Here’s a fact for you, 85 to 95% of Websites are found through a search engine. You may have the most incredible Website on the Internet, but it will receive little or no traffic without search engine visibility and ranking. Can you imagine a billboard in the Sahara desert? Who sees it?

So, how will searchers find your website? What types of search engines could they use?

Search engines fall into two categories. The first is referred to as natural, organic or standard. The second is called pay-per-click, paid inclusion or paid placement.

Natural, organic and standard are interchangeable terms describing a search engine that bases its search rankings on a ranking algorithm. The algorithms involve a number of criteria and parameters, all relating to the content of the website, the website’s size, the number of incoming links to the website, and the content’s relevancy. You will hear terms such as keyword relevancy and keyword density to describe various components of the algorithms.

For the standard search engines, you, your webmaster or hired search engine optimization specialist could spend considerable time optimizing your website to achieve top rankings. The goal is for your website to appear on the first or second page of the search engines’ results when your target user searches keywords or keyword phrases.

The good news is rankings on standard search engines are free. The downside is the tremendous amount of time and effort required to achieve exceptional search engine rankings. Let’s confess to each other that top rankings on standard search engines can be tough and timely to achieve!

The interchangeable terms pay-per-click, paid inclusion or paid placement describe a search engine that bases its search rankings on a “bid for position” basis. Simply stated, you “bid” a price to be in a specific position of the search rankings for a particular search keyword or keyword phrase. For example, the #1 position on the search phrase “pay per click” recently required a bid of $3.55 per click, whereas the 15th position required only a bid of 55 cents. As a result, your differential website advertising costs between position #1 and #15 can be considerable.

With pay-per-click search engines, your ability to bid high can dramatically impact your website’s search engine ranking when the search results display website domain names or URL’s for the search keyword or keyword phrase. The benefit is your website gains visibility with the searcher, but you are not charged the pay-per-click “bid” until a searcher actually clicks on your website domain name or URL displayed in the search engine results. The selection of your website in the search engine results is called a click-through.

In general, click-through rates range from 1% to 5% of the number of impressions. What is all of this? A click is when a searcher selects or “clicks” your pay-per-click ad. An impression is one display of your pay-per-click ad on the search engine results. So, the click-through rate is a measure of the total number of ad clicks versus the total number of impressions in a period of time:

Click-Through Rate % = Total Number of Ad Clicks / Total Number of Ad Impressions * 100

Let’s do the math for our #1 position bid of $3.55 per click. In September, 2004 there were 21,535 searches for “pay per click.” First, let’s assume a 1% click-through rate. The top bidder spent $764.49 (21,535 * 1% * $3.55). Now, at a 5% click-through rate the top bidder spent $3,822.45 (21,535 * 5% * $3.55). Budgeting and controlling marketing expenses with such a broad range of potential costs could be tough. Plus, such costs could be the tip of the iceberg. We still must consider derivatives of the keyword or keyword phrase. So, was being #1 worthwhile? That depends on your website’s cost per visitor, conversion rate and profit margin of your product or service.

From what we’ve covered so far, you should realize you can achieve a top or high ranking through the pay-per-click search engine. But, a high ranking will cost money and these costs can be volatile. Meanwhile, the standard search engine remains free.

However, pay-per-click offers one significant advantage. It enables you to achieve website visibility with a high ranking instantaneously or overnight. If you want to draw traffic to your website fast for any reason, pay-per-click can make that happen. Remember, maximizing the standard search engine process takes time!

Let’s summarize the pros and cons of pay-per-click marketing:

Pros

• Improves your website’s ranking and traffic quickly.

• Tests the marketability of your product or service swiftly.

• Determines the ability of your web site to convert visitors to a call to action or make a purchase promptly.

• Identifies which keyword phrases will provide the best conversion rate rapidly.

• Provides complete control of the search engine campaign, both position and cost.

Cons

• Cost

Many individuals criticize pay-per-click because of the costs involved. But, have you really thought about the cost issue? Unless you or someone in your organization has expertise in search engine optimization, you’ll probably pay several thousand dollars in fees to a search engine optimization specialist to improve and optimize your website to achieve higher rankings in the standard search engines. So, my question to you is. Are the standard search engine rankings really free?

