Here is a screen shot of my iPad opened in Safari.



I've got the arrow pointing to my search bar. As you can see, Google is set up as my default and so it shows "Google" there (I imagine it would show the name of any other search engine you may have set in the Settings app).

You aren't seeing that? If not, what is there? Oh, and sometimes, if you've used it (and haven't cleared out the cache), the word Google may not show. It's still the Google search bar, but the word may not be showing...

Marilyn

Oh, I think I know what may have happened.

In the Settings app, for Safari, there is an option to select "Always Show Bookmarks Bar.". Could you have accidentally turned that off? If it's off, then you won't have the line of bookmarks across the top of Safari (right above the tab).

Is that what you mean?

Marilyn

Lets start with the basics. To select your search engine, you have to go to Settings/Safari/Search Engine and select the one you want. If Google does not show on the Safari Task Bar after you selected it, then there may be a software glitch. If so, it will default to Bing for the search engine. Also be aware that Google has gotten in trouble for sneaking past the Safari safeguards and downloading data about users without permission. They are under investigation for this, and may be making changes to the search engine to prevent this from happening.