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Guide to Advanced Twitter Search

For the uninitiated Twitter is a platform where information sharing and conversationshappen in real-time

It is where breaking news appears first often significantly before appearing on live TVand sometimes up to tens of minutes before being reported by the major online newssites

Even as Im typing this companies and businesses are integrating Twitter as a primarychannel of news delivery the internet as a whole is evolving towards real-time

The lines between traditional journalism are blurring and becoming non-existent aspeople around the world are able to send tweets share files take pictures and uploadvideos all from their mobile phones

More people are using social media than ever before and the amount of new contentbeing generated every moment is increasing exponentially

So are we experiencing information overload

To quote Clay Shirky Its not information overload its filter failure

To be successful in searching for the right content you need to apply filters There aremany different types of filters you can apply to your search criteria and this guide willshow you some advanced techniques

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Like with all search engines Twitter has two types real-time standard search

where you can enter basic keywords this is the method everyone uses and knows

Advanced Twitter Search

Twitter also has an advanced search that allows you to really filter out the noise andhone-in on specifics about what people are talking about right now

The Twitter advanced search interface allows you to search via two ways

1 Search Box2 Search Form

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Search Box

You can use all sorts of search operators in the search box to refine your search and Iwill go through each of these search operators here using examples

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Twitter Search Operators ndash Cheat Sheet

Word Search

social media = will find tweets containing both social and media social media = will find tweets containing the exact phrase social media social OR media = will find tweets containing social OR media (or both) social -media = will find tweets containing social but NOT media socialmedia = will find tweets containing the hashtag socialmedia --gt please

see my article Twitter Hashtags for an explanation of hashtags

People Search

frommatthewtommasi = will find tweets from the person matthewtommasi toscobleizer = will find tweets to the person scobleizer toguykawasaki OR tomashable = will find tweets to the person guykawasaki

OR to the person mashable socialguide = will find tweets referencing the person socialguide

Places Search

windows 7 nearsydney = will find tweets containing the exact phrasewindows 7 that are sent near sydney

facebook nearlondon within10mi = will find tweets containing facebook thatare sent within 10 miles of london

Date Search

google wave since2009-10-23 = will find tweets containing the exact phrasegoogle wave that have been sent since the date 2009-10-23 (year-month-day)

windows vista until2009-10-19 = will find tweets containing the exact phrasewindows vista that have been sent up until the date 2009-10-19 (year-month-day)

Attitude Search

movie ) = will find tweets containing the word movie with a positive attitude food ( = will find tweets containing the word food with a negative attitude

Other Search

linkedin filterlinks = will find tweets containing the word linkedin and linkingto URLs

tennis sourcetweetdeck = will find tweets containing the word tennis andentered via Tweetdeck

beer = will find questions with the word beer

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All of these search operators can be combined with one another(s) to refine your searcheven further

Search Form

The advanced search form underneath the search box allows you to enter and searchusing all the operators listed above but entering them in the form

Think of it as an easier advanced search

Saved Search

All Twitter clients have saved search functionality where you can save searches

From Twitters interface type in your search query (using any of the search operatorsabove) then click on the search icon

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To save that search click on the Save this search link

This search is now saved and can be accessed in the future quickly by clicking on thatlink

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You can also use search widgets with persistent searches and embed them in in yourblog

I have embedded a Twitter search widget in my News page to search for tweetscontaining the exact phrase social media

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To save that search click on the Save this search link

This search is now saved and can be accessed in the future quickly by clicking on thatlink

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You can also use search widgets with persistent searches and embed them in in yourblog

I have embedded a Twitter search widget in my News page to search for tweetscontaining the exact phrase social media

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You can also use search widgets with persistent searches and embed them in in yourblog

I have embedded a Twitter search widget in my News page to search for tweetscontaining the exact phrase social media

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50 More Twitter and Real-time Search Tools

Here are 50 more Twitter and real-time search resources

1 BackTweets - Search for Links on Twitter2 BingTweets - Fusing Twitter trends with Bing real-time search3 Collecta - Real-time search4 CrowdEye - Real-time social search5 Faroo - Real-time search6 GeoFollow - Location based Twitter directory7 Heapr - Search Google and Twitter8 IceRocket - Real-time search9 itpints - Real-time search engine10 MicroPlaza - Search the hot links and trending topics on Twitter11 Monniter - Real-time Twitter monitor12 Navgle - Navigate your search13 OneRiot - Search the real-time web14 PicFrog - Real-time image search on Twitter15 Scoopler - Real-time search16 serendipiTwitterous - Search for Tweets of a certain person using keywords17 Topsy - A search engine powered by tweets18 Trendistic - Search Twitter through time19 Twazzup - Search Twitter Get real insights20 TweedleDM - Search Twitter DMs21 Tweefind - Twitter search by user rank22 TweepFind - Tweeps search by Rank and Skills

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23 Tweeple of India - Search tweeple of India24 TweepSearch - Twitter profile and Bio search25 TweetFeel - Real-time Twitter search26 TweetGrid - Create a Twitter search dashboard27 Tweeple411 - Twitter search directory28 TweetFind - Live Twitter directory29 TweetRSVP - A search engine that pulls tweets with questions and requests for

information30 TweetScan - Microblog search31 Tweetzi - Real-time Twitter search and trends32 Twicsy - Search Twitter Images33 Twifish - The extended Twitter search34 Twindexx - Crowd-sourcing the best of Twitter35 Twingly - Microblog search36 Twiogle - Search Google and Twitter at the same time37 TwiPho - Search Twitter photos38 TwiST - Twitter search tool39 Twithority - Twitter search by authority40 Twitmatic - Search for videos on Twitter41 Twitority - Authority based Twitter search42 Twitter FreeSearch - Twitter search43 Twitter Job Search - Search jobs on Twitter44 Twitterment - Search engine for Twitter45 Twitter Power Search - Real-time Twitter search46 TwitterTroll - Twitter search engine47 Twoogel - Google and Twitter search48 Twoquick - Simple Google and Twitter search49 Twuet - Twitter search engine50 Visible Tweets - Twitter Visualisations

Seek and ye shall find

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The Social Media Guide

The Social Media Guide provides helpful advice and tips on connecting you to othersthrough the use of social media and social networks

The Social Media Guide is an authoritative source on current and emerging social mediatools and platforms

The current explosion in social media technologies has made it easier than ever toconnect with friends groups customers and networks with similar interests from allaround the world

Businesses can benefit greatly by using social media to market their product strengthenbrand recognition and attract new customers

My aim is to show you how social media can be used to connect with more peoplefaster by providing clear and simple solutions

The Social Media Guide will show you how to extend your reach deeper into the socialweb and connect with more people

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