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GET search/tweets

Returns a collection of relevant Tweets matching a specified query.Please note that Twitter’s search service and, by extension, the Search API is not meant to be an exhaustive source of Tweets. Not all Tweets will be free twitter followers without following back indexed or made available via the search interface.In API v1.1, the response format of the Search API has been improved to return Tweet objects more similar to the objects you’ll find across the REST API and platform. However, perspectival attributes fields that pertain to the perspective of the authenticating user are not currently supported on this endpoint.To learn how to use Twitter Search effectively, consult our guide to Using the Twitter Search API.Returns tweets by users located within a given radius of the given latitude/longitude. The location is preferentially taking from the Geotagging API, but will fall back to their Twitter profile.

Twitter makes account searches easier with Profiles Directory

Twitter has made it easier to find its millions of users on search engines by launching a new "Profiles Directory" tool.The directory lists all user accounts alphabetically and includes profiles with numbers and non-Latin character names.Twitter did not formally announce its new directory but instead quietly debuted the feature on the bottom of its homepage. "We launched this a few weeks ago," a Twitter spokesperson told CNET, to help people find gain followers on twitter the accounts they're looking for with various search engines.The tool was most likely created to get Twitter into more searches on Google, Bing, Yahoo, and other engines -- rather than be particularly useful to the social network's users, according to Search Engine Land. The tool should be helpful in attracting advertisers because more search engine traffic usually means more page views, which is something advertisers look for in clients. Facebook also has a profile directory, which looks almost identical to Twitter's new tool. Google Plus has account listings too, according to the Labnol blog, but user information is less accessible because it's within thousands of XML files.

Streaming API usually returns a much higher flow of tweets

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