A method for searching for a short-distance object, comprising: receiving a short-distance object search request sent by a target terminal, and obtaining location information of the target terminal; determining, according to the location information of the target terminal, to location information of prestored objects for short-distance object search, and to multiple preset distance ranges, objects whose distances from the target terminal fall within each distance range, to obtain objects corresponding to each distance range, wherein the objects for short-distance object search refer to social application objects; and randomly selecting a to-be-presented object from the objects corresponding to each distance range, and presenting the to-be-presented objects to the target terminal, wherein the randomly selecting a to-be-presented object from the objects corresponding to each distance range, and presenting the to-be-presented objects to the target terminal comprises: after a quantity of to-be-presented objects corresponding to each distance range is determined, randomly selecting the to-be-presented objects within the multiple distance ranges in ascending order of distances corresponding to the multiple distance ranges, and when a quantity of objects corresponding to a certain distance range is less than the determined quantity of to-be-presented objects corresponding to the certain distance range, selecting all objects corresponding to the certain distance range, and accumulating, to the determined quantity of to-be-presented objects corresponding to a next distance range, a difference between the determined quantity of to-be-presented objects corresponding to the certain distance range and the quantity of objects corresponding to the certain distance range. receiving a short-distance object search request sent by a target terminal, and obtaining location information of the target terminal; determining, according to the location information of the target terminal, to location information of prestored objects for short-distance object search, and to multiple preset distance ranges, objects whose distances from the target terminal fall within each distance range, to obtain objects corresponding to each distance range, wherein the objects for short-distance object search refer to social application objects; and randomly selecting a to-be-presented object from the objects corresponding to each distance range, and presenting the to-be-presented objects to the target terminal, wherein the randomly selecting a to-be-presented object from the objects corresponding to each distance range, and presenting the to-be-presented objects to the target terminal comprises: after a quantity of to-be-presented objects corresponding to each distance range is determined, randomly selecting the to-be-presented objects within the multiple distance ranges in ascending order of distances corresponding to the multiple distance ranges, and when a quantity of objects corresponding to a certain distance range is less than the determined quantity of to-be-presented objects corresponding to the certain distance range, selecting all objects corresponding to the certain distance range, and accumulating, to the determined quantity of to-be-presented objects corresponding to a next distance range, a difference between the determined quantity of to-be-presented objects corresponding to the certain distance range and the quantity of objects corresponding to the certain distance range. after a quantity of to-be-presented objects corresponding to each distance range is determined, randomly selecting the to-be-presented objects within the multiple distance ranges in ascending order of distances corresponding to the multiple distance ranges, and when a quantity of objects corresponding to a certain distance range is less than the determined quantity of to-be-presented objects corresponding to the certain distance range, selecting all objects corresponding to the certain distance range, and accumulating, to the determined quantity of to-be-presented objects corresponding to a next distance range, a difference between the determined quantity of to-be-presented objects corresponding to the certain distance range and the quantity of objects corresponding to the certain distance range.