Creating a Twitter Hashtag - #VOD Explained

What the hell is #VOD? Why is there one of those pound sign thingies in front of it? And why do I keep talking about the damn thing anyway? Well, all those questions and more will be answered right now.

#VOD literally stands for Video Of The Day. Okay, so there's no 'T' in it. Sue me. I opted for the shorter VOD because well it was shorter and it was pronounceable. Try saying votd. Didn't think so. Now, the pound sign or hashtag is used so that all Tweets with #VOD can be grouped and easily searched. This I'll explain in a second.


It's not news that Youtube and other video hosting sites are a great source of entertainment and information allowing anyone with video recording capabilities to post as much and as wide a variety of content as their hearts desire all the live long day. And there truly is a lot of high quality worth while material out their there. The yin to that yang however is that there's a lot of crap out there too. Lots.

Enter #VOD. Originally, all I had wanted to do was each day share a cool, funny, quality video with everyone in my Twitter network calling it "video of the day". But it quickly became much more than that. With the addition of the #VOD hashtag, the videos of the day are now easy to reference back to. All one has to do is go to Twitter and search for "#VOD" and instantly you're given access to all the Tweets with that particular hashtag and all the past videos of the day. And you don't even have to be a registered Twitter user to do this. Cool huh?

So, if you're looking for your daily fix of online video but don't want to waste hours sifting through drivel, just search for #VOD on Twitter and WALLAH! Cool videos instantly!





If you or someone you know has posted a video you think might be worthy of #VOD status or if you think you've happened upon the next viral hit, email me at cannibalron@yahoo.com with your name, contact info, website, and the link to the video. We'll screen the exhibit and if it passes our strict criteria (there isn't really a criteria), we'll post the video as a #VOD and give you credit.

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