diff --git a/tools/run-mypy b/tools/run-mypy
index a40b9e2..2e1d417 100755
--- a/tools/run-mypy
+++ b/tools/run-mypy
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ force_include = [
     "zulip_bots/zulip_bots/bots/giphy/test_giphy.py",
     "zulip_bots/zulip_bots/bots/github_detail/github_detail.py",
     "zulip_bots/zulip_bots/bots/github_detail/test_github_detail.py",
+    "zulip_bots/zulip_bots/bots/googlesearch/googlesearch.py",
+    "zulip_bots/zulip_bots/bots/googlesearch/test_googlesearch.py",
 ]
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Run mypy on files tracked by git.")
diff --git a/zulip_bots/zulip_bots/bots/googlesearch/googlesearch.py b/zulip_bots/zulip_bots/bots/googlesearch/googlesearch.py
index 14ac74b..ef490ae 100644
--- a/zulip_bots/zulip_bots/bots/googlesearch/googlesearch.py
+++ b/zulip_bots/zulip_bots/bots/googlesearch/googlesearch.py
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ import requests
 
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 
-def google_search(keywords):
+from typing import Dict, Any, Union, List
+
+def google_search(keywords: str) -> List[Dict[str, str]]:
     query = {'q': keywords}
     # Gets the page
     page = requests.get('http://www.google.com/search', params=query)
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ def google_search(keywords):
         results.append(result)
     return results
 
-def get_google_result(search_keywords):
+def get_google_result(search_keywords: str) -> str:
     help_message = "To use this bot, start messages with @mentioned-bot, \
                     followed by what you want to search for. If \
                     found, Zulip will return the first search result \
@@ -65,13 +67,13 @@ def get_google_result(search_keywords):
         except AttributeError as a_err:
             # google.search query failed and urls is of object
             # 'NoneType'
-            logging.exception(a_err)
+            logging.exception(str(a_err))
             return "Error: Google search failed with a NoneType result. {}.".format(a_err)
         except TypeError as t_err:
             # google.search query failed and returned None
             # This technically should not happen but the prior
             # error check assumed this behavior
-            logging.exception(t_err)
+            logging.exception(str(t_err))
             return "Error: Google search function failed. {}.".format(t_err)
         except Exception as e:
             return 'Error: Search failed. {}.'.format(e)
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ class GoogleSearchHandler(object):
     with @mentioned-bot.
     '''
 
-    def usage(self):
+    def usage(self: Any) -> str:
         return '''
             This plugin will allow users to search
             for a given search term on Google from
@@ -95,7 +97,7 @@ class GoogleSearchHandler(object):
             @mentioned-bot.
             '''
 
-    def handle_message(self, message, bot_handler):
+    def handle_message(self: Any, message: Dict[str, str], bot_handler: Any) -> None:
         original_content = message['content']
         result = get_google_result(original_content)
         bot_handler.send_reply(message, result)
diff --git a/zulip_bots/zulip_bots/bots/googlesearch/test_googlesearch.py b/zulip_bots/zulip_bots/bots/googlesearch/test_googlesearch.py
index 680abfa..858219f 100644
--- a/zulip_bots/zulip_bots/bots/googlesearch/test_googlesearch.py
+++ b/zulip_bots/zulip_bots/bots/googlesearch/test_googlesearch.py
@@ -9,16 +9,18 @@ from six.moves.urllib import error
 
 from zulip_bots.test_lib import BotTestCase
 
+from typing import Any
+
 class TestGoogleSearchBot(BotTestCase):
     bot_name = 'googlesearch'
 
     # Simple query
-    def test_normal(self):
+    def test_normal(self: Any) -> None:
         with self.mock_http_conversation('test_normal'):
             self.assert_bot_response({'content': 'zulip'}, {'content': 'Found Result: [Zulip](https://www.google.com/url?url=https%3A%2F%2Fzulipchat.com%2F)'}, 'send_reply')
 
     # Help without typing anything
-    def test_bot_help_none(self):
+    def test_bot_help_none(self: Any) -> None:
         help_message = "To use this bot, start messages with @mentioned-bot, \
                     followed by what you want to search for. If \
                     found, Zulip will return the first search result \
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ class TestGoogleSearchBot(BotTestCase):
         self.assert_bot_response({'content': ''}, {'content': help_message}, 'send_reply')
 
     # Help from typing 'help'
-    def test_bot_help(self):
+    def test_bot_help(self: Any) -> None:
         help_message = "To use this bot, start messages with @mentioned-bot, \
                     followed by what you want to search for. If \
                     found, Zulip will return the first search result \
@@ -41,6 +43,6 @@ class TestGoogleSearchBot(BotTestCase):
                     '@mentioned-bot how to create a chatbot'."
         self.assert_bot_response({'content': 'help'}, {'content': help_message}, 'send_reply')
 
-    def test_bot_no_results(self):
+    def test_bot_no_results(self: Any) -> None:
         with self.mock_http_conversation('test_no_result'):
             self.assert_bot_response({'content': 'no res'}, {'content': 'Found no results.'}, 'send_reply')