Google search missing after Firefox update

Posted on the June 3rd, 2007 under Snippets by Jeff

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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.


7 Responses to 'Google search missing after Firefox update'

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  1. TJ said, on 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?!

  2. bob said, on June 4th, 2007 at 12:13 am

    I feel sorry for you!!! Yahoo search, eww

  3. mattack said, on June 19th, 2007 at 10:00 am

    I had this happen to me too. Did you find a fix for it?

  4. Jeff said, on 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… ;}

  5. Kadin2048 said, on 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.

  6. Jeff said, on November 12th, 2007 at 12:32 pm

    Did it work for you?

  7. sean said, on 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

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