At the end of the standard versus pay-per-click search engine debate, it’s like the old saying, “There is no such thing as a free lunch.” Or, it’s like the old commercial, “You can pay me now or you can pay me later.” The reality of the debate is you must evaluate your specific website situation and utilize the search engine approach that maximizes your website promotion goals and investment.

About the Author

Chet Childers is a successful Internet marketer utilizing the power and quick response of pay-per-click marketing to increase website visibility and profitability. Click http://www.ThePayPerClickMarketer.com and enroll in our e-course, “Discover Tips and Secrets for Pay-Per-Click Marketing Success,” or visit http://www.ChetChilders.com.

Writing and submitting press releases isn’t the same as writing and submitting articles about your business. Press releases have a much greater degree of credibility among hard copy publications and major current affairs orientated websites alike. They may be published as released, amended or changed completely to suit the publisher.

Seven ideas for a press release subject

1) The launch of your new website. Make sure you define who your target audience is, and differentiate specifically what your website offers

2) A free email newsletter that you’re publishing. Again, make sure that you’re specific about whom you’re aiming at and why your service is of benefit

3) An RSS feed that you’ve introduced. Remember to give a brief background on RSS and its usefulness, as well as your service

4) A Podcast show that you’ve started. Podcasts are still new and original enough to gain good press coverage if your show’s good enough

strategic alliance with another website. Whether it’s an outsourcing relationship with your site coder, or an alliance with a business in the same field, there’s a story in it

6) An online award that your website has won. Websites such as Webbyawards.com or Web.com specialise in reviewing websites in certain genres and ‘awarding them’. If you don’t enter, you can’t tell anyone about it!

7) The reaching of a measurable milestone. Whether it’s 1000 unique visitors in a day, or 1000 subscribers to your RSS feed, if it sounds good, it’s probably a good story

Seven golden rules on how to format your press release

Your press release is aimed at grabbing a journalist’s attention, and not your customer’s attention. Bear this in mind when considering your title and objectivity. Follow the 7 golden rules on how to format your press release:

1) Don’t use any unnecessary uppercase - it tends to denote shouting

2) Never try and sell your product or service. Convey great, interesting, new information

3) Remember that the journalist reading your article won’t necessarily have in-depth knowledge of your industry, so don’t be too technical

4) Use around 500 words. Much less and you won’t be conveying enough information. Much more, and the journalist won’t be able to find the facts, and your chances of getting published diminish

5) Basic grammatical errors are more common than you think. Always get somebody else to proof read your press release

6) Stick to the tried and tested layout as discussed in the 35 press release tips article

7) Always include your contact details and an ‘About Us’ section. Always be available to take calls after you submit a press release

Source to publish your press release

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We all agree that placing ads on the Internet is an essential
and important part of the exposure and promotional process that
is so unique to CyberSpace.

There are a great many different locations where you can place
ads on the Internet. Literally, there are several hundreds of
thousands of such FREE Ad sites, and you can find both FREE and
Fee based online publications.

We have even set up a web site that links you to almost 12,000
of the more popular sites that are available with almost 100
sites detailed individually to ease posting:
http://emailexchange.org/freeads.html

But before you jump into posting ads online, especially if you
opt to pay for an ad, you should establish a clear-cut plan to
chart your responses.

The only way to chart your responses accurately is to “Key” all
the ads you place, whether online or in off-line publications.

Once upon a time, the simplest manner to “Key” any ad was to
write, Dept. No. 1234, or whatever number/letter combination you
might want to use, and this allowed you to know from where you
were receiving your responses.

Whether an ad is FREE or paid for, if you know if it is drawing
responses then you can make informed decisions about continuing
to place ads at those particular sites or publications.

Afterall, it does not make any sense to keep posting ads in
sites or publications where you never receive responses. Such an
effort is a complete waste of your valuable time.

Those sites that do work for you can then become the focus of
your online ad campaigns.

All it takes is a working “Key” chart.

For those of you that are spending the monthly fees to receive
web space, email aliases, etc., the solution can be as easy as
setting up individual email aliases for each account or each of
your different ad sites or publications.

For example, you place an ad at ABC Ads and you “Key” them as
abc@whatever.com. or 123@whatever.com, etc. That is the beauty
of being able to control the “Key”.

Otherwise, if you request respondents to your ads to “write”
ABC, or 123, they might easily forget to do so and then you will
not be able to tell where the response is coming from on the
Internet.

