Twitter search is fairly straightforward. Because it is real time Boolean Searching String capable however, don’t expect to get number of results since that’s fairly pointless in this situation. Just expect to get results from the last few seconds back, and you get the full tweet.
Twitter Search defaults to AND, and it recognizes the “OR” option, and assumes that “NOT” is a search term, although the minus “–“sign works in place of it. Unfortunately phrase searching isn’t an option which is a huge bummer, except that there is if you use the advanced search option.
Search Using Hashtags (#) is a useful option. How do we use
People Search Options Both search options allow search by an individual with the function “from:” so from:Jaxx_Magee provides a result listing all of my tweets, though you could get the same information from my profile page. However, you can then add in other search terms to limit results to my tweets that also contain a particular word. It’s possible to search for tweets to a particular person, so
Location Search Options The concept is simple, working in both basic/advanced search, you can run a search for your keyword, a location, and a distance. A search for internet
Search By Date This option lists Tweets since a particular date using the function since:2009 03 11 (note the global dating system if you’re not from here) or before a particular date using the function until:2009 03 12 This works well in both basic and advanced search. Attitude Searching This is very cool – very simple concept based on the
RSS Feeds Both basic and advanced search options allow for