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Facebook Graph search
Is one of the best ways of finding people. See also the FB member directory, Profile Engine and profile info scraper		 Twitter advanced search
See also Twellow (a Yellow Pages of Twitter) and Twitter Cnuts a nifty way of tracking Twitter conversations.
Followerwonk
Search Twitter bios for keywords. Filter results and analyse followers.		 Topsy
One of the best advanced Twitter search tools. TWDocs allows you to download Twitter data in XLS format
Google Groups
Searches Google message boards and also USENET posts dating back to 1980's USENET. Cyberfiber also tunes into newsgroups.		 Openbook
searches Facebook updates. See also weknowwhatyouredoing
Google Facebook
Site-specific search through the messages posted on Facebook.		 Paul's Social Network Search
A custom Google search across all the main social network sites.
Contaxio
Various tools to help you view and manipulate your social media data. See also Simplymeasured and mytweeple 		Linkedin advanced search
See latest tweets on a map see also view Tweets nearby Investigate usage of Facebook apps
See also "add a like button to your site"
Find earliest Twitter followers - useful for finding close confidants and alter egos! See also: find first Tweet. When Where - view images posted at a location (see also View Flickr images by location)


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