diff --git a/metagpt/actions/research.py b/metagpt/actions/research.py
index 2a99a8d99..5086f10cf 100644
--- a/metagpt/actions/research.py
+++ b/metagpt/actions/research.py
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ class CollectLinks(Action):
         """
         max_results = max(num_results * 2, 6)
         results = await self.search_engine.run(query, max_results=max_results, as_string=False)
+        if len(results) == 0:
+            return []
         _results = "\n".join(f"{i}: {j}" for i, j in zip(range(max_results), results))
         prompt = COLLECT_AND_RANKURLS_PROMPT.format(topic=topic, query=query, results=_results)
         logger.debug(prompt)
diff --git a/metagpt/roles/researcher.py b/metagpt/roles/researcher.py
index fd40960e2..5c6c1d9f4 100644
--- a/metagpt/roles/researcher.py
+++ b/metagpt/roles/researcher.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class Researcher(Role):
             )
         elif isinstance(todo, WebBrowseAndSummarize):
             links = instruct_content.links
-            todos = (todo.run(*url, query=query, system_text=research_system_text) for (query, url) in links.items())
+            todos = (todo.run(*url, query=query, system_text=research_system_text) for (query, url) in links.items() if url)
             if self.enable_concurrency:
                 summaries = await asyncio.gather(*todos)
             else:
diff --git a/metagpt/tools/search_engine_serpapi.py b/metagpt/tools/search_engine_serpapi.py
index 5744b1b62..15bcdf8b4 100644
--- a/metagpt/tools/search_engine_serpapi.py
+++ b/metagpt/tools/search_engine_serpapi.py
@@ -87,8 +87,11 @@ class SerpAPIWrapper(BaseModel):
         get_focused = lambda x: {i: j for i, j in x.items() if i in focus}
 
         if "error" in res.keys():
-            raise ValueError(f"Got error from SerpAPI: {res['error']}")
-        if "answer_box" in res.keys() and "answer" in res["answer_box"].keys():
+            if res["error"] == "Google hasn't returned any results for this query.":
+                toret = "No good search result found"
+            else:
+                raise ValueError(f"Got error from SerpAPI: {res['error']}")
+        elif "answer_box" in res.keys() and "answer" in res["answer_box"].keys():
             toret = res["answer_box"]["answer"]
         elif "answer_box" in res.keys() and "snippet" in res["answer_box"].keys():
             toret = res["answer_box"]["snippet"]