That's irrelevant. The fact that they left in references to "thepeoplescube" doesn't negate the fact that they have deleted references to "thepeoplescube.com".
try seaching for thepeoplescube.com in the other search portals, and see if they block it too.
You're right, incredible they would be so blatant about it. Not related to the blocking but revealing about their public stock http://xooglers.blogspot.com/2006/03/speaking-of-trouble.html