Can't search from address bar!

When searching in Safari I can no longer search directly from the search bar.
I type my search in and press enter and the search term highlights blue and then the blue being to load blue however it then freezes and will not load.
When entering a full web address Safari brings it up very quickly, smae goes for clicking a bookmark. Further if I go to the Google homepage and search it is also very quick and therefore I know it is not a slow internet connection. On our iMac Safari searches as normal so it is not the internet in the house either.
I have tried reseting Safari with no result and there are no updates avalible.
Please help this is really frustrating me especially as my Macbook Air is only a month or so old.
Thank you very much for any help.

From the Safari menu bar, select
Safari ▹ Preferences ▹ Extensions
If any extensions are installed, disable them and test.

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