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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

If you are an avid Instagram user, you will know there are certain rules to follow for increasing engagement, gaining followers, and posting content that people will enjoy. From the amount of times a ...

A few weeks ago a minor sensation was caused when WYSIWYG website creation startup Squarespace started offering vouchers for iPhones in a draw for people who mentioned #squarespace in their tweets.

If you’re lucky enough to get your hashtag trending, it can quickly snowball until even those who have never heard of whatever the hashtag pertains to are sucked into the conversation. While hashtags ...

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 ...

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 ...

There are endless ways to use hashtags on Instagram: you may throw one in your caption, add some to help your post get more attention, or use them to scope out the best destinations in the city you're ...