Twitter Search Tricks
1.Search for Tweets from a particular Twitter user
from:twitterusername
To search for tweets from a twitter user, use the above search term.
2.Search for Tweets from a particular user with links
from:twitterusername filter:links
To search for only tweets with links from a twitter user, use the above search term.
3.Search for tweets from everyone with links and a particular term
download torrent filter:links
Let’s say you wanted to search for people tweeting downloadable links about a movie or some goodies, try the above search. Works all the time.
4.Search tweets to one person from everyone (Excluding RTs)
to:username
If you want to find out who all sent tweets to a a twitter user of your choice, try the above search term.
5.Search for replies to one person from everyone (Including RTs)
@username
This search will include all the mentions, including replies and RTs.
6.Search for conversations between two Twitter users
from:username1 to:username2
This search will show up all conversations between two users, without the RTs.
7.Search for events(anything) near a place
"event" near:"place"
This search term allows you to search for particular events/happenings or just about anything you want to know happening near a place. Excellent for finding tweetups and other events near your place.
8.Search for other Twitter users within your local area or specified physical distance of any place
near
lace within:20km
This is an awesome search, that lets you search for twitter users from physical distance around a place. Twitter knows where you are located with your geo codes so things are easy this way. you can select any physical distance from the place according toy our needs (mi=miles, km=kilometres).
9.Search for tweets relating to any term from a specific time period
searchterm since:2009-08-01
This is useful if you are searching for things that are recent or within a timeline. Example, a movie review from the date of its release ?
10.Search for tweets relating to any term up to a time period
searchterm until:2009-08-04
The reverse of the No.9, where you can search tweets upto a certain period of time.
