Social Media Club | Columbia If you get it, share it

• The following post is courtesy of Black Amick, Mandi Engram and Mich Sineath

People have asked: How do I find other local Twitter users?

The quickest way to do this without downloading a 3rd-party application is to use the “near:” query in twitter search. Here’s how:

(1) Go to http://search.twitter.com

(2) In the search box, type “near:” followed by the location you want to search for. 

Example #1
Search for a CITY: “near:columbiasc” to find tweets in Columbia, SC. 
Note: you do NOT place a comma nor a space preceding the state.

Example #2 
Search for a ZIP CODE: “near:29063″ will find tweets in Irmo, SC.

(3) After you’ve submitted your search, there is a drop-down field under the Google Map. Use this to increase or decrease the size of the area that will be searched. i.e. “Within XX kms”

Example #3 
Combine step (2) and (3) by searching for something like this: “near:29201 within:25km”

Mandi Engram says: You can also find people in Columbia on Twitter by typing this into Google search: site:twitter.com location Columbia, SC

I say, check the search engines like http://www.twellow.com/ & http://www.trackvia.com/misc/media-database.htm. These provide a great easy way to locate folks by location AND expertise.

Got another great tip on finding locat Twitter users? Please share in the comments section!

Happy Tweeting! @blakeamick , @mandiengram & @michsineath

:-)