If you know HTML, you might be able to set responses using the
“Quotation Marks” that go before an email address to “Key” your
ads. Or you can code the URL in the ad with a question mark,
like: http://emailexchange.org/sig.html?ad5

Reviewing your logs will show you how many people actually
accessed your sig.html document from the placement of Ad number
5.

For those of you that do not have access to code a web site or
the luxury of email forwarding aliases, you can employ the use
of FREE auto-responders to code your various ads.

Most of the FREE auto-responder services now available will
encourage you to set up as many as you need. You can set up one
for ad1@autoresponder.com, ad2@autoresponder.com, etc.

Access a FREE list of auto-responder services for this use at:
mailto:freeautoresp@emailexchange.org

Either way, you just need to keep a log and list your “Keys” in
an easy to follow manner, such as 123, abc, a100, etc. along
with which sites or publications they correspond to.

We currently use a list of just over 100 FREE Newsletters and
Ezines that we have found give us consistent responses to our
ads. Access a FREE copy via Auto-Responder at:
mailto:newsletters@emailexchange.org

Having been online for over eight years, as of this month - :-),
we have seen many Ad sites and publications come and go.

That is the current nature of the Internet; one of constant
change.

Placing a “Key” in your ads is the only way to keep track of all
the movement that comes to take place as a result of your hard
efforts to promote your product or service or lack of response.

So make certain to make every ad posted count and “Key Your
Ads”!

Some “experts” say they don’t exist. Apparently we have become so accustomed to seeing banners, we have learned to ignore them. We sub-consciously create little white blocks exactly 468×60 pixels in size that neatly fit over banners so that we no longer see them and NEVER click on them.

Of course these same experts will then tell you what, of course, you SHOULD be using. Their product.

Naturally some marketing techniques work better than others. But that doesn’t mean the less effective approaches should be ignored. A balanced advertising campaign will spread itself across a variety of mediums.

But isn’t it true that click-thru rates (CTR) on banners have dropped over the years?

This is difficult to ascertain and views on this are conflicting but, ultimately, CTR’s on banners are irrelvant and the measure of success should not be based on this misleading statistic.

Let’s say you get a 2% CTR on your banner. In other words, 2 out of every 100 views results in 2 mouse clicks.

Most would consider this to be a successful banner as most achieve considerably less than this. But how many of those “clickers” then take a genuine interest in the website they view?

Not many. Especially when you consider that the most effective banners are those that give nothing away and lure you in through sheer curiosity.

The banner has successfully achieved a good CTR, but for what purpose.

A banner with a high CTR does not automatically translate into success for your website.

The success of a banner should be judged by a different criteria. By one that cannot easily be measured.

Just for a moment, compare banners to billboard advertising.

How many times have you seen an interesting billboard and then communicated with it to learn more information.

Well, unless you’re Steve Martin in LA Story, the answer is never.

How many times have you rung the phone number or written to the address printed on a billboard?

Once? Twice? Never?

In fact how many billboards do you see that actually provide you with a contact number and / or address so that you can find out more?

They exist, but are few and far between.

Does this mean that billboards are a monumental failure?

Not a bit of it. Billboard advertising is primarily about branding. About getting a product, a logo, a tv channel, a movie, absolutely anything into your brain. If you see it enough times, you will remember it.

You might not even know what it is you have seen, but you can be assured that when you see it on the supermarket shelf or in your TV guide, the billboard image will be recalled and a connection is made.

Branding isn’t about CTR’s, it is about visibility. It’s about presence. If you’re seen enough times, people will instinctively start to think that there must be something worth-while behind the advert.

At the very least, you project the image of success.

And this is important not just to draw new customers but also to keep your existing ones happy.

Think about all the billboards you see for the number one selling brand of cola. Are they looking for new business? Are they really trying to find that miniscule group of people that have yet to try their soft drink?

Not a bit of it. They are just reminding their millions of existing customers that they exist and to keep on buying their product.

So think of your banners, not as a draw to lure people to your webpage, but as an opportunity to tell the viewer that you’re out there. Be sure to remember the following:

– Colour scheme and logo. This should match your website exactly. Placed side by side, the connection between your banner and your website should be glaring.

