search results - how far does it go back

Quy

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Oct 4, 2010, 4:16:04 PM10/4/10

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When try to search on results from a user like "from:mashable", I only
see results going as far back as 24 hours? I thought the archive went
back further for a search.

Tim Bull

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Oct 4, 2010, 4:32:57 PM10/4/10

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The time window depends on how busy Twitter is as a whole - the search
is not a fixed timeframe.

Matt Harris

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Oct 4, 2010, 7:07:57 PM10/4/10

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Hey Quy,

Search is focused on real-time relevant Tweets, so the index is fairly
short. At the moment the index is ~5 days of relevant Tweets.
I hope that answers your question,

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