Search not working

RobertCEdwards
@RobertCEdwards Robert Edwards

I'm using the API to search for users that have a bloo.ms link in their tweet.
Below is the url string I'm using, + my search urls and results page, but the problem happens in the Twitter Search Bar/result too.
I seem to be missing search results, including from myself.
My own tweet was showing up yesterday in the results, now it is hidden.
Help?

https://twitter.com/RobertCEdwards/status/285077008260661248
https://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=bloo.ms&src=typd
http://search.twitter.com/search.json?q=bloo.ms&rpp=5&callback=?&include_entities=true&result_type=mixed

27 weeks 5 days ago

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episod
@episod Taylor Singletary

It's likely these tweets just aren't being indexed by search, which doesn't index all tweets. See this FAQ question for more information:

Why are the Tweets I'm looking for not in Twitter Search, the Search API, or Search widgets?

Twitter's search is optimized to serve relevant tweets to end-users in response to direct, non-recurring queries such as #hashtags, URLs, domains, and keywords. The Search API (which also powers Twitter's search widget) is an interface to this search engine. Our search service is not meant to be an exhaustive archive of public tweets and not all tweets are indexed or returned. Some results are refined to better combat spam and increase relevance. Due to capacity constraints, the index currently only covers about a week's worth of tweets.

The user timeline API is the definitive source of tweets by a specific author. For a collection of recent Tweets by more than one user, consider creating a Twitter List and leveraging the list timeline. The Streaming API is often the best-fit choice when seeking completeness.

If the tweets you're looking for aren't available in search and you think they should be, consult this support topic for further instructions to contact @Support.

27 weeks 4 days ago