Now you can search Twitter archive for every tweet sent since 2006

Twitter has begun letting users search through every tweet publicly fired off at the globally popular one-to-many messaging service since it launched in 2006.

Twitter had built a searchable index of the billions of tweets posted during the past eight years or so using the service known for its real-time torrent of messages, the company said in a blog post on Tuesday.

"Since that first simple tweet over eight years ago, hundreds of billions of Tweets have captured everyday human experiences and major historical events," Twitter said.

"Our long-standing goal has been to let people search through every Tweet ever published."

Examples of when the new capability may come in handy included revisiting sports or television show seasons, learning what was revealed at conferences such as #TEDGlobal, and tracking down news about major events such as #JapanEarthquake or #ScotlandDecides.

The enhanced search tool would be rolled out in the next few days, the firm said.