Is Twitter Search now useless? - GoFuckYourself.com

Juicy D. Links · 07-15-2009, 01:40 PM

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

iTouch! · 07-15-2009, 01:49 PM

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seeandsee · 07-15-2009, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Juicy D. Links

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

interesting

Agent 488 · 07-15-2009, 01:53 PM

thing is the tweets move so fast on a hot topic i wonder how many clicks those can generate.

Si · 07-15-2009, 01:55 PM

I've tried that tactic.

doesn't get you anywhere though like most spam.

Juicy D. Links · 07-15-2009, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mobilefun1987

I've tried that tactic.

doesn't get you anywhere though

Good! Fuck spam

2012 · 07-15-2009, 01:58 PM

where's Juicy ?

Si · 07-15-2009, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by budsbabes

thing is the tweets move so fast on a hot topic i wonder how many clicks those can generate.

let me try one and i'll post a screenshot.

I'll use bit.ly to see the amount of clicks it generates.

Si · 07-15-2009, 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mobilefun1987

let me try one and i'll post a screenshot.

I'll use bit.ly to see the amount of clicks it generates.

Yep, it ain't even worth posting the screenshot.

7 clicks!

Not excactly beneficial by means of traffic.

Agent 488 · 07-15-2009, 02:13 PM

would have to autogenerate tons of tweets and accounts.

Quote:

Originally Posted by mobilefun1987

Yep, it ain't even worth posting the screenshot.

7 clicks!

Not excactly beneficial by means of traffic.

Agent 488 · 07-15-2009, 02:15 PM

i'm sure there are black hat programs that auto generate thousands of accounts, follow people than hammer out tweets with keywords grabbed from the hot topics.

Juicy D. Links · 07-15-2009, 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by budsbabes

i'm sure there are black hat programs that auto generate thousands of accounts, follow people than hammer out tweets with keywords grabbed from the hot topics.

Those bh forums are a hoot

Blazed · 07-15-2009, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by budsbabes

would have to autogenerate tons of tweets and accounts.

Bingo. Mobilefun you're a noob .

Si · 07-15-2009, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blazed

Bingo. Mobilefun you're a noob .

Thats great.

So if one tweet gets 7 hits, how many do you need to generate a decent amount of traffic?

say one tweet gets 5-10 hits you'll need 1000 accounts to generate 10k worth of traffic. (if you do 1 post)

just doesn't seem like it is worth bothering with TBH.

Juicy D. Links · 07-15-2009, 02:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mobilefun1987

Thats great.

So if one tweet gets 7 hits, how many do you need to generate a decent amount of traffic?

say one tweet gets 5-10 hits you'll need 1000 accounts to generate 10k worth of traffic.

just doesn't seem like it is worth bothering with TBH.

The concept is called SCRIPTING, young padawan

Si · 07-15-2009, 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Juicy D. Links

The concept is called SCRIPTING, young padawan

Fair enough.

I'll just stick to normal search engines and use twitter for other uses

Loki · 07-15-2009, 07:30 PM

lol, Juicy That is the LEAST of the issues with Twitter right now, and TRUST me when I say this, NOW the search is ONLY good for singly DRIVE-BY 'spams' after you do it more then twice (five if they are slacking) you can say GOODBYE to your tweets in search....

They have this wonderful loophole where they will BAN YOU (not from the site lol) but
the "Find People" "Search" "Hashtag" "Trending Topics" and "From:" and NOTHING you say no matter what it is, will ever EVER make it to search....

They have been playing with it for the last few months (under the guise of a "glitch") When in reality they have been "fine-tuning" it.

You don't have to believe me if you don't want, but if your bored do this.....

Search TWITTER here on GFY, find a thread that features a nice selection of GFY Twitter accounts, then head over to twitter and do the following....

(1) first goto the person's page itself (IE twitter.com/whatevernamehere) make a lil mental note of: THE LAST TIME A POST WAS MADE

(2) Next scroll down to the bottom of the page and click SEARCH

(3) type this: from:whatevernamehere (IE the twitter name MINUS the @)

(3a) I would bet dollars to donuts you will find a GOOD number say "No results for from:whatevernamehere"

what the from: hashtag does is display the post from that actual user. Twitter has been SWEEPING the site clean of accounts they deem to be "Not Search Relevant" and THOUSANDS upon THOUSANDS of accounts have been "banned from search"

Quote:

Originally Posted by From Twitter's Official Response

In order to keep your search results relevant, Twitter filters search results for quality. Our search results will not include suspended accounts, or accounts that may jeopardize search quality. Material that degrades search relevancy or creates a bad search experience for people using Twitter may be permanently removed.

Now what exactly is Twitter's criteria of being "Not Search Relevant"?

