Twitter has advanced search operators that allow you to find specific Tweets on any topic. For instance, with the World Cup now over, using Twitter you can find really interesting stats, content etc.
Here is a sample of some useful advanced search operators from Twitter:
| Operator | Finds tweets… |
|---|---|
| world cup | containing both “world” and “cup”. This is the default operator. |
| “world cup“ | containing the exact phrase “world cup”. |
| love OR hate | containing either “love” or “hate” (or both). |
| world -cup | containing “world” but not “cup”. |
| #worldcup | containing the hashtag “worldcup”. |
| from:omarkattan | sent from person “omarkattan” (me). |
| to:omarkattan | sent to person “omarkattan”. |
| @omarkattan | referencing person “omarkattan”. |
| “happy hour” near:“covent garden” | containing the exact phrase “happy hour” and sent near “covent garden”. |
| near:covent garden within:15mi | sent within 15 miles of “covent garden”. |
| superhero since:2009-10-22 | containing “superhero” and sent since date “2009-10-22″ (year-month-day). |
| ftw until:2009-10-22 | containing “ftw” and sent up to date “2009-10-22″. |
| 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:links | containing “hilarious” and linking to URLs. |
| news source:twitterfeed | containing “news” and entered via TwitterFeed |
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