TECH - 5 Reasons Businesses Should Care About Hashtags

Earlier this month, Facebook announced they were going to begin supporting hashtags, joining the ranks of Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, Instagram, YouTube and other networks. These are keywords or phrases with the prefix "#" in front of them (i.e., #ThankYouForReading #Forbes). Sometimes words are mashed together, sometimes they're independent. The hashtag essentially works as a filter-a way to see all responses that have included that specific word or phrase.

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