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How To Search Tweets By Location

advos: “Ever wonder who the people are that are near your location and tweeting with a certain topic or hashtag? Maybe not, unless you are a Twitter nerd like me. But it can be interesting and if done correctly, improve your social marketing. Here is how to do it:Ever wonder who the people are that are near your location and tweeting with a certain topic or hashtag?

Maybe not, unless you are a Twitter nerd like me. But it can be interesting and if done correctly, improve your social marketing. Here is how to do it:

1. First, determine your geolocation (latitude and longitude). Not sure? Use a service like My GeoPosition. It will look something like this:

Latitude: 37.776692537
Longitude: -122.4167751122

2. Then determine the radius that you want to search tweets. For example, within 50km of your location (~ 31 miles).

3. Now you can compose a search string that will be used to search tweets within your desired location. The search string will follow this format:

geocode:latitude,longitude,radius

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