Inconsistent Tweet Count Between Tweet Button and Twitter Search

kacyjames · 2012-01-19T21:42:05.000Z

We’re experiencing several issues related to the way Twitter currently counts and displays tweets made through the official Twitter button on our blog. Sometimes after clicking the tweet button belonging to a post with a significant number of tweets, twitter returns no tweets related to the post. This usually occurs with posts that are only a few days old. Is there a retention window for which tweets are searchable?

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Thanks in advance!

episod · 2012-01-19T22:22:20.000Z

We’re investigating some counting issues with the Tweet Button right now, but to answer your question – the Twitter Search index only goes back a few days – usually no more than a week into the past. It’s likely the reason you can’t find the tweets in Search for a number of these articles.

kacyjames · 2012-01-20T19:00:49.000Z

Thanks for such a prompt response, I suspected that might be the case [with indexing].

McRayJohn · 2013-07-29T10:44:15.000Z

getting verified aint that easy huh? even artist in asia barely gets verified.

niall · 2016-02-06T05:58:16.988Z