The act of tagging youtube (or similar sites) videos with irrelevant words or phrases, so it will come up in popular searches, giving the video more hits or views.
Jeff: Did you find that video of the T-Rex eating a monster truck on youtube?
Dave: I thought I did, but it turned out it was just a hit tag.
Dave: I thought I did, but it turned out it was just a hit tag.
by Johnny Osborne October 8, 2009