How To Search Twitter

Twitter searches have a wide range of options.

Example How It Works
twitter searchcontaining both "twitter" and "search". This is the default operator.
"happy hour"containing the exact phrase "happy hour".
love OR hatecontaining either "love" or "hate" (or both).
beer -rootcontaining "beer" but not "root".
#haikucontaining the hashtag "haiku".
from:alexiskoldsent from person "alexiskold".
to:techcrunchsent to person "techcrunch".
@mashablereferencing person "mashable".
"happy hour" near:"san francisco"containing the exact phrase "happy hour" and sent near "san francisco".
superhero since:2010-12-27containing "superhero" and sent since date "2010-12-27" (year-month-day).
ftw until:2010-12-27containing "ftw" and sent up to date "2010-12-27".
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:linkscontaining "hilarious" and linking to URLs.
news source:twitterfeedcontaining "news" and entered via TwitterFeed