Hashtags are possibly the most misunderstood tool on the social web. Some people confuse social mentions with hashtags; others use completely obscure hashtags because they see their friends using the ...

I’ve noticed something over the past year: We’re using hashtags less often in tweets. By “we” I don’t just mean AJ+. I mean everyone. In recent months when I’ve checked Topsy or Twitter trends before ...

Communicating in the language of hashtags is an annoyingly universal aspect of social media. But if you’re using hashtags on your Instagram posts, tweets, or Facebook status updates, you should make ...

Everywhere you look, on various social media sites, you can spot one popular symbol – the hashtag. This pound sign has become ubiquitous over the past decade and is still used to this day. But what ...

If you’re even a casual user of social media, you have noticed people using hashtags. Hashtags turn keywords within a post into a clickable link that displays content grouped together, making it ...

Have you ever wondered what the secret is? Why is it — that some hashtags perform so well for some entrepreneurs but not for others? I get it. I have wondered this too, but with a little research, I ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. If you’re new to Twitter, or even if you’ve been using it for years, you may wonder what all those words preceded by the # sign are. They ...

LinkedIn is constantly improving to better serve users. Though the platform has been around since 2003, they introduced clickable hashtags in 2016. Other platforms have been using them much longer, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Houston-based journalist covering all things related to Instagram and social media. The Instagram marketing debate of hashtag ...

What's the best way of using hashtags to help achieve your goals on Twitter? Lately, I've been asking chief executives, top editors and prominent consultants to share their strategies. What's emerged ...