Safari: curser in new tab always in search bar

Why is it that when I open a new tab in Safari the curser defaults to the search bar and not the address bar? Can this be changed?

Yes I figured it must have been discussed before (searched but failed to find) because surely I couldn't be the only person who was annoyed by this..! 98% of the time I open a new tab it's to enter an address, not to do a web search..!! If this isn't changed soon I'll probably start using one of the other browsers available for the iPad out of frustration instead.

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