So if you are interested in listening to what the twitterati is saying about jQuery, you can search with the #jQuery hashtag on Twitter Search or hashtags.org
I've been looking for a simple way to convert the keywords within the headings of my blog posts that I auto-publish to Twitter to hashtags that are already used on Twitter. There are multiple tools that can take your feed & auto-publish it to Twitter. I found two methods to convert keywords to hashtags -
1. The FeedBurner Socialize service makes it easy to publicize your articles by auto-publishing their feed to Twitter.
To automatically add hashtags while publishing your feed items to Twitter, sign-in to FeedBurner, go to the Publicize tab & pick the Socialize option in the left-side menu.
For the label Hash tags in the form, choose "Create hash tags from item categories" to let FeedBurner automatically convert labels or tags, assigned to your post through a blogging system like Blogger or a CMS, to hashtags. For instance, JavaScript is a label I use within Blogger. The preview below shows how the label within the heading of a feed item of my blog would show up after I activate the service.
To make the best of this service, choose label names that are already existing Twitter hashtags. Additionally, utilize the feature that FeedBurner provides to append a string like "My blog post:" infront of the article title to distinguish it from your manually submitted tweets.
What's more, the Google URL Shortener service goo.gl used for the links in the auto-published tweets, also provides click analytics which lets you track popularity of your links.
2. Twitter has introduced its own version of Tweet buttons that you can customize & embed so that it appears along side each article/post.
Although you have to manually assign the hashtags, the process is partly simplified as the article heading & shortened URL are filled in for you.
