Using Hashtags and Twitter to Build Website Traffic

If you have spent any amount of time following tweets on twitter, you may have noticed the number sign (#), followed by a word placed before or after a tweet. An example might be

“#SEO New post on http://mrblackseo.com”

The # symbol is referred to as a hashtag and using it can be very beneficial in building traffic to your twitter account, website, and building backlinks.

What are hashtags on Twitter?

Hashtags are ways of organizing Tweets into groups, categories, or topics. This is done to make it easier to find the information you are looking for by weeding out unrelated information.

Websites can then take these tweets and organize them into groups and categories. Some of my favorite websites to follow tweets with hashtags include:

http://twubs.com
http://hashtags.org
http://twemes.com
http://search.twitter.com
http://twitag.com

What are the advantages of using hashtags when tweeting?

I have found using hashtags is a great way to find followers on Twitter. After all, Twitter is about communicating and hashtags make it easy for people who share your same interests to find you. If you are looking to follow people with your same interests, you can visit the sites listed above and do a search for your favorite terms.

Hashtags can also be a good way to drive traffic to your website by reaching a larger, targeted audience when tweeting your latest blog posts or site updates.

In the case of http://twubs.com, I use hashtags to find news I am interested in, websites, and videos. I have also found some followers and found a few people I would have otherwise never knew existed.

How I use hashtags to build traffic to my site and build backlinks.

On my desktop, I keep a notepad list of a few of my blog posts that I feel are valuable to my followers. I then use an appropriate hashtag such as #SEO #Linkbuilding #SEM and write a short description of my link. Usually this is the title of the post or article.

I then open up my account at http://tweetlater.com and schedule these tweets to be sent throughout the day. When I am at work or doing other things away from my computer, I don’t typically have time to send Tweets. I usually schedule a few tweets about an hour apart.

If you are as busy as I am, I would suggest visiting http://tweetlater.com and opening an account. You can either open a limited free account or sign up for a professional account.

Once your Tweet is sent, the websites listed above will identify your hashtag and post your tweet on their site in the hashtag’s category. Not only have you notified your followers of your tweet, but you have just reached out to thousands of people on other websites that share your interests.

Since using this method, I have seen a dramatic increase in my follower count and traffic to my websites. I have also found that a few people who picked up my tweet added a link back to my blog posts.

Keep in mind though that hashtags can get annoying if over used so try to limit your hashtags to 1 or 2 per tweet. At the most you can use 3 but no more than that. I hope you have found this post helpful and thanks for reading.

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