It's not clear if this is an Android bug or a Google search bug, but it's certainly not an Easter egg. If you don't have an Android phone, try this page to use the Android-optimized interface.
Update: it seems that the same bug affects Google's iPhone interface and there are many other queries that don't return any result. "When signed into the mobile site, I see some search results, but not for all queries. I'm on a Nexus One. In the classic interface, everything works fine," says a Google user. "I'm having the same issue on an iPhone 4. No results for super common terms, but images and location searches are unaffected," confirms another user.
Update 2 (one day later): The issue was fixed.
{ Thanks, Andrew. }
Em, no?
ReplyDeleteSearches for Android/Android phone works without trouble on my Android device.
Google Nexus One user in India. I can confirm it is the same here!
ReplyDeleteWorks quite fine for me. May be it's something with you :) (Android, AOSP 2.2)
ReplyDeleteNo problem searching for android in Norway. (Galaxy S w/Froyo)
ReplyDeleteThe link in the article also show results just fine...
ReplyDeleteThe cited link also does not work for "augusta" and "augusta chronicle" but does work for "amarillo."
ReplyDeleteEarlier today, on an iPhone, I searched for "augusta chronicle" and came up with zero documents.
Yes, Google has a bug.
Try looking for "wireframe" in google docs template list does not work either...
ReplyDeleteWorks just fine for me. HTC Incredible. Froyo.
ReplyDeleteDamn if I can't remember what I was searching for, but I ran into this the other day. Entering a term in the Google homepage returned no results, but entering the same term into an Images search showed results as expected...
ReplyDeleteAt first I thought it was just me. I've been having the same issue for a couple days. I noticed it when I searched for the terms "android programming blog" and Google displayed no results. If I repeat the search on my friend's Vibrant he gets tons of results. I have a Nexus One.
ReplyDeleteI did a search for "Google Voice" on an iPhone 4 Safari Mobile Browser and got the same no-results error.
ReplyDeleteit is working fine on my android phone
ReplyDeleteI've heard that if you search for "Google" on Google you could break the Internet.
ReplyDeleteSearching "android" worked on my Samsung Galaxy 5.
ReplyDeleteWorking fine here.
ReplyDeleteHTC G1 with CyanogenMod 6.1 Nightly (Android 2.2.1)
@Brazil
@Peter M. LOL
ReplyDeleteAll ok from lg gt540 1.6 Italy
ReplyDeleteJust searched for 'Android' at HTC Desire Froyo2.2, very healthy results : )
ReplyDeleteSearch works on localized Google page but doesn't work on English page.
ReplyDeleteOn my Verizon HTC Incredible, searching for android through either the Google search app or the Google web interface gives 211 million results.
ReplyDeleteThey must be holding it wrong. Everything works fine here on a Samsung Galaxy S with Froyo
ReplyDeleteOMG! It IS true you can break the internet. http://bit.ly/d1k5Or
ReplyDeleteDefinitely not an Android problem. It seems like the problem appears only if you have the parameter "hl=en" on the url. That's why it works fine for people outside the US.
ReplyDeleteWorks on my EVO.
ReplyDeleteWorks fine on my Galaxy S
ReplyDeleteworks on my hero 1.5 even auto suggest works ("an" brings up different android suggestions)
ReplyDeleteworking fine... G1 on Froyo CM6... this is the page:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.google.com/m?&client=ms-android-google&source=android-home
notice the difference..
Can see Android results on G2
ReplyDeleteSearch shows results for me; HTC Desire, stock unrooted Android 2.2.
ReplyDeleteYou speak lies!
ReplyDelete[MyTouch 3g w/ cyan 2.2 on T-Mobile US]