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Searching through Twitter

When the Fail Whale stays away, the microblogging tool Twitter is a great way to see what is currently on the minds and in the conversations of people online. As with any great source of information, the ability to search and retrieve data is the key to using it to its potential and Twitter is no different.

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Let information find you

Searching for information is all well and good, but if you're interested in a topic, you'd probably like to follow the developments of that topic as they happen. Using search engines and remembering everything you've read is impractical, so why not let the information come to you as it is available?

Quick Tips

• In many search applications an asterisk * serves as a wild card and can mean anything. For example, searching for 'mas*' would return results for mask, mash and masculine, amond others. Try experimenting with wild cards to increase the power of your searches. #
• Use Twitter and would like to search through the incredible amount of conversation going on? Terraminds' Twitter search is for you. Just enter the search term or username you want to find and see what tweets are out there! #
• Can't quite remember a quote or song lyric? Just plug what you do remember into a search engine and leave out what you forget - in many cases this will bring up the exact lines you were looking for. Don't forget to use quote marks if you know a string of words exactly! #
• Use an asterisk (*) in your search criteria to indicate something unknown. Example: search* will return results based on searching, searches, searcher, search engine and so on, as well as those for simply search. #
• If you are using Mozilla Firefox, you can quickly search the web using the box in the top-right corner of the browser. Click on the icon to the left of the box to easily switch between search engines. Some of the defaults include Google, Yahoo! and Amazon. You can even add your own if you need one that is not included. #