Since downloading Safari 5.1 Google search engine no longer works

Hello,
For the past few weeks I was having issues with Google as I kept receiving a "slow script" error. In trying to fix this problem I downloaded the latest version of Safari (5.1) from the Apple website to see if this helped. This seems to have made things worse as now Google won't work at all on Safari.
I seem to be able to open all other websites with no issues. Does anyone have any ideas as to what is causing this?
I'm running a macbook with Snow leopard V 10.6.8.
My IT skills are pretty poor so assume I don't know anything
Cheers,
Eryn

From your Safari menu bar click Safari / Preferences then select the Advanced tab.
Select: Show Develop menu in menu bar
From the menu bar again click Develop / Disable Runaway JavaScript Timer
Now go to Safari / Preferences again then select the Security tab.
Click: Show Cookies
Delete all Google cookies.
Quit then relaunch Safari. See if that helped.

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