What you need to know about tags or #hashtags on Steemit
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By now you should know what goes wrong with a post, how to comment on a post, and how to write a diary post. If you have missed out on my posts related to these topics they are at the bottom of this post.
What remains?
Shopping!
You might like shopping or you might hate it. I am one of those who don’t like shopping.
There is one thing we all have in common when shopping is that we all look at the tags or the labels.
That my friends are exactly what #hashtags or tags are. It is what we use for our “shopping” on Steemit. The usage of #hashtags or tags is one of the key elements which is required in Steemit.
What are tags? |
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When shopping we look at the tag or label which will give us more information about the product, for instance, the brand, size, fabric, price, ingredients, nutrition, etc.
Without these tags or labels, we will be clueless about what to buy.
Tags are used all over the internet. It is used on the websites we search, forums, and social media platforms. These days you will also find tags on eCommerce sites.
We all have one goal on Steemit and that is for our content to be visible to other Steemians and that is exactly what tags do. It groups your content “together” under a “name” to make it visible.
Tags are a way to categorize your content, so that others can find it. The more relevant the tags are to the post, the more like-minded people will come across it. - Steemit FAQ
Why should we use tags? |
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There are numerous reasons why tags should be used. For me, there are four main reasons for using tags on Steemit.
1. To create readership engagement
2. For analyzing data
3. To organize posts
4. For classification
Let me share some interesting stats with you regarding the various tags used on Steemit.
| Tag | All time usage |
|---|---|
| #life | 3,820,428 |
| #photography | 3,233,695 |
| #steemit | 2,253,882 |
| #steemexclusive | 924,309 |
| #betterlife | 363,343 |
| #thediarygame | 296,495 |
| #club100 | 50,083 |
| #club75 | 48,667 |
| #club5050 | 203,372 |
The tag used the most in the last 7 days, #steemexclusive and it was used 4,821 times.
What tags should we use? |
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Try to use tags that are relevant to your post, and that will be popular for other people to browse. For example, "mytriptoalaska" may be relevant to your post, but readers are probably not going to go searching for that. Using "travel" would be a better choice for a tag in this case.
All tags must be lowercase letters. Spaces aren't allowed, but hyphenated words with a single dash are. - Steemit FAQ
The tags you use are your choice. If you are selling a shirt labeled as “cotton” and it is “polyester” you are the one who will have to sit with the consequences.
The same on Steemit. There are no set rules for the use of tags. It is your choice but choose wisely or be prepared to sit with a negative result.
Before I get to the kind of tags you can use we first need to look at the clarifications of some of the tags.
| Tag | Clarification |
|---|---|
| #Steemcurator01-09 | NEVER to be used |
| #Steemexclusive | ALWAYS to be used |
| #Yourcountry | ALWAYS to be used |
| #Clubstatus (100/75/5050) | PLEASE use this as it helps curators and moderators perform their tasks |
| #Contest | ONLY to be used in the announcement of contest and NOT for participating in contests |
| #learnwithsteem | NO longer to be used |
For the best tags to use for your post let’s go back to what the various curator teams in the previous months used.
| Team | Tag |
|---|---|
| Arts | #art, #crafts, #photography, #music, #poetry, #creativewriting, #writing, #poetry, #music, #dance, #handicrafts, #creative, #diy, etc. |
| Finance & Technology | #fintech, #finance, #business, #crypto, #science, #technology, #computing, #cryptograph, etc. |
| Lifestyle | #lifestyle, #health, #fitness, #sport, #leisure, #food, #travel, #garden, #gardening, #recipe, #betterlife, etc. |
| My Life | #mylife, #thediarygame, #mytownin10pics, #actsofkindness, #charity, #news, etc. |
| Steem Growth | #steemgrowth, #steempromotion, #powerup, #marketing, #development, etc. |
Again these tags are just suggestions however, they have proven to be successful my advice is thus to stick with them.
For my education post, I use #education or #learn.
