missing search bar in Safari

I have the same problem as well. I just got an update for safari and im assuming that has something to do with this.

i totally had the same thought but it looks like they've integrated the search bar and address bar. if you go to 'customize toolbar' you can see it's called the "address and search bar". just type in whatever you want to search into the address bar and it google searches for you.

at least for the version of mountain lion i just got downloaded on july 26, 2012.

I have the same thing, it is frustrating to search and not have that option right on the menu bar.

Yes I found out that you can type in the address bar and it will search. It sure seems ackward though.

I did find this in one of my searches to find out why the search box was removed. my question is who/what is a BOB?

Where did Google search go?

As of the last two months Google has essentially stopped paying referral fees to BOB on search results. Because of this we have removed the Google custom search box from the bottom of the page until we hear back from them regarding this new development. At the same time we have also removed the Google text ads that appeared on the bottom of the page. What impact does this have on BOB?
First of all, while it makes the Google search less convenient, it does not prevent you from using Google to search the site. You can open a new tab / new browser window, go to Google, and enter your search terms. To ensure that you only hit this site, add the following text to your search input form:

For example, if I wanted to search for the terms "google search" and limit the results to pages from this site, I would enter the following in my google search form:

Note that when you do this, the results will be shown in a Google window and not within the forum framework that we had before. We do apologize for this inconvenience but until we complete our discussion with Google as to why they have changed their behavior the search window will not be displayed.
New Custom Search Coming...
We have been working on an alternate search method for quite a long time. This issue with Google may prove to be the final incentive needed to make the switch. It is our hope to roll out a limited "beta" version of the improved search sometime this week, with GA (general availability) coming soon after that. The new search form will take the place of the google search form but will provide a number of special features. For one thing, you will be able to search for exact phrases. We have been running BOB with an extra search index in place for about two months now and have not noticed any degradation in performance. By removing the references to Google's javascript (required for the google ads and google search box at the bottom of the page) our page load times should actually get better.
So while we realize that the loss of the search form at the bottom of the page may prove to be an inconvenience in the short term, we hope that the longer term solution we're working on will prove to be a better option.
Thanks for your patience while we work through this.
If you have any questions, please feel free to post them in this topic. Thanks._________________
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Is Because the new address bar work as an address bar and also as a search bar, if you wanna try, just write whatever you whant to find on the address bar and you will notice that it will sow you all the search on google... i hope my info works for you guys.

You can add a powerful search tool to your Safari toolbar.

Go to: https://extensions.apple.com

Select:

Categories > Search Tools > Custom Search by Side Tree Software

or choose another search window to add to your toolbar.

Cool customizable toolbar tools make Safari flexible like FireFox!