Howto:  Twitter search as an information source in Sugar- of SuiteCRM

On the Twitter Search site

• Goto http://search.twitter.com/
• Switch on/to  advanced search
• Choose your keywords /  hashtags / exclude whatever you want to search and monitor
• Choose the language
• If needed limit the area you want the Twitter users to come from, e.g 100 kilometers around your zipcode
• Click search
• Copy the url from the browser address bar to your clipboard

Example: Search for  tweets on SugarCRM within 500 miles from San Francisco :http://search.twitter.com/search?q=+SugarCRM+near%3A%22San+Francisco%22+within%3A500mi

In SugarCRM

• Goto tab, my portal.
• Add a new site
• Paste the url you copied from the Twitter Search page
• Name the page
• Choose a short name, this will also be the name for your Tab in Sugar.
• Set if this is a personal or global page
• Click save

Voila,Now you have a tab in sugarCRM on the subject you wish to follow. Twitter even groups the tweets conveniently in conversations where possible.