HASHTAGS

A hashtag according to Wiki is a type of label or metadata tag used on social network and microblogging services which makes it easier for users to find messages with a specific theme or content.

Social media is one of the worlds biggest online platforms. “Nielsen research (2010) shows that 22% of all time spent on the internet is spent on social media.” (Fenton, N. 2012) So where they all hiding!? to be noticed online hash-tagging is a perfect way to shoot up your Instagram likes and get on those popular Instagram pages.

To try gain followers, ‘hash-tagging’ is something which is a necessity
for receiving likes and feedback. On average, without hashtags I get three maybe four likes. This is down to a lack of effort my my behalf… but here is evidence that hashtags work! In a hour of posting I have received sevenlikes on an image of a colour moodboard extracted from a image of three detached, nicely coloured houses.

Here I am proving the impact hashtags have on posts. With only 64 followers, seven likes turned into 15! All from using the hashtag. Overall without hashtags I usually get around three, four likes, and by hash tagging at the time I did, using the hashtags I used, I accomplished my point by getting more likes.

Finding appropriate hashtags can be hard if your like me and can get stuck for words, so if you want a little help, go look at the Top 100 Hashtags and check out this link!

Bibliography

Fenton, N. (2012) Misunderstanding the Internet: The Internet and Social Networking. London: Routledge