Quote:

Originally Posted by From Twitter's Official Response

* Posting duplicate content (links or tweets)
* Misuse of hashtags (words followed by the '#' sign)
* Sending automated tweets or replies
* Using bots or applications to post similar messages based on keywords
* Posting similar messages over several accounts
* Abusing trending topics
* Aggressively following and un-following people (a common spam tactic)
* Re-posting public content without attribution to the author

Twitter may automatically remove accounts engaging in these behaviors from search in order to ensure the best experience for everyone.

(4) go back to Twitter home page, and click on FIND PEOPLE

(5) Type in any username you used in (3) and again dollars to donuts allot of them will say.... "We couldn't find anyone named whatevernamehere."

(6) Finally simply type in twitter.com/whatevernamehere in your address bar and VIOLA there is the account

Their blocking porn, MLM, spam, Religious, Comedy, multi-users, rapid tweeters, etc etc at the speed of light over the last month or so.

BUT fear NOT, even though you may be banned from search you CAN still gain more followers (And honestly it makes ya feel even better when your banned and the numbers still keep climbing lol)

If you want any more info about this, feel free to ask and I'll share what I know.

PS, if you want more reading here are some "official links to the matter"

A "Call To Arms" Blog Post About "Search Broken" June 5th 2009

OFFICIAL TWITTER "BUG" THREAD (thousands effected thread hit 100 pages before addressed by Twitter staff)

Twitter's "OFFICIAL" Response (BACK-DATED) To appear that it was created June 22nd (this has been proven to never existing until about 2 days ago lol... UPDATE while grabbing that link the page NOW says it was made May 29th LMAO

-Loki-

closer · 07-15-2009, 07:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vdc-Loki

lol, Juicy That is the LEAST of the issues with Twitter right now, and TRUST me when I say this, NOW the search is ONLY good for singly DRIVE-BY 'spams' after you do it more then twice (five if they are slacking) you can say GOODBYE to your tweets in search....

They have this wonderful loophole where they will BAN YOU (not from the site lol) but
the "Find People" "Search" "Hashtag" "Trending Topics" and "From:" and NOTHING you say no matter what it is, will ever EVER make it to search....

They have been playing with it for the last few months (under the guise of a "glitch") When in reality they have been "fine-tuning" it.

You don't have to believe me if you don't want, but if your bored do this.....

Search TWITTER here on GFY, find a thread that features a nice selection of GFY Twitter accounts, then head over to twitter and do the following....

(1) first goto the person's page itself (IE twitter.com/whatevernamehere) make a lil mental note of: THE LAST TIME A POST WAS MADE

(2) Next scroll down to the bottom of the page and click SEARCH

(3) type this: from:whatevernamehere (IE the twitter name MINUS the @)

(3a) I would bet dollars to donuts you will find a GOOD number say "No results for from:whatevernamehere"

what the from: hashtag does is display the post from that actual user. Twitter has been SWEEPING the site clean of accounts they deem to be "Not Search Relevant" and THOUSANDS upon THOUSANDS of accounts have been "banned from search"

Now what exactly is Twitter's criteria of being "Not Search Relevant"?

(4) go back to Twitter home page, and click on FIND PEOPLE

(5) Type in any username you used in (3) and again dollars to donuts allot of them will say.... "We couldn't find anyone named whatevernamehere."

(6) Finally simply type in twitter.com/whatevernamehere in your address bar and VIOLA there is the account

Their blocking porn, MLM, spam, Religious, Comedy, multi-users, rapid tweeters, etc etc at the speed of light over the last month or so.

BUT fear NOT, even though you may be banned from search you CAN still gain more followers (And honestly it makes ya feel even better when your banned and the numbers still keep climbing lol)

If you want any more info about this, feel free to ask and I'll share what I know.

PS, if you want more reading here are some "official links to the matter"

A "Call To Arms" Blog Post About "Search Broken" June 5th 2009

OFFICIAL TWITTER "BUG" THREAD (thousands effected thread hit 100 pages before addressed by Twitter staff)

Twitter's "OFFICIAL" Response (BACK-DATED) To appear that it was created June 22nd (this has been proven to never existing until about 2 days ago lol... UPDATE while grabbing that link the page NOW says it was made May 29th LMAO

-Loki-

That's the best info I've read about Twitter on GFY yet

07-15-2009, 01:40 PM	#1
Juicy D. Links So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: N.Y. -Long Island -- Posts: 122,992	Is Twitter Search now useless? 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

07-15-2009, 01:58 PM	#7
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07-15-2009, 01:49 PM	#2
iTouch! So Fucking Banned Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: $ land Posts: 1,457	tweet tweet

07-15-2009, 01:53 PM	#4
Agent 488 Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 22,511	thing is the tweets move so fast on a hot topic i wonder how many clicks those can generate.

07-15-2009, 01:55 PM	#5
Si Such Fun! Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 13,900	I've tried that tactic. doesn't get you anywhere though like most spam.

07-15-2009, 02:15 PM	#11
Agent 488 Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 22,511	i'm sure there are black hat programs that auto generate thousands of accounts, follow people than hammer out tweets with keywords grabbed from the hot topics.