Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

Things have been a little quiet — perhaps even boring — since Eric Schmidt stepped down as Google’s CEO to become the company’s Executive Chairman. The strange quotes and not-so-funny attempts at cracking privacy-related jokes have slowed down in the past couple months.

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Matteo Lopez Wins The 2011 Doodle 4 Google Competition Google has announced the winner of the 2011 Google 4 Doodle, “What I’d like to do someday.” The… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.

Posted by Aaron Wheeler We all use our cell phones (and those of us lucky enough, tablets) to figure out where we are and what’s around us while we’re on the go. While GPS

Experian Hitwise has taken a look at the online trends surrounding the presidential candidates’ social media campaigns efforts.

There are only two types of Blogger in the world: those who  need money from their blog, and those who  want money from their blog. Even the most opinion-based, radical, freedom-of-speech-loving Blogger won’t turn down a few dollars that let him or her grab an extra cup of coffee, spend time on an extra blog entry, or buy the snazzy domain name they’ve been wanting

With the addition of the new version of Google News launched this week, it seems like the ability to star Google News stories went out the window. At least starring them from the Google home page.

Google has announced the winner of the 2011 Google 4 Doodle, “What I’d like to do someday.” The winner is Matteo Lopez of South San Francisco, California for his logo named “Space Life.” Matteo Lopez’s answer to the question “what I’d like to do… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

One of the most frustrating things about technical problems with a site is that the ways they show up in search engines are usually unexpected or subtle.

Bing Webmaster Tools now works fully without having to have Silverlight installed on your browser. The biggest limitation to webmaster adoption of Bing Webmaster Tools was the requirement to have Silverlight on your browser…