Friday, January 12, 2007

What Google Can't Search For

No, it's not happiness. I actually think Google can locate that for you.

It's, and pay attention, simply this "$|".

Yep, that's a dollar sign followed by a pipe symbol. Go ahead, try and google for that. Unless they fix it after I've posted this on January 12, 2007 @ 1:50 PM MT it will produce absolutely no results.

Now, I know, normally that's no so stupendous and hardly blog worthy. There are plenty of search terms you can think of that will produce no results. However, searching for "$|" doesn't even return the normal page that says something like:

Your search - "google better not find this exact phrase anywhere on the web, argh" - did not match any documents.

Suggestions:
  • Make sure all words are spelled correctly.
  • Try different keywords.
  • Try more general keywords.

It simply returns nothing, no error, no explanation. It's weird. And, blogworthy.