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searches work for me (europe) but people continue to complain that they aren't working.

Is all this about searches or about trending reports?

Both. Some topics are clearly trending (see screenshots from trendistic in TFA) while not being listed on twitter, and searches for topics (listed as trending or otherwise) are giving technical errors for most people.

I'm a member of the Chuck (tv show) community. We encountered similar issues in trending efforts. Some hash tags will simply not trend, and there's no apparent rhyme or reason. Twitter support never responded to any inquiries as to why some seemingly innocuous keywords (like #SaveChuck) would not trend, but others would.

I assume they have their reasons, and as a free service they have no obligation. It's still annoying for the user community.

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