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What is a
searchoperator ?
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What is a search operator?
It's an instruction that join keywords to
form a new, more complex query. Just
add a symbol to your search term to
refine the results that you see.
How does
itworks ?
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How does it works?
Search operators options are powered by the
social media sites you are using to create a
query. You can reproduce the same query to in
your Scup monitoring.
Where does
itworks ?
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Where does it works?
There are 27 specific
searches to help social
media managers power
through their work from
postings to analysis,
significantly increasing
their daily efficiency.
Where does it works?
The following is a Scup
list of the searches
that you can refine using
search operators:
Where does it works? Twitter
What does it search for?
The search is the same on http://search.twitter.com
What does it get?
The results found on http://search.twitter.com
What do you search for?
An user's posts on Twitter
What do we get?
All the mentions that contain the registered keyword
Operator Find tweets...
twitter searchcontaining 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".
Where does it works? Twitter
Operator Find tweets...
near:NYC
within:15misent within 15 miles of "NYC".
superhero
since:2010-12-27
containing "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:twitterfeed
containing "news" and entered via TwitterFeed
Where does it works? Twitter
Operator Find tweets...
firehose search containing both “firehose" and "search"..
"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".
reetweets_of:justin
bieberretweets of a specified user.
Where does it works? Twitter
Operator Find tweets...
contains:iphone
Matches tweets that have the given substring,
regardless of tokenization. In other words, this
does a pure substring match, and does not
consider word boundaries.
url_contains:"iphone"Matches tweets with URLs that literally contain the
given phrase or keyword.
bio_contains:CEOMatches tweets whose author's Twitter bio contain
the given keyword or phrase.
bio_name_contains:"Mike"
Matches tweest where the user's display name (not
username) as specified in their bio, contains a
given substring.
bio_location:"Boulder"Matches tweets where the user's bio-level location
contains the specified keyword or phrase.
bio_location_contains:"Boul
der"
Matches tweets where the user's bio-level location
contains the specified substring.
time_zone:"Eastern Time
(US & Canada)"
Matches tweets where the user-selected time zone
specified in a user's profile settings matches a
given string.
Where does it works? Twitter
Operator Find tweets...
place:"Rio de
Janeiro"Matches tweets tagged with the specified location.
place_contains:"Bo
ulder"
Matches tweets where the tagged place/location
contains a given substring.
klout_score:75Matches tweets whose author's Klout score (if, and only
if, they have one) are within the given range.
followers_count:1000000
Matches tweets whose author's followers count are within the given range.
is:retweet
Deliver only explicit retweets that match a rule. Can
also be negated to exclude retweets that match a rule
from delivery and only original content is delivered.
Details on the functionality and restrictions for the Firehose itself,
including the use of OR and grouping functionality can be found
in the following link:
http://support.gnip.com/customer/portal/articles/600544-twitter-
powertrack-operators
Where does it works? Twitter
Where does it works? Google
What does it search for?
All public posts on
GooglePlus
What does it get?
All the posts that is provided
by API
What does it search for?
Blogs indexed by Google
that have a specific
keyword
What does it get?
The results with Google
Blogs search
What does it search for?
Mentions indexed by
Google, containing a given
keyword
What does it get?
All the alerts on Google
Alerts RSS
What does it search for?
News indexed by Google
that have a specified
keyword
What does it get?
Results with Google News
search
You can use the same Google’s search operators to
refine your keyword with each Google search service
available on Scup.
Where does it works? Google
Operator Find...
"search query" Search for an exact word or phrase
-query Exclude a word
~query Include similar words
site: query Search within a site or domain
query * query Include a "fill in the blank"
query OR query Search for either word
number..number Search for a number range
For certain complex searches, you might want more control over
the results that you see. Try the Advanced Search page to see
options for making your searches more precise and getting more
useful results.
http://www.google.com/advanced_search
Where does it works? Google
Where does it works? Facebook
What does it search for?
Posts on user walls and Facebook pages.
What does it get?
All the posts with the speficied keyword on public profiles
and open pages
Where does it works? Facebook
It’s important to remember some limitations about
Facebook search:
Facebook search lacks advanced operators and flexibility to
refine your keyword. You can’t exclude one word or filter
results by location.
There are only 2 operators to help you refine your keyword.
Where does it works? Facebook
Operator Find...
"search query" Search for an exact word or phrase
query | query Search for either word
Where does it works? YouTube
What does it search for?
Videos that have a keyword on its title and/or description.
What does it get?
The results from the search on YouTube
Where does it works? YouTube
Operator Find...
"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".
intitle:beer containing “beer” in the video title.
Where does it works? Flickr
What does it search for?
Pictures that have a speficic keyword on its title and/or
description.
What does it get?
Results from Flickrs own search.
Where does it works? Flickr
Operator Find...
love AND hate Imagery tagged with both terms
love OR hate containing either "love" or "hate" (or both).
love NOT hateImagery tagged with “love” but could not include the
“hate” tag.
love AND hate
NOT peace
Imagery tagged with love and hate but could not contain
imagery tagged with peace.
love -hatephotos tagged with “love” but could not have the “hate”
tag.
love +hate must include the “hate” tag
For certain complex searches, you might want more control over
the results that you see. Try the Advanced Search page to see
options for making your searches more precise and getting more
useful results.
http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced/
Where does it works? Yahoo! Answers
What does it search for?
Questions that have a specific keyword
What does it get?
Items of RSS from the search on Yahoo! Answers
Where does it works? Yahoo! Answers
Operator Find...
(love OR hate)containing either "love" or "hate" (or both).
Peace AND (love
OR hate)containing “peace” and “love” or “hate”.
love ANDNOT
(hate)containing “love” but could not include the word “hate”
("happy hour“) containing the exact phrase "happy hour".
For certain complex searches, you might want more control over
the results that you see. Try the Advanced Search page to see
options for making your searches more precise and getting more
useful results.
http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_advance
