Irregular posting: If you go to a blog and the last update was two months ago, you know the blog isn’t being updated. And while it might contain tons of useful stuff from the past, there’s no reason to subscribe or keep coming back if you don’t think new posts are coming out regularly, I can personally confirm that because I have experienced it lately when I was away from this blog for almost 3 months, which cost me more than 80% of my subscribers and nearly same percent of daily page view.

Too many posts but very few useful: People expect useful and genuine information from you, that’s why they have come to your blog. But your 5 most recent posts are all updates about competitions or a new product you’re selling or a contest on another blog instead of something useful, do you think they will stay longer and dig through 10 non-useful posts just to find one useful post. Its good idea to make some money selling affiliate product weekly roundup of what’s happening in blogspher, but give your reader their daily dose of useful information too.

Novel type unscannable post: I have dedicated post about Scannable content so I won’t bore you again with same tips, but its highly important for your post to make it scannable. In this fast and busy world people want everything instantly, this same applies to information and news too, morel of the story , craft your post in a manner that your reader can scan it for points of their interest if they can find it within a minute they arrived on your blog you earned one more subscriber.

Every time trying to Sell something: I have subscribed to many really good blogs with lots of useful information, with excellent ambiance and user friendly layout, but what made me unsubscribe was their attempt to sell something every time like in every post, along with their sidebars and headers. , there is nothing wrong in it if you do paid review or do a book review with Amazon affiliate there’s nothing wrong with that from time to time. But in every post?

Insisting subscription: Don’t force the subscription on the reader, it’s too annoying. Let them review your site first, and then decide for themselves if they want to subscribe, a friendly reminder at the end of post or a subscription widget on top of your sidebar is ok, but hammering them with pop-up subscription banner is really frustrating, don’t be so desperate to see your subscriber count rise like Zimbabwe’s Inflation . Concentrate on building reader base; write unique and useful post regularly and your subscriber count will increase automatically.

Not Replying To Any Comments: You try many strategies and plugins to make your reader comment, what good would it do if your readers or commentators are left talking to themselves? Normally, they would expect to hear your point of view especially when they ask a question in the comment. Interacting with your readers and commentators works batter then any plugin or strategy, it actually helps You Convert Your One Time Visitor into a Loyal Reader.

Not networking with other bloggers: If you’re not going to reach out to the blogging world, who is going to know you? You are not linking to other blogger because you think because it will increase their Page Rank and technocratic authority. You don’t ask questions to other blogger cause you think you too smart to do so. This is quite a childish thought actually, linking out generously, commenting and asking question on other blogs can be really helpful, If you can do this faithfully, you will realize that it batter for you then the blog you are linking to or commenting.

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These words are so true about blogging, like real life there are countless obstacles in your path of blogging success, today we are going to discuss 4 such obstacles of our blogging path, and how to overcome it.

Language, Grammar and Vocabulary:

Problem:

This is very common problem for no English bloggers like me (and countless other). Things become really horrible when I have a lot to say, but don’t have right word to express it. When it comes to writing I have limited vocabulary to explain everything without spoiling my message. This limitation of vocabulary use to frustrate me. before I adopted this new writing method

Solution:

In my early blogging day I use to write my post on Microsoft word, it’s in built spell and grammar checker was like a dream gift for me, but after few posts I realized what I was missing, I had very limited words. This forced me to find way to overcome it. After trying different writing method, I found this little lengthy process of writing, which is also time consuming but very useful for me, instead of writing my post in English now I write it in Hindi or Gujarati and then translate it to English, this gives me batter grip on my content and wide range of vocabulary.

Writing Content:

Problem:

Not every one is gifted like Brain Clark or Skellie who can write 10/20 post every day. Or like Darren Rowse who can write series of posts on any topic, be it RSS Subscription, Blog Promotion or Content writing, we new blogger often stuck in writers block. After posting 15/16 post we often meet the dead end of new idea for our next blog post.

Solution:

Joining the echo chamber of writer is the best way to keep your self occupied while stuck in writers block. Write what every one is writing about with your own thoughts and input about the topic. Shanker bakshi of shankerbakshi.com has great tips for you on how to re-write what every one is writing.

Filler Posts are another good substitute when you are left with nothing to write about, some blogger even uses it to maintain the posting frequency. Muhammad Siyab of puttingblogsfirst.com has some excellent ideas about filler post and how to maintain your post flow with it.

