Just upgraded to firefox8. Now navigation bar opens everything in google. How do I change nav bar to firefox?

I just upgraded firefox. Now when it type an address into the navigation bar it goes to a google page instead of going straight to that website. How can I change this?

You can modify the pref <b>keyword.URL</b> on the <b>about:config</b> 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
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/about:config

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