You can set the search engine via "Options/Preferences > Search" (about:preferences#search).

See also:

• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Search+bar

My default search engine is set, and I never touched the settings dealing with it. It has been set to Google and hasn't changed. If I search something along the lines of "Youtube", instead of going to a Google page of search suggestions, it will go to a page like this http://search.suddenlink.net/index.php?origURL=http%3A//youtube/&r=&bc=

It is taking my searches ot suddenlink recommended websites, even though my browser is set to Google as my default search engine.

Is that your ISP?

See also:

• https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/websearch/8syvhUpdrig/pU9T6SzdAJMJ

Yes, Suddenlink is my ISP. Nothing in the link has solved my issue either.

You likely have an ISP that automatically redirects you to a search page if a DNS look up fails. This takes the control from Firefox to do a search. You can contact your ISP and ask for a DNS server to opt-out of that feature. You can check if there is a link on the search results page to go to your ISP and opt-out. You can try alternative DNS servers like Google Public DNS (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4) (ncpa.cpl).

I opted out, but now when I search with the address bar it goes to a "server not found" page.

Is keyword.enabled still set to true if you check that on the about:config page?

You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I'll be careful" to continue.

• http://kb.mozillazine.org/about:config

Yeah that seemed to be the problem. I thought it would have been something I edited in the about:config page. Thank you so much for your help!

You're welcome