Twitter Hashtags and Trending Topic

On June 5, saw the launch of Nokia’s new mobile device; n97. But I’m not writing to speak about the device or the event, Neither was I invited nor attended. However, I’m writing this article in sharing how social media and bloggers powered the event using Twitter.
 

There are a couple of elements you should notice from the Twitter conversation above. These elements weren’t only flooding Twitter but instantly telling Google how important was the phrase used; n97kl.

Words with hash in front of them are called, hashtags. These tags are like keywords Twitter users use to identify a unique name or event or person – almost anything.

And the more users who use the same hashtag, it creates a trending topic – like ShaolinTiger mentioned. Trending topics are very powerful like getting #1 on page #1 of Google but it’s for Twitter.

Though Twitter is very slowly gaining popularity, it’s growing very fast. Last I heard, even some of the radio DJs have hopped onto it – Moots, Natalie, Pietro, Phat Fabes and etc.

And by the way, Twitter is one of the social media marketing tools you should be looking at for your business.