Saturday, May 14, 2011

Twitter Advanced Search Operators

I just noticed Twitter documents its advanced search operators. The :) and :( searches are intriguing for brand research.

OperatorFinds tweets...
twitter searchcontaining both "twitter" and "search". This is the default operator.
"happy hour"containing the exact phrase "happy hour".
love OR hatecontaining either "love" or "hate" (or both).
beer -rootcontaining "beer" but not "root".
#haikucontaining the hashtag "haiku".
from:alexiskoldsent from person "alexiskold".
to:techcrunchsent to person "techcrunch".
@mashablereferencing person "mashable".
"happy hour" near:"san francisco"containing the exact phrase "happy hour" and sent near "san francisco".
near:NYC within:15misent within 15 miles of "NYC".
superhero since:2010-12-27containing "superhero" and sent since date "2010-12-27" (year-month-day).
ftw until:2010-12-27containing "ftw" and sent up to date "2010-12-27".
movie -scary :)containing "movie", but not "scary", and with a positive attitude.
flight :(containing "flight" and with a negative attitude.
traffic ?containing "traffic" and asking a question.
hilarious filter:linkscontaining "hilarious" and linking to URLs.
news source:twitterfeedcontaining "news" and entered via TwitterFeed

Here's their Advanced Search form. You might also be interested in handy search bookmarklets from one of my previous posts.