Are your tweets being indexed in Twitter Search?

Follow @SearchCheck to receive a Twitter direct message on every day that they are not.

Why do I need this?

If you participate in the global realtime conversation that happens on Twitter, you need your tweets indexed in Twitter Search so that they appear in search results. Sometimes Twitter fails to do this for all users, and it's possible that you could be one of the users not indexed on any given day! Sure, you could check Twitter Search every day to make sure you're still being indexed ... or you could just let @SearchCheck do it for you automatically.

How does @SearchCheck work?

It's pretty simple:

• We pull the list of people who are following @SearchCheck.
• We perform a Twitter Search request once a day for each person, checking to see if any results appear.
• If there are no results, we send that person a direct message on Twitter letting them know.

We don't require your Twitter username or password, you don't need to login using OAuth -- none of that! This means we can't send out tweets or DMs from your account like other services do. All you need to do is follow @SearchCheck and we take care of the rest.

But remember this: people with protected timelines do not show up in Twitter Search results.

What can I do if my tweets aren't showing up?

First, check to make sure you aren't breaking any of the "rules" that may cause you to be removed from Twitter Search (see the I can't find myself in search section for guidelines). If you have done any of these things that have resulted in your exclusion, you will need to stop these behaviors if you want to be re-included in the index.

If you feel that your exclusion from the index was the result of a bug, you can login to Twitter Support and submit a support ticket. Keep in mind that Twitter Support is usually overwhelmed and response times are often quite long.