The Twitter Search Cheat Sheet

It’s so easy to write posts about Twitter.  Why?

There’s just so much material out there that people just don’t realize.

From the API’s like my personal fav (Twhirl) to things like today’s topic;

Using the Twitter Search Function.

Wait.  You did know they have a search function - right?

http://search.twitter.com

Did you also know Google has a Twitter Search?

* Actually it’s a Steve Rubel coop project but it does show up on G searches.  Trust me - you’ll like the twitter search better!

Back to Twitter Search.

• You can search for most any term (as in your name, or twitter name)
• Search for a hashtag

But then there is a plethora of other search functions you might not know about.  Consider this your Search Cheat Sheet (copied directly from a hard to find page on twitter)

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Search Operators

You can type these search operators directly into the search box. (Alternatively, you can use the advanced search form to automatically construct your query.)

Operator
Finds tweets…

• twitter search
  containing both “twitter” and “search”. This is the default operator.
• “happy hour“
  containing the exact phrase “happy hour”.
• obama OR hillary
  containing either “obama” or “hillary” (or both).
• beer -root
  containing “beer” but not “root”.
• #haiku
  containing the hashtag “haiku”.
• from:alexiskold
  sent from person “alexiskold”.
• to:techcrunch
  sent to person “techcrunch”.
• @mashable
  referencing person “mashable”.
• “happy hour” near:“san francisco”
  containing the exact phrase “happy hour” and sent near “san francisco”.
• near:NYC within:15mi
  sent within 15 miles of “NYC”.
• superhero since:2008-05-01
  containing “superhero” and sent since date “2008-05-01″ (year-month-day).
• ftw until:2008-05-03
  containing “ftw” and sent up to date “2008-05-03″.
• movie -scary :)
  containing “movie”, but not “scary”, and with a positive attitude.
• flight :(
  containing “flight” and with a negative attitude.
• traffic ?
  containing “traffic” and asking a question.
• hilarious filter:links
  containing “hilarious” and linking to URLs.

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So there you have it. Now you can search Twitter more effectively.

Now go Twsearching!

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