[troyb]

1.) We don't have a menu option for this right now but you can use CMD-Shift-F to automatically take your selection and move it to the search field.

2.) OmniWeb provides an option to open whatever URL you have selected in another app up in OmniWeb. You can make sure this option is enabled in the services section of the Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts system preference pane.

An issue with other applications services was also recently corrected in sneaky peeks. There was a problem where no services would show up for some users in the context menu or Services menu when selecting text on a web page.