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How to search Twitter

Pt. 9 of 10 | 2:13 |

Get Twittering - Twitter for Beginners

Thursday December 11, 2008

Now that you're on your way to becoming a Twitter power user, we'll show you how to use Twitter search to filter through the mass of information on Twitter to find just what's of specific interest to you at a given moment. Searching twitter can allow you to connect with other tweeters over similar interests. The search function is simple and easy. We'll show you how to use it.

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- Go to Twitter's Search page to enter search queries and hone down what people are Twittering about.

- Enter your search terms, click on Search and then scroll through the results.

- If a new tweet is posted that contains your search terms while you're browsing, click on the Refresh link to view the latest.

- Refining your search is as simple as adding more search terms and clicking on Search again.

- Search results show the words you searched for in bold.

- In the right-hand menus, you can choose the language to search and display results, see what topics are trendy and see queries that Twitter deems "Nifty."

- Click on Twitter these results to send a tweet containing your search results.

- Click on Feed for this query to keep your RSS reader updated with new results for your search terms.

- Click on Advanced Search beside the Search button to get much more refined and targeted search results. You can search in a certain time frame, search for people, places and even even attitudes.

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