Twitter Search Tricks
2 January 2014Some quick handy Twitter Search tricks:
1. Remove Retweets by adding -rt to the search. Eg. Bedford -rt
2. Set a time limit using until: yyyy-mm-dd. Eg Biggleswade until:2014-01-06
3. Since can also be used in the same way since:yyyy-mm-dd.
4. Combine the two for a ‘between x and y’ search. Eg. Bedford since:2014-01-01 until:2014-01-06
5. Find tweets with links filter:links
6. Find an exact phrase by using quote marks (“) such as “Bedford UK”
7. Return an either/or string. Eg Bedford OR Biggleswade
8. To see tweets sent to a specific profile use to:truesilveruk
9. To see tweets sent from a specific profile use from:truesilveruk
For ways around the on going location search issues in Twitter, see Twitter Search: Find people local to you
