I think those need to be added.

A) Clear you caches (history, etc.) i.e. by setting it to automatically do so on exit.

B) Delete all your Bookmark Backups (some in folder, others elsewhere) AND Delete places.sqlite

That is where the Smart Search bar is pulling data from to a) suggest sites, b) estimate frequency of use

This is why sites that you have long deleted from your Bookmarks still show up as a suggestion even though you cleared browsing history and caches.

C) Detailed instructions as to how to put “Smart” search bar to sleep for good is attached below.

To include this “Smart” search function with no means of disabling it easily is one of the most elementary mistakes in software design – to not offer users a easy way to go back to what they know how to use and is comfortable with.

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Documentation:

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=749915&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=15

From:
Message: Post 2262 on page 2 of link:

Posted July 21st, 2008, 3:07 am

“The awesomebar gets its results from two places:
- History (empty star in dropdown) which you can remove by highlighting the entry and pressing the delete button (or searching in the Library or history sidebar and deleting it).
- Bookmarks (gold star in dropdown) which you can search for in the Library or bookmarks sidebar and delete.”

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Documentation:

How to Disable “Smart” Search and autocomplete completely:

Information on how to exclude websites that you HAVE visited from the “smart” location bar:

EXCLUDE BOOKMARKS YOU HAVE VISITED

places.frecency.bookmarkVisitBonus
This preference set to 0 (zero) will remove the bookmarks you have visited from your results.

EXCLUDE URLS YOU HAVE NOT VISITED

places.frecency.unvisitedTypedBonus
This setting will have the greatest impact on how your results are found

A setting of 0 (zero) should give you a result of finding your URLs based on what you type being anywhere in the URL or page title.

A setting of 1 should result in placing of what you type anywhere in the title or URL being first, followed by the URL or title beginning with what you type.

A setting of 2 should result in only showing results based on what you type being at the beginning of the URL or page title.

INCLUDE ONLY URLS YOU HAVE TYPED

browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped
Set to: true

Here is how to DISABLE AWESOME BAR:

DISABLE “AWESOME” (LOCATION) TOOLBAR

Type: about:config in the Location Bar
In the filter field, type the below names:

browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped
Double click & value will be set to: true

browser.urlbar.maxRichResults
Double click and type: -1
(Default is 12)

If this list is too LARGE or too small, right-click in the about:config list and choose:
New | Integer
Type: browser.urlbar.maxRichResults | press Enter.
When prompted, enter a value lower than the default of 12 if you want to see fewer lines in the drop-down list.
Enter a higher number if you want to see more lines here.

The list adds a scroll bar once it exceeds a certain size, so you can scroll through whichever number of items you requested in this setting.

It is not known if doing this will mean that no data will be collected in background even though it has been excluded.

http://www.windowsbbs.com/firefox-thunderbird-seamonkey/74695-firefox-3-0-tips-tricks