Why can't I use Google as my search engine on Mavericks?

Since buying a new MacBook Pro working on Mavericks OS,Safari is acting really annoyingly.
I have Google as my default search engine in Preferences,but still it reverts every time to Yahoo when I search.Does anyone know how to overcome this?
Additionally on many sites,the backwards/forwards arrows no longer work,they are greyed out.I try re-emphasising them on Customize Toolbar but still it makes no difference.
Also,scrolling down a page has been made more difficult.
I don't know why Apple has made these changes.

Please, continue there …
For me, I worked around this issue with the help of the Google app …

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