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Saturday, November 21, 2009 4:53 PM

Published 06/24/2009 by Telegraph


Habitat apologises for Twitter hashtag spam

The furniture giant has been forced to apologise after using the Iran election to help publicise money-saving discounts at its stores. The team behind the HabitatUK Twitter account were adding keywords, known as hashtags, to their tweets, in order to ensure the...

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UK retailer apologizes for faux Iran Tweets
If you're among the many who've been searching Twitter for digital howls of revolution over the disputed Iranian presidential election, you may have turned up ads ... - [06/25/2009 - The Register]
Furniture store apologises over Iran tweets
LONDON (AFP) A furniture chain apologised Wednesday after keywords relating to the current unrest in Iran appeared in Twitter messages promoting offers in its s ... - [06/24/2009 - AFP via Yahoo!]
Habitat apologises for Iran tweets - [06/24/2009 - Web-User]
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