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Twitter hashtags are designated by one (#) followed by a word or phrase, for example #Netmediablog. Hashtags are attached to tweets to act as a categorizing tool and search mechanism. Twitter hashtags makes it easy to easily locate tweets amongst Twitter searches. You can use one or more hashtags in a tweet to categorize that tweet so that other Twitter users can easily find it and join the conversation.