– Make sure the banner communicates or, at the very least, strongly hints what you are about. Luring people into clicking on your banner about traffic exchanges and then trying to sell them a car is not helpful.

– When you create new banners, keep the style consistent. Viewers should be able to connect your banners together while still seeing something new.

Of coure if CTR’s really matter to you, then this article cannot help you. Instead, you might like to try spending your hard-earned cash on one of those ebooks that teach you how to “hypnotise” your customers.

Although I can’t speak for their quality. I’ve never brought a single one of their “mesmerising” products.

Dylan Campbell has been quietly making a living on the Internet since 2000, he has a unique, and often controversial, view of the industry.

Dylan write exclusively for The Nettle Ezine

There are three words which often bother me. ” I remember when…..” When my peers and friends use them, I always feel like telling them to switch gears and think about today and tomorrow, not yesterday. They seldom comply. Now, having been invited to write about how the ad agency business has changed since I was in it on a day-to-day basis, I suppose I have to “remember when.”

If you remember when Channel 10 did a live, (LIVE!) daily, (DAILY!) Network (NETWORK!) show, you’re probably as old as I am.

If you remember when ad agencies relied heavily on Type Shops for fast, efficient service, you are probably in your forties.

If you remember when word processing people were called typists and when they used a thing called carbon paper, you are probably in your fifties. (Side effects from typewriters and carbon paper were messy erasures and blue-stained fingers.)

And if you think FedEx, cable TV, B101, All News All The Time, Video Conferencing,
and Satellites have always been there, I’m jealous for not being your age.

In the ad business, the only thing that’s certain is that what’s certain today will not be certain tomorrow.

Which brings me to the agency business and some significant changes that have taken place in my career-lifetime.

Whereas client/agency relationships changed focus from print to broadcast over many years, the changes now move with lightening speed. For example, when UHF television came along, it was big news because viewers in this market could see six stations instead of three. Now, who can keep track of all the video available with cable and internet access for movies and on and on. How will agencies have to adjust? Who knows? We do know that the media challenges that face agencies are already causing several significant changes.

First, some are not fighting the media wars. Many are farming out their media requirements. That means they are actually trusting another organization to collaborate directly with their clients. That’s something that was unimaginable just a few years ago.

Second, many of the larger agencies now have very robust Media Divisions and those divisions are involved with sales promotion, sponsorship and even some creative tasks.
Many of them actually feel like full service agencies if you study them closely.

Third, agencies must take steps to become more aware of accountability as it relates to their clients’ spending. Welcome, Internet Marketing. Just a few years ago, many marketing folks started thinking about one-to-one marketing. Today it’s becoming an absolute necessity for agencies to understand Search Engine Marketing, Optimization
and other terms which were virtually unknown just five years ago.

Those agencies which relied on creative radio ideas no longer have a fairly simple pallet to deal with. AM radio was dominant and the change to FM dominance took many years. Now we have two major factors which already influence how radio is utilized by the consumer: Satellite and a little phenomenon called IPod. Cost per thousand is still important but specific, measurable results are more important. That factor is pushing today’s agencies into thought processes which require greater strategic ability as well as a keen understanding of how to meld communications for image/brand with clients’ demand to see sales figures climb as direct ways to measure ROI. Whoever succeeds in finding the best way to turn IPod users into a demographic group that’s available as “media” will harvest big rewards.

Think about how Internet advertising has changed and is changing marketing strategy. That new media increased by 21% in 2004. It’s projected to take seven billion dollars away from traditional ad budgets in 2005. Soon, it will be “traditional.” Maybe it already is. Agencies must take a leadership role in finding optimum ways to apply those funds.

There are other important topics and terms today which might not have existed for agencies in the past but are core factors today and are likely to become even more important: Broadband, Customer Relationship Management , Video on Demand, Paid Inclusion, Latino Media, Collaboration Extranets, Streaming, High-Definition and even IMAX theaters.

More and more advertisers of all sizes are trying to save money by taking routine responsibilities away from agencies and doing them inside. Many agency executives believe that their real value for clients is their business knowledge and their strategic capability along with their creative execution. These trends in thinking drive change and challenge for agencies. Not only are there fewer employees per million dollars of billing, but there is a large gap between well paid and not-so-well-paid agency employees.

