You can set the Google preferences on the Google Search settings page (link at the top right). Number of Results: Google's default (10 results) provides the fastest results.

Such settings are stored in a cookie on your computer that you need to allow: Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: "Exceptions" or Tools > Page Info > Permissions.

• Make sure that you do not use Delete browsing, search and download history on Firefox to clear the "Cookies" and the "Site Preferences"

I clear cookies regularly, is that the only way to do it?

There's a "non cookie" way of doing it with Opera.

Anyone?

You can add num=100 to the search command: You can use a keyword search (e.g. g) with this location: http://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=%s