2009/4/18 ParsePlz <parseplz.a...@gmail.com>:
>
> Actually what I meant,
>
> Say I did a search on URL at backtweets.com and gave me 256 results.
>
> But when I search the same url via their API using a program it gives
> 26 results ...
>
> That is why I am being confused on that..
>
> Am I not in correct track or their API gives lesser output than their
> own onsite search ...

Backtweets.com resolve redirecting URLs (tinyurl.com, bit.ly, etc) so
that when you search it you're searching final URLs. The search API is
searching the content of tweets and does not resolve the URLs. That's
why they're different.

-Stuart

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