Google search missing after Firefox update
June 3rd, 2007 Posted in Snippets
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My Firefox program did an auto update yesterday, and today when I went to search for something, I noticed that results were being returned by Yahoo’s search service. I had disabled it from the Firefox search bar a long time. To add to my consternation, when I went to put Google seach as my default seach, with A9.com second, Google was no longer even an option! Anyone know what gives? I really like the ability to use multiple search engines, but I still use Google as my main one.
June 3rd, 2007 at 9:42 pm
I updated my firefox (windoze version) and it’s google thing is working fine. Must be that darned Mac?!
June 4th, 2007 at 12:13 am
I feel sorry for you!!! Yahoo search, eww
June 19th, 2007 at 10:00 am
I had this happen to me too. Did you find a fix for it?
June 19th, 2007 at 10:34 am
I went and downloaded the Google Toolbar plugin for Firefox and after it installed, the original Google search option was back. I don’t know what I did… ;}
November 12th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
This happened to me today, too. It’s particularly obnoxious because Google doesn’t appear as an option on the “Manage Search Engines” page (presumably because it’s the default and they don’t think you’d ever have a reason to need it). But when it disappears, there’s no way to get it back!
I guess I’ll try installing the Google Toolbar (I really don’t want to, I’m short enough on screen real estate as it is) and see if that brings it back. I really don’t want to have to reinstall Firefox and all my extensions! Argh.
November 12th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
Did it work for you?
April 4th, 2008 at 11:49 am
i had the same problem & solved it by uninstalling firefox & then reinstalling..now everything is ok.
(the problem seems to be related to add-ons which also will
slow down firefox depending on how many you have)
sean