Daily SearchCast, Feb. 21, 2006: Ask Bids Adieu To Jeeves; Google Has New China Woes; Google Confirms Traffic-Power Ban; Murder Evidence Found In Search History; Prizes For Searching At MSN & More!

Today’s search podcast covers Ask divorcing Jeeves; Google’s secret beta test
program for friends and family; new issues for Google in China; Google confirms
Traffic-Power was banned; another murder case gains evidence from desktop search
history; MSN offers prizes for searching and more!

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  • Wikipedia Editor Treats
    Danny Sullivan Like a Spammer

     
  • Farewell, Mr. Jeeves
     
  • Google Extends Print Ads Deadline to 24th of February
     
  • Google’s Trusted Tester Program For New Products
     
  • HBO’s "The Sopranos" Uses Google Maps & AdWords for Show Promotion
     
  • Google
    License To Operate In China Questioned; Will Disclosure Have To Go?
     
  • Statements To US Congressional Hearing On Chinese Internet Censorship
     
  • Yahoo Asks for Help in Chinese Censorship Battle
     
  • Google Launched Google China Blog
     
  • Google To Be Dumped On Valentine’s Day Over China
     
  • AOL Launches Test Chinese Portal
     
  • Jack Ma to Keynote SES China
     
  • Google Officially Confirms Traffic-Power Ban From Index
     
  • Man’s Search Query to be Used in Court Case
     
  • Microsoft Buys MotionBridge, A Mobile Search Company
     
  • MSN Search
    Updates Look and Search Results
     
  • Hacking The MSN Search & Win Contest
     
  • Current TV
    Launched Google Current
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