Advanced Search Tips
TweetGrid supports Boolean Search Operators and other advanced search techniques. Below are examples of how to use them.
Boolean Operators
AND
If two or more words are specified in the search, "AND" is assumed, meaning you do not need to type "AND" into the search. The search results will include all of the search terms by default. However, if you wish, you may still type AND (in all capital letters) between search terms.
Examples
apple iphone
and
apple AND iphone
are equivelent searches.
OR
You can type OR (all captial letters) between search terms to get results matching at least one of the search terms.
Examples
ipod OR iphone
will return search results with either "ipod" or "iphone" in the tweets.
You can use OR with two or more search terms
ipod OR iphone OR macbook OR imac OR etc...
NOT
To exclude terms from search results, put a minus sign in front of the term.
Examples
apple -iphone
will return search results with "apple" but not "iphone" in the tweets.
You can use - multiple times to exclude multiple terms
apple -iphone -macbook
Combining AND, OR, NOT
You can combine AND, OR, and - in your searches to create more focused results.
Examples
apple iphone OR ipod -macbook
will return search results with ("apple" and "iphone") or ("apple" and "ipod") and not containing "macbook".
Advanced Search Operators
Searching for Multi-word Phrases
To search for a multi-word phrase, surround the phrase in quotes
Examples
"good morning"
"happy new year"
Tweets FROM a user
To search for tweets from a specific user, type from:username
Examples
from:jazzychad
from:tweetgrid
Tweets FROM multiple users
To search for tweets from multiple users, type from:username1 OR from:username2 OR ...
Examples
from:jazzychad OR from:tweetgrid
Tweets TO a user
To search for tweets starting with @user, type to:username
Examples
to:jazzychad
to:tweetgrid
Tweets TO multiple users
To search for tweets to multiple users, type to:username1 OR to:username2 OR ...
Examples
to:jazzychad OR to:tweetgrid
Tweets near a location (Geocoding)
To search for tweets near a location, use the near: and within: operators.
Examples
near:New York, NY within:50mi
near:Barcelona, Spain within:20km
coffee OR starbucks near:Seattle, WA within:15mi
More Examples
See if you can figure out what the follow searches will do:
tweetgrid OR "tweet grid" -from:tweetgrid
apple http
blog OR post -tinyurl
"word press" OR wordpress -blog
twitter "how do i"
to:al3x from:jazzychad
to:ev ?
All of the above search operators can be used together to create very powerful searches. Use your imagination, and soon you will get the hang of creating very useful searches.
