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When I type in something in the address bar that I want to search on a search engine it goes to the crawler search engine. How can I set it to use the google search engine?

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Most likely an add-on has hijacked your search setting. This article describes how you can manually change the search provider using the about:config preferences page. However, if searches still are redirected, then you should check your add-ons.

Location bar search | How to | Firefox Help

To check add-ons:

orange Firefox button or Tools menu > Add-ons

On the left side, click Extensions. Happy hunting!