How Can I Make Google Default Search Engine?

4S 1GB iOS5.1 Frequently I find Yahoo! is doing searches I want to make Google my default search engin e.
How Can I do that?
Thanks

I have tried to change mine in safari, thru the code writing and all, it will not stop going to bing as my search engine. How do I get rid of that and get my google as my search engine? Nothing has worked and Ive done it all? Please help me out someone.
Thanks.

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How do I make it so that when I search with my address bar it ALWAYS uses Google, regardless of what search engine is selected in the search bar? It used to be like this, but a recent Firefox update altered it. Now, when I search with my address bar it uses the search engine selected in the search bar...if I wanted to do that, I would just use the search bar! Any suggestions?

I'm also having this same problem... it's the first thing that Firefox has ever done that's made me contemplate getting a different browser. The "update" seems like a step back, and a removal of a very good feature. I'm in the same boat of wondering if there's any work-arounds or add-ons to restore the old usage, even if it comes at the risk of having my address bar's search engine occasionally hijacked.

How can i replace the default search engine (Yahoo...) with Google, when I write a word at the address line?

I recently installed FireFox on my new pc. Whenever I type a word, for example a name of a website, I get the yahoo search resault, instead of what I had before - to enter directly to the site, or in some cases - get the Google search results.
I would like to be able to type the website name (for example - "filefactory"), and become directed to the site itself, as it was with the previous version that I had in my former pc.
Thanks...

Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
*Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
You can modify the pref keyword.URL on the about:config page to use Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky" or Google's "Browse By Name".
* Google "I'm Feeling Lucky": http://www.google.com/search?btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=
* Google "Browse by Name": http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/keyword.URL
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Location_Bar_search

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I want to set my default browser?to DuckDuckgo but Safari only gives me 3 options. Is there an easy way to override this or set my own custom browser?

What the extension does is it sets the defaut search in the address bar to use DuckDuckGo. If you want to go to DuckDuckGo.com everytime you open a new tab, then you need to set it for your home page. Then set up the prefs for everytime you open a new tab to go to your home page.

How can I make google my real default search engine?

Yes, I have set Google as my preferred search engine in Safari Preferences.
But when I try to do things such as define a word, it uses Bing.
Frankly, I do not care for Bing.
How can I make google always be my search engine?
Thanks

Here you go Andy.
I did learn some things while looking at it.
I need to clean out byTimemachine drive :-)
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None of above worked for me.
This did:
"In your address bar, type in: “about:config”
Inside of the filter search box, type in:
browser.search.defaultenginename
Double click that entry (or right click and choose “Modify”) and then type in the name of the search engine you wish to have as the default search engine. It must be one that you already have installed and also make sure you type in the name correctly.
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Quit the application.
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== Operating system ==
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