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Wednesday 25th October 2017 16:04 GMT Baldrickk

Is it just me...

or does this read more like an ad-icle than news about a new service or some sort of search engine review?

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1. Wednesday 25th October 2017 17:02 GMT Jim Mitchell
  
  Re: Is it just me...
  
  An "ad-icle" would have better photos (I hope), those look like mugshots!
  
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Wednesday 25th October 2017 16:23 GMT John Smith 19

"does this read more like an ad-icle"

Yup, good to knon El Reg is returning to its roots.

Give us da cash, you get the story.

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1. Wednesday 25th October 2017 19:46 GMT K
  
  Re: "does this read more like an ad-icle"
  
  That beats being pumped ~~Cloud~~ hosted services and DevOps propaganda.
  
  I always felt used and dirty after being fooled into click those.. at least this had some mild interest to it..
  
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Wednesday 25th October 2017 16:35 GMT Anonymous Coward

How is this not industrialised copyright violation?

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Wednesday 25th October 2017 16:41 GMT Bill M

Suppose you want to find all mentions on the web of Oracle and Mark Hurd over the past three days

"Suppose you want to find all mentions on the web of Oracle and Mark Hurd over the past three days"

Well I certainly don't.

For anyone who does then not sure if they need sympathy or psychiatric treatment. But definitely not a means of enablement.

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Wednesday 25th October 2017 18:03 GMT chivo243

Thar she blows!

A spook contract waiting to be plucked!

I'm pretty sure this company has gotten the attention of three letter clubs from around the world.l

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Wednesday 25th October 2017 18:32 GMT WolfFan

need better quality example

no-one cares about 'Mark Hurd' and 'Oracle' in the last three days. Now, a search for combinations of 'Theresa May', 'dom outfit' 'Jeremy Corbyn', 'ball gag', those results may be of interest. Just don't forget the 'h' or you'll get the wrong T. May.

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Wednesday 25th October 2017 19:21 GMT David Dawson

This Editorial Sponsored By...

Er. Right, well, it's obvious.

Chris got paid, drinks are on him!

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Wednesday 25th October 2017 19:27 GMT Anonymous Coward

As much as I despise Google

in the concept of fair play

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Oracle+Mark+Hurd&lr=&biw=2431

&bih=1329&source=lnt

&tbs=sbd%3A1%2Ccdr

%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A10%2F22

%2F2017%2Ccd_max%3A10%2F25%2F2017&tbm=

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1. Wednesday 25th October 2017 22:42 GMT Jan 0
  
  Re: As much as I despise Google
  
  Yes but the result is the usual google garbage. E.g. not all the Marks are Mark Hurd, some are just marks. The Oracle references may have no connection with Mark Hurd, just strings in the same document. Perhaps the webhose.io search is more focused?
  
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  1. Thursday 26th October 2017 06:45 GMT Anonymous Coward
    
    Re: As much as I despise Google
    
    Well I must have a different google, because a simple test of "Oracle" + "Mark Hurd", then chose the latest week (getting specific time frame is also possible) the pages I checked, three of them because I got bored, showed the correct results.
    
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    1. Thursday 26th October 2017 09:30 GMT Baldrickk
      
      Re: As much as I despise Google
      
      Yes, if you quote the search terms, i.e. I want to search for both (Oracle) + (Mark Hurd) you get the desired results:
      
      https://www.google.co.uk/search?tbs=sbd%3A1%2Ccdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A10%2F22%2F2017%2Ccd_max%3A10%2F25%2F2017&q=%22Oracle%22+%22Mark+Hurd%22
      
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