Twitter is a very famous micro blogging website where we can send any type of message to our friends with a limit of 140 characters.

I would like to share the answers of lots of common Twitter questions. These answers can help you a lot to learn how twitter works.

1. Twitter Commands

@username + message – Reply to any user

D username + message – Private message to a user

FAV username - marks a person’s last tweets as a
Favorite.

SET LOCATION placename – updates the location field
in your profile Eg: set location san Francisco

WHOIS username – retrieves the profile information for
Any public user on Twitter.

GET username – retrieves the latest Twitter update
Posted by the user.

NUDGE username – reminds a friend to update by
asking what they’re doing on your behalf Eg: nudge biz

INVITE phone number – will send an SMS invite to a
friend’s mobile phone Eg: Invite 415 555 1212

2. TWITTER SEARCH

Word Search

social media – will find tweets containing both “social”
and “media“

“social media” - will find tweets containing the exact
phrase “social media“

social OR media – will find tweets containing “social”
OR “media” (or both)

social -media – will find tweets containing “social” but
NOT “media“

#socialmedia – will find tweets containing the hashtag “#socialmedia“

People Search

from:matthewtommasi - will find tweets from the
person “matthewtommasi“

to:scobleizer - will find tweets to the person
“scobleizer“

to:guykawasaki OR to:mashable – will find tweets to
the person “guykawasaki“, OR to the person
“mashable“

@socialguide – will find tweets referencing the person
“@socialguide“

Places Search

“windows 7″ near:sydney – will find tweets containing
the exact phrase “windows 7“, that are sent near
“sydney“

facebook near:london within:10mi – will find tweets
containing “facebook“, that are sent within “10 miles”
of “london“

Date Search

“google wave” since:2009-10-23 – will find tweets
containing the exact phrase “google wave“, that have
been sent since the date “2009-10-23” (year-month-day)

“windows vista” until:2009-11-02 – will find tweets
containing the exact phrase “windows vista“, that have
been sent up until the date “2009-10-19” (year-monthday)

Other Search

linkedin filter:links – will find tweets containing the
word “linkedin“, and linking to URLs

tennis source:tweetdeck – will find tweets containing
the word “tennis“, and entered via Tweetdeck

beer ? – will find questions with the word “beer“

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This is Sachin Bhutani & i am not a full time blogger. Once i found any problems, solutions or great tips i always share it on my blog.