Select some search engine from AllSearchEngines.com (my apologies for the sponsor ads), NOT Google (because you are probably already familiar with Google), and preferably different from what you know. Teoma (Ask.com) is interesting because it uses a different algorithm from Google's. MSN is a relatively new addition, and already popular because of Microsoft's dominance. AltaVista is one of the first, and still a good one.
Do the following six search tasks:
- Search for Christ Smith (no quotes) in some random search engine, e.g., from the list linked above.
- Search for Christ Smith president.
- Use advanced search to search for Christ Smith AND NOT Jesus. In other words, focus the search by excluding the natural conjugation of "Jesus" with "Christ." The syntax might be +Christ +Smith -Jesus depending on the search engine. Find the Help for Advanced Search in whichever engine you have chosen. See if you get closer to our president this way.
- Find our class homepage via a search on one phrase / collection of words. This may not be widely indexed, but I was able to find it. Just searching for how the internet works naively will not work. (Why not?)
- Search for some professor at Smith (not me). Try to hit the person with one single search query.
- Search for your own, full name(!), in double quotes. Search for your parents, your siblings, your friends. Any surprises?