Easiest to avoid this would be to open the results in a new tab via a middle-click or by changing the Google search results via the search settings page.

• http://www.google.com/preferences?hl=en

If the problem is that your Google results go blank when you go Back to them, some other users have this problem as well. See this thread for a workaround: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/970863?page=2#answer-485663

If that is not the problem, could you describe the steps you're using? For example: enter search on Firefox's built-in home page, get Google results, click through to a site, use the Back button to return to Google, use the Back button to return to Firefox's built-in home page -- and the search form is empty on Firefox's home page.

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