How do I create a localised search in Twitter and provide an automated response.?

[Hummy]

I would like to know if anybody is complaining about toothache in the London area and automate a response to try our Dental Surgery with contact details. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Darren]

You can do the search as follows on the Twitter search page type the following into the search box:

http://search.twitter.com

toothache near:"London, GB" within:15mi

You would need to script and have a computer running to "listen" for anyone using the keywords that you script. Twitter provides an API to do this, link below:

http://apiwiki.twitter.com/


How exactly you would do this would take a bit of work and not really easy to explain in this forum. Before you ask, I wouldn't be interested in taking on this work but maybe someone out there might be.

You could try Ben Marsh who is a Twitter Developer based in Leicestershire, his web site and contact details are here:

http://www.benmarsh.co.uk/hire/

[Jobsonica.com]

Hi! There is no need for you to develop a custom application for this strategy. A wide variety of tools exists online. You can try TwitterHawk. Jobsonica is not affiliated with this site, just trying to help our fellow Twitter user. Remember to check out http://www.Jobsonica.com and share with your friends who are looking for a new job!

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