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Twitter's default search only goes back a week-if that-and often chokes on multiple keyword searches. Fortunately, there ARE many great alternatives, and I've included a chart comparing the nine top tweet search engines below. For example, Topsy lets you search all the way back to May, 2008. Here are links to each of the nine (plus a few extra ones),  in order of what I've found most useful to least useful for general tweet searches (however, some are powerful in other ways)):

Google is widely (and rightly) recognised as the mother of all search engines. But, if you need to drill down your searches by more specific details, do you trust Google to give you what you need every single time? Here's a collection of 3o vertical search engines which you should have up your sleeve when you need some specialist power.

"Monitter is a real time twitter search tool that enables you to monitor a set of keywords on twitter. It also allows you to narrow the search to a particular geographic location, allowing you to find out what's going onin a particular part of the world. To begin: just type a search term into the box above and click the "add column" button - or, if you prefer, click on the "Trending" link to load three columns with current twitter trends in them."

Twitter search tips

Search engine. 

"you can turn a Google search into an RSS feed using Google Alerts. Enter the search string (a preview of the results appears on the right), adjust Result type and How many, select Deliver to: Feed, and hit the Create Alert button."

DISCOVER your context universe around your brand or key words. Simply type in the word below and press 'go'. The wordcloud shows words in context with your search word - the closer to the centre, then the closer in context the word is with your search word.

inEye is a reverse image search engine. It finds out where an image came from, how it is being used, if modified versions of the image exist, or if there is a higher resolution version.

Searches Tweets up to about 12 months old.

Search Engine

Look up your name, company or brand. See what is said and engage.

Machine learning can automate content curation by using algorithms to scan content items, find similarities between sources and cluster them in logical groups. The content then can be tagged accordingly and displayed both proactively and on demand in response to search queries. The goal is to improve the efficiency (and cost) of curation processes while eliminating the "misses" where relevant content exists, but the system fails to connect users with the best resources.

Social media analytics and tracking can be very time-consuming and expensive. You'll find quite a few smart social media monitoring tools, but what if you can't afford them? That's why many social media marketers and power users are in constant search of free, efficient alternatives. Here, we'll share a few ready-made spreadsheets you can copy (navigate File + Make a copy) and use for social media analytics. They are free, highly customizable and extremely easy to use. Most of the scripts that run the spreadsheets are "public," meaning you can access them from the Tools + Script Gallery menu (this also means they were reviewed and approved by Google Spreadsheets team).

his is a handy time saver which scans the tweets of the Twitter accounts you follow and delivers the most popular links to you in either a handy newsletter or a real-time web page. When used in conjunction with our @CILIPinfo Twitter account which follows around 2,500 library, information and knowledge workers and organisations it is a great real-time search tool.

This free program is a Creative Commons-licensed photo search engine that you can use to find any sort of photo by keyword, and then visit the web page it lives on or download the image directly.

Quietly is a new web-based app which allows you to create beautiful list-based slideshows which can be shared and embedded on any website. Each card in a Quietly slideshow can be made up by a: - website - from which you can pick any image - an image - which you can search or upload - a location on the map - a name, a URL and a description The user can also customize font styling, the cover image, and many other visual components of his slideshow.

"This master class will explore the emerging role of the "Content Curator" and how it relates to the information profession. Topics covered will include: * Search techniques and aggregation tools to find and filter relevant information. * Tips and techniques for organising and categorising information. * How to validate trusted information sources. * Licencing and copyright requirements for re-published information. * Adding value &context to curated content through storytelling techniques * An introduction to a selection of content curation tools. * An introduction to tools that support high-impact and content-relevant newsletters."