Google won't work in my search bar, why?

I recently received an update to Firefox, which I believe means I received Firefox 5.0, However, now, whenever I try to use the Google Search in my search bar (the one in the upper-right-hand corner), it won't work.
Every Google search I attempt in the search bar leads me to a page that says: "404 not found" above and "nginx" below.
However, if I try to search for something on that toolbar using Bing or Yahoo, it works fine. Only Google gives me the error message.
I also get the same error message if I try using the Google search bar located on the Mozilla Firefox start page. But if I go directly to Google's homepage, my searches work fine.
The problem appears to be with the Firefox-run Google searches, because only the search bar and start page won't work.

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The question posed in this thread was:
How do I type a URL such as "www.apple.com" etc. into a blank in SAFARI to go to the URL if I remove the Google search bar?
I cannot seem to get Open Location (Command - L) to function if I remove the Google search bar. Removing the Google Search Bar seems to also remove the location bar to type into. This is not the case in Opera, Camino, or Firefox, so I am wondering if my Safari is just corrupted. If the only way to have the option of Open Location (Command L) is to put the Google Search bar back in, which means the two are connected, does that mean that Google is able to record all url's typed in the Location bar even if you don't use the Search bar? I believe the story used to be that any time you type a url into a google search engine, google records your IP and search; so I'm wondering if Apple has now set up the Location bar in Safari in a deal with Google to let Google track every URL you type into the location bar if it is the case that the Location bar is inseparable from Google Search.

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