Of importance:
- DON'T tag bots. #krsuccess is not acceptable by some of the curators
- Be careful not to use tags that are not related to your posts. You might get moderators and curators “shouting” at you. Best of all, you might lose out on votes
- Make sure you follow the guidelines of the various communities
- Make sure you read and adhere to the rules of a contest
Be mindful when choosing tags. If your tags aren’t related to your post, your post may get downvotes for mistagging. - Steemit FAQ
How many tags can I use? |
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Way back when I joined Steemit the number of tags was 5. This has subsequently changed.
You can use up to 8 tags per post - Steemit FAQ
How do we use tags to search for posts? |
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When we shop we look for a specific product or products. Well, not if you are a mom and you have the kids with you.
Supermarkets are very clever in where they place their products. “Eye level is buy level” and so often these products are not the cheapest product on the shelf.
Did you know that the most successful spot in a supermarket is not in the aisles but at the end of the aisle or at the checkout points?
In Steemit we can also search for posts related to specific tags and in four categories.
- Trending - https://steemit.com/trending
- New - https://steemit.com/created
- Payouts - https://steemit.com/payout
- Muted - https://steemit.com/muted
All that you now need to do is to add the tag you are interested into the category search.
https://steemit.com/trending/art
That my friend, this is how easy it is to shop on Steemit provided that the right tags are used.
Happy tagging and happy shopping!
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I appreciate your clear explanation of hashtags and tags. You try hard to teach us all the time.
Awh! Thank you for your kind words my friend.
As long as there is someone who can learn from them, I am a happy fish in Steemit .
Thankh you for your support & engagement 🌼
My pleasure.
Thank you so much Mem, you have shared a very nice and helpful post. We can learn a lot from this post. Actually we make a little mistake in using tag. Reading your post really gave me a very good idea about using my tag.
I'm so glad that the post can help you.
It is so easy to make mistakes with tags. I see it on a daily basis.
I'm looking forward to see more of yous posts.
Thanks for the engagement!
#letscomment
Thank you so much mam 🥰💞
Yeah really helpful as always. I'm in love with your way of presenting. Using of tags that are relevant to the content is really helpfu. By the way, what's the wrong with using the tag #contest for a contest entry? Is there a specified rule?
#letscomment
Thank you for your kind words.
Okay, #contest.
Way back when the The7Up team was curating we told Steemians to use this tag.
When the new team took over SC01 pointed out that #contest should only be used for the announcement of contest. The tag is mainly for @disconnect to pick up contest entries.
Ps: It is great to see you participating in #letscomment
#letscomment
Mmmm interesting.. I didn't know about that. No harm. Thanks for that.
Ofcourse! It's a good trend after all!!
#letscomment
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@irawandedy
Thank you very much!!
Thanks for enlightening us. We are waiting for the next educational post, dear. I support 100% education post.
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It is for me to thank you for supporting my posts. THANK YOU! 🎕
Nothing gives me greater pleasure than helping others and hopefully i do it with my posts.
Thanks for sharing useful and informative post... Wish you all the best
Thank you!
Hopefully there will be a few who can learn from this post.
I see posts with wrong tags all the time.
I appreciate your support and engagement with my post.
You are welcome moms...
This is very useful for newcomers to this community in particular and the steemians who are everywhere,
Come on friends, it's time for us to learn, and for this no more I don't know.
As usually, I want give you my best wishes 😇😇😇
@fadhli1996 @dhafwa @tyauty @neukyan @msdbitco @adeknisam @teukuariel
Thank you my friend!
I appreciate your forever support and also playing it forward!
Hopefully it will help Steemians and choosing the correct tags.
Wishing you an awesome week!
Thank you so much. I was so lost on how the hashtag system worked. Now my posts can get more reactions and reach more people . Thank you again.
The pleasure is all mine! I am just glad that I could help.
I would recommend your read the other three posts as mentioned at the bottom of my post and they will help you as a new member.
Here is also a post that will help you;
https://steemit.com/hive-136998/@event-horizon/guidelines-for-newcomers-all-you-need-to-know-is-here
Glad i could help with the stats :-)
Excellent information dear friend, this will help us locate our publication in the best way on the platform.
I’m glad I could be of help.
Using the wrong tags are often a problem with so many posts.
Thanks for your interaction 🌼