Twitter is growing so fast (lolllll @ 30% retention rate thouugh) that they haven't made their search function spam proof. Looks like Twittr has now fallen victim to the old skool spamming method that anally ruptured Altavista--keyword stuffing based on news trends.
It's gotten so bad that twitter search, just like it's Direct message (DM) function is pretty much is useless
See an example below
It looks pretty simple
Find a hot topic that gets lots of searches--Google trends is probably a good place to find this info
Create a tweet with that keyword
Mix it with spiced ham
Result = Twitter search results that are as worthless as the steam rising from a freshly laid pile of horse shit
Props to
Wordpress How to Spotter for this