Google has added an extra layer of human vetting to their Google News site. A feature on the right-hand column will now display articles that were specifically picked by the editors of major publications. News sites can apply to have their editor-selected articles included in this new page element. The Editors’ Picks

Google is fixing a problem where a Google Logger popup comes up when a user conducts a search on certain browsers. I am not certain exactly what the logger does but here is a screen shot of the bug

Everyone in the tech field has a slightly different idea of where search engines should go from here. Computer scientist Oren Etzioni, however, has a particularly intriguing – though perhaps implausible – idea

Google Docs continues to be a pivotal service for the search giant. Their most recent updates include new chart types and more ways to use spreadsheet-generated charts in other elements of Google Docs. Google’s New

Some AdWords advertisers may find their ads appearing with capitalization that differs from what was approved in their AdWords account, as Google apparently tests capitalization variations to see how it affects click-through rates.

Today Bing added 400 shopping mall maps as part of a larger “venue maps” (indoor mapping) effort. A minor but useful addition to Bing Maps (especially if the initiative expands), users can now zoom in on any of the included malls and see the stores and related details for the various…

Google announced they have added a new way to submit URLs to Google for crawling and consideration into Google’s index…

More than a year after the experiment began, Google News has brought Editor’s Picks to the home page of its US site– marking the first real human-curated content on what Google has proudly said was always a completely algorithmic way of presenting news. It could also be seen as… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article

Google announced another improvement to Google News called Editors’ Picks. The new section provides links to original news content from various publishers’ sites that have been listed on their respective sites.

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