Try using Startpage search ...a Goggle search without the hassles. You can do most everything that you can with the big G...images... etc.

*tip* when on Startpage'home page, right click IN the search box... then in the menu, click 'create search'. This will give you a set of options. You can make SP your default, or simply add it to your list of search engines.

Same with Ixquick, the original version of SP.