Safari doesn't show search engine

Have an IPad 2. Google is selected as the search engine and all other settings appear to be as they should. My searches on this forum seem to help but when I open safari, google is not available. I can not see it. It was there at one time and now it is gone. Any ideas?

 

Great to hear from you. The word "Google" shows on my bookmarks and that is what I have been using. I see what you have and perhaps that is what I should be using
G but having it in my bookmarks is very convenient.

Paintman

 

Sorry Mickey 330, the "always show bookmark bar" is on. I am using google in another way. Not as convenient but it works.

 

I have the same problem, one moment I'm using google as my search engine the next it's changed to bing,but unable to change it back ... Could do with some help please

 

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.