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Why does my Firefox re-route the URL [http://lacewing.tamu.edu/index.html] to Google?

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I typed: "http://lacewing.tamu.edu/index.html" into the address box and Firefox let to a Google search page. The Google page listed the website that I wanted, but I expected Firefox to take me there directly. What is happening? I do not need to see "Google" everytime I want to get to a website.

I typed: "http://lacewing.tamu.edu/index.html" into the address box and Firefox let to a Google search page. The Google page listed the website that I wanted, but I expected Firefox to take me there directly. What is happening? I do not need to see "Google" everytime I want to get to a website.

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cor-el
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Clear the cache and cookies only from websites that cause problems.

"Clear the Cache":

  • Firefox > Preferences > Advanced > Network > Cached Web Content: "Clear Now"

"Remove Cookies" from sites causing problems:

  • Firefox > Preferences > Privacy > "Use custom settings for history" > Cookies: "Show Cookies"

You can remove all data stored in Firefox from a specific domain via "Forget About This Site" in the right-click context menu of an history entry ("History > Show All History" or "View > Sidebar > History") or via the about:permissions page.

Using "Forget About This Site" will remove all data stored in Firefox from that domain like bookmarks, cookies, passwords, cache, history, and exceptions, so be cautious and if you have a password or other data from that domain that you do not want to lose then make sure to backup this data or make a note.

You can't recover from this 'forget' unless you have a backup of the involved files.

It doesn't have any lasting effect, so if you revisit such a 'forgotten' website then data from that website will be saved once again.