Google search re-directed

Hi.
I'm not sure if this is the right place for this but here goes anyway.
This may have been covered somewhere else. If so, I apologise.
When I type a search into google (using Safari) then click on the link I feel is relevant, the search is re-directed several times to a site loosely connected with the subject of the search. When I go back to the Google page (only possible via the history menu) and click on the link again, I am taken to the site the link refers to.
This only happens on the first two links clicked on. After that they work normally, ie they always go to the site intended.
When I try this with Firefox the message "Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete"
When I remove all the text in the address except for "www.google.uk", then the google page opens.
My homepage in both cases is Google.
Thanks,
Beely

Hi.
I've just done a system restore using Time Machine to the day before the problem started. Everything now seems to be working as before.
Note to self:pay attention to what you install.
Thanks,
Beely

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