Google says China search block may be tech glitch (Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc said its earlier report that Internet search services in China were being fully blocked could have been the result of a technical glitch that overstated the problem.

Yahoo Japan Spurns Bing in Favor of Google Search (PC World)
PC World - Google has secured a deal to provide search results and related advertising to Yahoo Japan, Japan's most popular Web site, the two companies said Tuesday.

Yahoo Japan to use Google search tech, not Yahoo's (AP)
AP - Yahoo Japan Corp. will use Google technology to run its search engine and search ad delivery system, after a similar deal in the U.S. was derailed by regulators concerned about a monopoly.

Analysts' View: Google says search service blocked in China (Reuters)
Reuters - Google Inc said its Web search and mobile services in China were blocked on Thursday, weeks after Beijing agree to extend the company's Chinese webpage license.

Can Ask.com's New Search Strategy Work? (PC World)
PC World - Ask.com hopes it's found the answer to increasing its market share -- and no, the plan doesn't involve a butler named Jeeves.

Yahoo Japan Inks Search Deal with Google, Microsoft Balks (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Yahoo Japan on Tuesday announced that is has signed a deal to use Google for its search engine and search ad delivery system. Microsoft quickly criticized the deal.

Ask.com wants users to ask each other, not Jeeves (AP)
AP - You won't be able to ask Jeeves, the butler that made the search engine now known as Ask.com famous in the late '90s. But in a bid to engage more users, Ask is returning to its question-and-answer roots by tapping its users and the Web.

Watchdog sees no problem with Yahoo! Japan-Google deal (AFP)

AFP - Japan's fair trade watchdog said Wednesday it saw no monopoly problem with a search alliance between top Internet portal Yahoo! Japan and Google, Kyodo News reported.