Setting Up a Twitter Search Feed

Wouldn’t you like to know when people tweet the word “library” in your area? Are they saying good things? Great! It’d be nice to see that. But what about negative things said on Twitter? Well, you definitely want to know about it and address it right away! Using Twitter’s advanced search and a newsreader of your choice, you can subscribe to a feed of tweets containing the word “library” in your general area. Here’s how:

1. Visit: http:search.twitter.com
2. Click on the link for the Advanced Search
3. In the box for “All of these words,” type in the word “library” (without the quotes)
4. Places >> Near this place: [your zip code]
5. Within this distance: [choose a radius that best fits your needs]
6. Click the “Search” button
7. See the current results
8. In the upper-right corner of the page, click on “Feed for this query.”
9. Subscribe to this feed using: [the newsreader of your choice]
10. Hint: Have a Google account? Log into Google before taking these steps and quickly add this to your homepage or Google Reader.

If you don’t want to do an advanced Twitter search, the following search query will also work in the regular Twitter search:

eBooks OR audiobooks OR library near:”concord nh” within:15mi

Have fun!