Twitter definitely became a main stream media with thousands of tweet publish every second, the main problem regarding this ocean of information is to be able to find what you’re really looking for.
Twitter provide a search page, where you can search with keywords but if you want to go deeper in your search here is a list of operator you can use to refine your search:
| Operator | Finds tweets… |
|---|---|
| twitter search | containing both « twitter » and « search ». This is the default operator. |
| « happy hour« | containing the exact phrase « happy hour ». |
| love OR hate | containing either « love » or « hate » (or both). |
| beer -root | containing « beer » but not « root ». |
| #haiku | containing the hashtag « haiku ». |
| from:alexiskold | sent from person « alexiskold ». |
| to:techcrunch | sent to person « techcrunch ». |
| @mashable | referencing person « mashable ». |
| « happy hour » near:« san francisco » | containing the exact phrase « happy hour » and sent near « san francisco ». |
| near:NYC within:15mi | sent within 15 miles of « NYC ». |
| superhero since:2010-03-01 | containing « superhero » and sent since date « 2010-03-01″ (year-month-day). |
| ftw until:2010-03-01 | containing « ftw » and sent up to date « 2010-03-01″. |
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 |