I don't get spotlight suggestions in search bar

Hello,
I have the release version of Yosemite installed since yesterday. I never got the famous spotlight suggestions that supposed to be a part of the new safari search engine, until now. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!

Hi ..
You need to set it up in Safari Preferences.
From your Safari menu bar click Safari > Preferences then select the Search tab.
Select: Include Spotlight Suggestions
By the way. Safari is not a search engine. It's a browser.
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