Whoever will post the shortest Google.com search using a single text made up of letters A-Z which does not return any results will be awarded a Gmail by tomorrow.

For example, searching Google for sxzxztx http://www.google.com/search?q=sxzxztx does not return a single result. The search has 7 letters, so if nobody would find a search with 6 letters or less, the Gmail would go to this searcher.

Please post your shortest search to the forum. You can provide up to 3 entries. If several entries have the same length, the first one who posted this entry will win. You also need provide your first and last name as well as your current email. I will check back here in around 24 hours. Good luck!

Please do not turn on safe search or any other advanced options in Google. It should work with a link like this:
http :// www.google. com/search?q=sxzxztx

Again, the characters you are allowed to use are only those:

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

(No Umlaute or accented characters.)

It also must be www.google.com, not a local version of Google.

1st entry

qexqn
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=qexqn&btnG=Search

David Håsäther, <hzrdzygn.com>

Sorry, I'm reposting the link, turning off safe search and stuff: http://www.google.com/search?q=qexqn

David, no problems – thanks. Your first and second link are both valid, and if you want, you have 2 more tries. Since "qexqn" has 5 letters, whoever wants to win has to find a Google search with 4 letters or less!

qxqkl
Your search – qxqkl – did not match any documents.
No pages were found containing "qxqkl".

antonio {at} specialdefects [dot] com

jxutq

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&c2coff=1&q=tlqhj&btnG=Search

Bart Noppen blog.outer.gmailpercept.be

I wonder if anyone will find one with less then 5 characters.

My 3 entries:

qxqkl
Your search – qxqkl – did not match any documents.
No pages were found containing "qxqkl".

lhxkq
Your search – lhxkq – did not match any documents.
No pages were found containing "lhxkq".

llpxq
Your search – llpxq – did not match any documents.
No pages were found containing "llpxq".

antonio {at} specialdefects [dot] com

Found one four letters!

pxvvc

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=pxvvc&btnG=Google+Search

zwzqi

vrqoz

laichixyahoo.com.cn

zwzqi

vrqoz

laichixyahoo.com.cn

please disregard my last entry it's actually five letters.. two v's together.. it looked like a w

Michael, nice trick, maybe I wouldn't have noticed :)

zqzzj
zqzzg
ffzqg
ffzqu
ffzqy
ffzqq
ffwqq

It took me hours to do this. I have tried all 4 letter combinations, and no luck.

Best,
Rasa

rasaphy.bg.ac.yu

Finding a five letter combination didn't prove too difficult:
http://www.google.com/search?q=qfjjx

Perhaps a more interesting challenge would be the four letter combination with least results? This is as low as I found:
http://www.google.com/search?q=jqzq

JZNQ

http://www.google.com/search?q=jznq

Email: james.proud1ntlworld.com

It only has 7 pages of results.

JZNQ

www.google.com

Email: james.proud1ntlworld.com

It only has 7 pages of results.

zkxqv

It wasn't too tough. I'm not sure that 4 will be possible. Of course there's only 456976 combinations.

Note that it must have zero results to win. (Sorry if there is no possibility to find anything with zero results using four letters only, in that case the Gmail goes to the first who posted five letters!)

Note a similar contest has been started at French Google blog Zorgloob:
http://www.zorgloob.com/2004/06/concours-gmail.asp

I'm afraid all the 4 letter combinations are listed here (and indexed by google)

http://regesta-imperii.uni-giessen.de/guest-lit/personenindex.php?l=aaa

qvklv

raminhotmail.com

Hey do you get points for thi

rosemoun highschool

Submissions:
bvqlv
bvqtsp
bqqtsp

Jaywinning.com

OK, thanks, I do not believe there will be others who can find something with 4 letters, so I will say stop! And the winner is...

David Håsäther, for "qexqn".

Note I will start a 3rd round soon...