Twitter now showing popular tweets at top of search result

Nikhil Vishnu — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:23:38 +0000

Twitter added a new feature in their search for showing popular

tweets at the top of search results. They are using a special

account for capturing the top tweets(see that account here).

In new twitter search top three search results will be the most popular tweets. The number of retweets for the tweet can be found at the bottom of each popular tweet.

This new feature is coming to API too. So the search results will be break down into three

mixed – receive both “popular tweets” and most recent tweets for the query. This is the equivalent of the future default behavior.

popular – receive only “popular tweets” for the query.

recent – receive only recent results for the query. This is the equivalent of the behavior you’ve come to expect until present

This new feature makes searching more useful than the old style search.

Twitter added a new feature in their search for showing popular tweets at the top of search results. In new twitter search top three search results will be the most popular tweets. The number of retweets for the tweet can be found at the bottom of each popular tweet.

Twitter popular search result

Tweets are featured using an algorithm. They are also using a special account for capturing the top tweets (see that account here).

Twitter toptweets account

This new search feature is coming to API too. So the search results will be break down into three

mixed: receive both “popular tweets” and most recent tweets for the query. This is the equivalent of the future default behavior.

popular: receive only “popular tweets” for the query.

recent: receive only recent results for the query. This is the equivalent of the behavior you’ve come to expect until present

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Twitter now showing popular tweets at top of search result