Thursday, May 2, 2013

How to search hashtags from your computer

OK... so I've had a few people ask me how they can search the #eduphotoadaymay hashtag online on a computer (aka non-mobile device) that does not have Instagram installed, as it doesn't appear that you can do so on the Instagram website. Well, there are a couple of ways: first, if you look at the #eduphotoaday feed on the right-hand side of this blog, you can click on it, and then when the SnapWidget window opens up, click on the #eduphotoadaymay hashtag (hashtags are coloured blue, as opposed to black for the rest of the text), and some Instagram photos with that hashtag will show up. However, when my students and I tried this from our computers at school (when they were choosing #eduphotoaday Instagram photos to do some writing about), we only got a limited number of photos (9) that come up - not ideal, considering that as of this writing, there are already over 100 photos with that hashtag... in less than two full days (well done, folks!)! A better way to look at photos from this project is to go check out the website Statigram - from here, you can search Instagram usernames or hashtags, and all of the photos with that hashtag (provided they are from accounts that are not private) will show up. I've included a screenshot of the Statigram homepage below - just type #eduphotoadaymay into the search box near the top of the page, and you're good to go! Or... if you're really lazy, click here, and it'll take you right to the search results. I hope this helps... and thanks for playing along!

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