Believe it or not, there was a time when, on average there were ten employees per million dollars worth of billing. Today it’s one and a half employees per million. Who knows where it’s headed? One of the country’s fastest growing agencies, Kalan Thaler Group reports $600,000,000 in billing with only 140 employees. Yes, they must work very hard but they also must be smart, creative and, as they say, “cutting edge.”

Why the salary gap mentioned above? Because strategic support is hard for clients to find and comes in expensive packages. Therefore, the agency which probably has the best chance to retain its client is the agency whose client trusts the recommendations that come from the agency. Translated, that means smarts, strategic thinking and courage on top of the usual high expectations about effective, wonderful creative solutions. Translated further, that means expensive brains at the agency, a salary gap between those brains and the other folks as well as fairly low salaries beneath the top thinkers. In a way, the CEO of an ad agency is now responsible for managing salaries in the same way major league teams do it. They place the big dollars where the big benefits are, in star performers.

In summary, the only way to view changes in the ad business is pretty much the same as changes in other businesses. Lee Iacocco, of Chrysler fame, once said , “Change or die!” That’s true of our beloved ad business. It always has been. It is now. And it always will be. Figuring out how to be ahead of the curve is the challenge of today’s agency CEO. I guess I’m glad that I no longer have to live up to that title and those expectations. Instead, I’m doing my best to provide agencies with ways to get along with fewer employees and, at the same time, to give clients what they need and want: easy collaboration, accurate communications and, above all, efficient and effective use of their most valuable assets,
brains, creativity and time.

Allan Kalish founded, managed and sold Kalish & Rice, one of the largest full service agencies in Philadelphia. Clients included WaWa, Pep Boys, Philadelphia Electric, Strawbridge & Clothier,
First Pennsylvania Bank, Terminix, Armstrong World Industries, Trump Castle Casino and many others. Today, he is chairman of Trichys, LLC which markets WorkZone, a collaboration
extranet for online document sharing
for agencies and their clients.

1. Clearly identify who you want to reach

Whatever product or service you advertise, identify the ideal
customer as specifically as you can. The nature of your product
or service may define this group for you.

For example, if you sell dentures that cost extra for
colour-matching to individuals’ natural teeth, then you should
consider advertising to wealthy individuals who value
natural-looking teeth. Your advertising should appeal to their
image-consciousness.

By clearly identifying your target market, you can increase the
response to your ads.

2. Find a publication that your target market reads

Ideally, you will find a publication whose reader profile
perfectly corresponds with your customer profile. Moreover, many
of your established and prospective customers read it regularly,
and none of your direct competitors advertise in it; its
frequency provides good exposure, and its ad rates entail an
acceptable level of risk.

3. Treat your ad as a teaser

Advertising can perform a variety of functions - from increasing
name recognition to evoking specific actions within a specific
time. In any case, successful print ads communicate just enough
to entice their audience.

An insurance broker, for example, might entice a specific group
to call for information. A law firm might entice its target
group - possibly law-school grads- to visit its table at a
career fair. A consulting agency might entice prospective
clients to book a free needs analysis. Know them and your
creative hook should come to you like plain sense.

4. Make a commitment and stick to it

Consistency is critical in print advertising. Most successful
advertisers buy ad space in blocks of time that begin at six
months. Many advertise constantly for years. For print
advertising to work, you need patience and perseverance -
especially in the first few weeks. If steady advertising just
isn’t a fit, then buy big advertising - a higher risk. Many do
both and adapt their ads as times change. Whatever your case,
make a commitment.

5. Get professional help

To take good care of your teeth, consult a dentist. To handle
your legal issues properly, consult a lawyer. To communicate
effectively with your target market, talk to a
marketing-communications consultant. Call for a free needs
analysis.

The blog make money fast link generation post by millionaire blogger Jason Calacanis that broke all records was the one where he announced that he was on course to make a million dollars from the Google Adsense program.

This was a very controversial post that caught everybody’s attention. It was the sort of post that grabbed visitors by their necks and ordered them to link to the article immediately. Every blog promoting Adsense or Adsense make money fast techniques just had to link to this post. Even other bloggers arguing over the possible motive or repercussions of such a controversial post just had to link to it. In a matter of hours the links were accumulating fast and thick, even as visitors to the blog remained puzzled as to why somebody would want to risk having their Adsense account deleted making such a move. Smart Jason Calacanis must have already talked to the folks at Adsense (this was also a lovely promotional piece for them as well).

