went to the site, selected the option to sign up, and it allowed me to identify my Twitter account with up to three hash tags of my choice. As you type it suggests matches but I also think that you can make up whatever tag you wish. That Tweet identifying your having done this is automatically generated by the WeFollow folks. As a matter of fact, every change you make to this list initiates a new automated Tweet. Good for traffic counts (smile). I’m still not sure what to make of this. I can search for Tweets that include these tags on the Wefollow site and then learn more about the individual folks behind them, go to their Twitter account and choose to follow them but it seems I can do that on Twitter itself. I’m thinking I am missing something here?

I did find this article that helped to explain hash tags a lot .. “The Mysterious # sign in Twitter .. .What does it mean?” What’s cool about this post is it will also take you to a few other sites that can be integral in fully understanding this tool. However, as I struggle with all of this, I am having a huge particular challenge with trying to figure out one crummy thing …… None of these Twitter specific search engines would appear to allow me to conduct a search based on more than one tag at a time? Multiple tags will allow me to narrow my search.

Here’s another article entitled “All About Hash Tags”. Enjoy! (smile)

There is an answer, at least for now, search columns on TweetDeck allows me to conduct my searches by as many “tags” as I wish. I am sure that more shall be revealed as I delve into this deeper.

Thanks for visiting!

Craig

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