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 ...

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're hashtags. And you should consider using them if you want to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Everyday, millions of people around the world use hashtags to sift through the Internet’s endless content – but where did this ubiquitous symbol actually come from? Untold is a free collection of ...

YouTube shouldn’t be home to hashtags, but they were added anyway for no real reason. But in a bid to tidy up the feature popularized by Twitter, should you tap a video hashtag, you can now head to a ...

SAN DIEGO — Parents are being warned about the hashtags they use on social media posts about their kids because they can end up serving as an unintended invitation for online predators. From bath time ...

A hashtag is a form of metadata containing a keyword or phrase prefixed with the ‘#’ symbol. By placing a hashtag followed by a word or phrase on social media, such as Instagram or Meta, it turns into ...