As they say, a million bucks is a million bucks. That figure in itself was part of the magic that got this fascinating post lots of attention and lots of one way links effortlessly. Apart from the longer-term SEO effects of accumulating links for sites, there is the massive traffic a site will enjoy from having such a large number of relevant links suddenly pointing at you. No other blog post in history that I know of has been able to make so much money so fast for a blogger.

A press release can be an effective weapon in the fight for
media and public attention. In fact, many businesspeople don’t
even think twice before writing or ordering a press release,
correctly assuming that a release can provide the necessary
publicity to boost sales.

As much as a well-written press release can do for your image,
you need to be sure that your business or product is appropriate
for a release. Believe it or not, a press release that isn’t
truly newsworthy can easily end up sounding like a sales pitch,
which can do irreparable damage to your company’s image.

A press release should make an announcement about a new product
or service, an event, or a change in the way a product or
service is marketed. If your company has changed management,
released or upgraded a product, or is staging an important
event, you have material for a solid release.

Also, any little-known business or service can make a good
release if it serves the needs of the public in an interesting
way. For example, I just wrote a release for a gentleman who
provides a service that allows homeowners to pay off their
mortgages years sooner, without making larger payments or
refinancing their current loans. With mortgage rates falling and
the real estate market picking up, that kind of material made a
very good release.

So, a story that surrounds current events and peaks public
interest usually makes good release material. Now, let’s talk
about what doesn’t.

If your business is, for example, an MLM that hundreds of other
people are taking part in and marketing on their own, chances
are that the media has already heard about it and won’t pick up
your story. I’m not saying that MLMs are automatic losers in the
media department, because a brand-new or extremely unique
program may still be newsworthy. In most cases, however, people
trying to market an MLM should rely mainly on classified ads or
informative articles that dance around their business, then
reveal the contact information at the end.

Similarly, if you belong to an affiliate program along with lots
of other people who are using their own marketing techniques, a
press release probably isn’t the way to go. Media people are
extremely busy, and easily get overrun with press releases.
Again, in this situation a classified ad or well-written article
is probably a better use of your time and money.

A clever writer can take almost any subject and turn it into a
press release without sounding like a sales letter. As great a
talent as that is, however, media professionals will easily see
through it. An effective press release doesn’t just SOUND
newsworthy, it IS newsworthy. A sales letter in disguise does
not make a good release.

Above all, keep in mind that the last thing an editor wants to
read is a sales pitch; sending them this kind of material will
only get you blackballed in the media. If you’re not sure your
material is appropriate for a press release, ask an expert.
Before ordering your release from an outside source, for
example, call them or send them an email, tell them about your
business, and ask them if they think a release is the right tool
for you. If it’s not, chances are they can recommend something
that will serve you better.

A cuckoo clock is among the most unusual type of clock there is. While there are many different types of cuckoo clocks, the vast majority of cuckoo clocks are pendulum clocks that give the time by striking the hour using whistles that often sound exactly like the call of the cuckoo bird. Most cuckoo clocks are made in either the shape of a birdhouse or chalet. Also, most cuckoo clocks now have a small mechanical cuckoo bird pop out of a door on the hour to accompany the chirping noises of the cuckoo bird.

Some people add items like twigs and leaves to add to the rustic feel of a cuckoo clock. The cuckoo clocks of the highest quality are usually made in German’s Black Forest, so Black Forest cuckoo clocks are usually the most sought after, and therefore expensive, type of cuckoo clocks available on the market. In fact, some Black Forest cuckoo clocks can cost many thousands of dollars.

Setting up your new Cuckoo Clock.

Have you bought a new cuckoo clock, but are not sure what to do next? Here are a few easy steps to set up your new cuckoo clock: First of all, hand the cuckoo clock on the wall, mantel, or wherever you want to place it. Then, softly swing the pendulum to one side, which will start its momentum and start the clock’s ticking. Then, set the time by gently moving the hour and minute hand into their proper places. If you want your cuckoo clock to sing right at the top of the hour, it is important to set the cuckoo clock to very close to the exact time. Be aware that even the best-made cuckoo clocks will eventually need repair. It is best to find a well qualified clock repair shop to do your cuckoo clock repair.

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