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The Social Media Guide
thesocialmediaguide.com.au
©2009
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For the uninitiated, Twitter is a platform where information sharing and conversations happen inreal-time.It is where breaking news appears first.. often significantly before appearing on
live
TV.. andsometimes up to tens of minutes before being reported by the major online news sites.Even as I'm typing this, companies and businesses are integrating Twitter as a primary channel of news delivery.. the internet as a whole is evolving towards real-time.The lines between traditional journalism are blurring and becoming non-existent, as people aroundthe world are able to send tweets, share files, take pictures and upload videos all from their mobilephones.More people are using social media than ever before and the amount of new content beinggenerated every moment isincreasing exponentially.So are we experiencing information overload?To quote Clay Shirky.. "It's not information overload.. it's filter failure".To be successful in searching for the
right content 
you need to apply filters. There are manydifferent types of filters you can apply to your search criteria and this guide will show you someadvanced techniques.Like with all search engines, Twitter has two types.. real-time
standard search
,
 
The Social Media Guide
thesocialmediaguide.com.au
©2009
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.. 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 and hone-in onspecifics 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
Search Box
You can use all sorts of search operatorsin the search box to refine your search.. and I will gothrough each of these search operators here using examples.
 
The Social Media Guide
thesocialmediaguide.com.au
©2009
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Twitter Search Operators – Cheat SheetWord 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
" --> please see myarticleTwitter Hashtags for an explanation of hashtags
People Search
from:matthewtommasi= will find tweets
from the person
"
matthewtommasi
"
to:scobleizer= will find tweets
to the person
"
scobleizer 
"
to:guykawasaki OR to:mashable= will find tweets
to the person
"
guykawasaki
", OR
tothe person
"
mashable
"
@socialguide= will find tweets
referencing the person
"
@socialguide
"
Places Search
"windows 7" near:sydney= will find tweets containing the
exact phrase
"
windows 7 
", thatare
sent near
"
sydney
"
facebook near:london within:10mi= will find tweets
containing
"
 facebook 
", that are
sentwithin
"
10 miles
" of "
london
"
Date Search
"google wave" since:2009-10-23= will find tweets containing the
exact phrase
"
googlewave
", that have been
sent since the date
"
2009-10-23
" (year-month-day)
"windows vista" until:2009-10-19= will find tweets containing the
exact phrase
"
windowsvista
", 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 filter:links= will find tweets containing the
word
"
linkedin
", and
linking
to URLs
tennis source:tweetdeck = will find tweets containing the
word
"
tennis
", and
entered via
Tweetdeck 
beer ?= will find
questions
with the word "
beer 
"All of these search operators can be
combined with one another(s)
to
refine your search even further
.
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