It appears (with the input) at the left top of the browser screen, so called omnibox or address field, whatever. Now (since a few months) as soon as I a enter a key, the centered search field of Google disappears. After the Task Manager opens click the tab that is labeled 'Processes', scroll down to explorer.exe and click.
Thanks for the tip, I'll have to try Feedly. I am totally bummed about google reader! It has even disappeared from my gmail toolbar, so I cannot easily access it.