thank you very much for the explanation, matt!
On Jan 6, 10:36 pm, Matt Sanford <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jan, > > The search system requires the since_id to be a status ID in the > search database. That requirement allows us to lookup the date on the > status in question and perform some crucial optimizations. In the case > of 1066081654 that status is not in the search database so it throws a > 404. In this case, the user "mitchfanning" was flagged by our support > team about three months ago and search updates stopped. > > Thanks; > — Matt Sanford / @mzsanford > > On Jan 6, 2009, at 11:51 AM, jan wrote: > > > > > Hi folks, > > > could someone help me by telling me why > > >http://search.twitter.com/search.json?q=from%3Amitchfanning&since_id=... > > > yields a 404 while > > >http://search.twitter.com/search.json?q=from%3Alayzdaisy&since_id=109... > > > works like a charm? Is the id too old in the first case? > > > Thank you very much for your help. Best regards, > > > Jan
