Search query language

What you will get

To list all the possible spellings of the object

colgate OR colgete OR colgait OR colgatetotal

Mentions with any of these spellings

To link selected words or word combinations, only search sentences where these words appear together

puma AND sneakers

Discussions specifically about Puma sneakers

To set a specific distance between the words in the search query

hand /2 cream

There can be 1 word between the keywords. Cream for hands or hand cream

To group words to make operators work for all words inside the brackets

(Ferrari OR McLaren OR Mercedes) AND racecar

Mentions that contain the name of any of these racecars

To find a word or a phrase in precise order and form

"La Roche Posay"

Mentions with exactly the same brand spelling

To exclude mentions with certain phrases or to add stop words to the particular part of the query

(burger OR hamburger) AND NOT mushroom /2 sauce

Mentions about burgers and hamburgers without mentions of mushroom sauce

To exclude mentions with specific words

Mask -movie -"Jim Carrey"

Mentions about the movie "The Mask" will be excluded, leaving all the rest of the mentions about masks

To find all variants and forms of words without writing them down separately. The asterisk in a wildcard matches any character zero or more times.

comp*

comp* matches anything beginning with comp, which means comp, complete, and computer are all matched

To replace one single character in a word when its exact form may vary.
Use ? if only one letter or symbol might differ between variants.

analy?e

Searching for analy?e will find both will match analyze and analyse.

To add comments to the search query

<<< this part of the query helps to find references to competitors >>>

If your query is complex, you can add comments into different sections to make it easier for your colleagues to understand the purpose of the words or symbols used

To collect mentions only from a specific country

sneakers AND country:US

Mentions with the phrase “sneakers” that have been identified as from country “US”

To collect mentions in a specific language only

sneakers AND language:ENG

Mentions with the phrase “sneakers” that are in a specific language “ENG”

To monitor only certain sources (e.g.: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok etc)

sneakers AND source:twitter.com

Mentions from a particular source “twitter.com” with the phrase “sneakers”

To monitor specific types of sources (e.g.: social networks, news, blogs, forums etc)

sneakers AND sourceType:reviews

Mentions that have the phrase “sneakers” with a specific source type “reviews”

To collect only specific types of posts (e.g.: comments, posts, reposts, extended reposts)

sneakers AND postType:post

Mentions that have a particular post type “post” with the phrase “sneakers”

To collect only specific type of content (e.g.: images)

sneakers AND contentType:image

Mentions of a specific content type “image” with the phrase “sneakers”

To collect mentions that include specific words in article headlines

title:Ikea

Mentions that contain the specified brand or keyword in the title of the article

To find mentions where specific words are spoken in the audio or video

transcript:Sephora

Mentions that contain the specified brand or keyword in the video or audio transcript
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​Available only with Audio Monitoring add-on!

To find mentions where specific words appear in the body of the mention (comment, review, post text), excluding the title and video transcript

postType:comment AND text:(delivery /3 late)

Comments where the keywords appear in the comment itself, not in the parent post. To also search spoken words in videos, combine with transcript: (text:delivery OR transcript:delivery)

Logical operator

To find mentions posted by authors with specific nicknames

author.nickname:
"vancityreynolds"

Mentions of authors with vancityreynolds nickname

To find mentions posted by authors with specific names

author.name:(Ryan /1 Reynolds)

Mentions by all authors that have Ryan Reynolds in their name, like Ryan Reynolds or Ryan Reynolds Fans

To find post from pages with specific nicknames

publicationPlace.nickname:Nelflix*

Mentions from Nelflix publication places

To find mentions posted on pages with specific names

publicationPlace.name:
(Liverpool /4 fan)

Mentions from publication places that contain Liverpool fan name

To find mentions posted by authors with specific words or combinations of words in their bio

author.bio:(nutritionist OR dietitian OR health /2 coach)

Mentions of users who have the words nutritionist, dietitian, health coach in their bio

To collect authors' mentions in a specific age range

author.age:[18 .. 30]

Mentions from authors' age from 18 to 30

To collect mentions of authors with a specific gender detected

author.gender:female

Mentions of all genders except for male

To collect mentions of authors with a specific range of subscribers

author.subscribers:>1000

Mentions from author with more than 1000 subscribers

To collect mentions of authors with specific interests

author.interests:football OR basketball

Mentions from author who are interested in football or basketball

To collect mentions of authors with specific interest categories

author.interestCategories:
sports

Mentions from author who are interested in sports

To collect mentions of authors with specific occupations

author.occupations:
designer

Mentions from author whose profession is designer