Screencasts - by Patrick Thornton on Thursday, March 12, 2009 14:33 - 2 Comments
Screencast: Advanced Twitter tips & tricks – search.twitter.com
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Today’s screencast focuses on advanced uses of search.twitter.com. This screencast is an excellent way to show your colleagues the power of Twitter and why they should be on it. Simply put, Twitter allows reporters to do their jobs easier and better.
These advanced search techniques are what allow Twitter to truly shine as a reporting tool. The ability to search by location, date, author name, etc is huge
If you’re new to Twitter, I recommend checking out our first screencast on Twitter, “How to use Twitter for reporting.” We have a Twitter 101 screencast coming soon.
Our previous screencasts can be found here.
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[...] One of the most power parts of the new search functionality on Twitter is that it supports the same advanced operators as search.twitter.com. If you aren’t familiar with everything that search.twitter.com can do (and it really takes Twitter to a new level for journalists and content producers), check out our screencast on the search.twitter.com. [...]