Blog Promotion:

Problem:

One thing that troubles every new blogger (and some relatively old ones) is spreading the word about their blog. Your killer titles and great compelling contents are worthless without proper promotion of your blog. I have seen few blogs great content, but there was no activity. This usually happens when your content doesn’t get enough exposure on social media sites like digg, stumbleupon and delicious

Solution:

The best way to promote your content and give it a quick exposure on social media site is to mail your blogging pals (I hope you have made at least 20 blogger friends now) and ask them to stumble and dig your content. Asking your reader for stumble and digg at the end of your post is another strategy that worked for many blogger.

Link building:

Problem:

Social media exposure is good for initial boost of traffic for your blog, but you need piles of link back from authority blogs within your niche for a regular flow of traffic. Expecting a link back or reference to your post without networking or building relation with other blogger would be optimistic to the point of stupidity. You need to build relation with blogger and those so called A-lister before you can ask for a link back from them.

Solution:

Link out generously: One way to make a real impression on another person is to be generous with them. Showcase their best work on your blog, refer their post and thoughts in your articles.

Start with blogger of your level: Approaching relatively new blogger have more chance of working out. And you can help each other drive significant traffic to your own blog. Offer help and consultation: Helping other blogger and reader of blogs you read often can really help you draw other in relation. When you don’t have solution for the problem point them to useful resources or person who can help them.

This creates a good impression upon both of the parties that you connect. Which will lead them come to you again if they have any confusion or difficulty. And you will become the ‘go to’ person, because they know you’ll either help them personally or point them to someone who can.

Join Webmaster Community: Webmaster community forums such as Authority Blogger and Digital Point can be really useful to start your hunt for potential blogging network. Join the discussion, share your thoughts, contact webmaster, and you will see building blogging network isn’t that difficult.

What Obstacle You Have Faced?
So friends what obstacles you have faced during your journey to blogging success and how you over come it. Share your personal experience with us in comments below.

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Today we are going to discus such plugins and tools that can help you increase comments and create the scenes of community on your blog.

Offer Incentive To Your Commentors:
Incentives work in the blogosphere . Commentors will respond to incentives. Incentives such as dofollow back links and top commentors have worked for many bloggers, it motivate your readers to join the discussion and add their thoughts and feedbacks,

Here are 4 such Incentive plugins:

Lucia’s Linky Love:
Lucia’s Linky Love is a great variation of *Dofollow* plugins, though its main function is to remove *nofollow* tag from author link in comments, it is more then just a Dofollow plugin.

It Gives You Full Control Over Dofollow/Nofollow:
Dofollow blogs happened to be softest target for link spammers and black hate SEO practitioners. But now you can create obstacles for such spammers by increasing number of comments required by commentor before enabling the dofollow option, which means your commentor will need to visit and comment on your blog regularly to get the benefits of dofolow. Which discourage spammers who considers your blog a link farm.

14 days time limit:
Dofollows will not be added to comments left more than 14 days after you published your most recent post. which means if a reader want dofollow link juice he will need to keep update with your blog and comment regularly. This feature can help you get some quick RSS subscribers too.

You can download Lucia’s Linky Love from Big Bucks Blogger. And donforget to read the user feed backs on this great plugin.

CommentLuv:
This gives your commentors additional incentive using CommentLuv, which searches their RSS feed and adds a link to their last blog post in their comment. This gives your commentor a keyword reach anchore link to their blog, its like icing on cake.

Download Commentluv from FiddyP.

KeywordLuv:
You must have seen comments with fancy keywords instead of real name of the commentor. This is because they are trying to get keyword rich links back to their blogs. Keywordluv makes things easier for your commentor. Just add your name as YourName@Your Keywords and Your Keywords will be used as the anchor link and your name will be shown separately. If I enter Sunil@Blogger’s Lab in comment form instead of Sunil Blogger’s Lab, then the title of a comment would look like

Sunil From Blogger’s Lab

Instead of

Sunil Blogger’s Lab

Neat isn’t it?

Download KeywordLuv from More Than Scratch The Surface

Top Commentor Widget:
Thanks to lists like Yan’s *Blogs with Google Pagerank and Top Commentor widget*. Top Commentor has become huge hit among blog reader who wants to get some link juice. This cute little widget adds a list of top commentators to your sidebar. Which is Dofollow (you can make it Nofollow if you want) and it appears on every page of your blog (you can restrict it to your home page if you want)

Get Top Commentors widget plugin from Webgrrrl.net

Note: if your blog is brand new then wait until your posts generate decent number of comment, before you feature Top Commnetors Widget on your sidebar.

Those are 4 great plugins I have been using since long time, and I am pretty satisfied with the out come of those plugins.

Now lets check some more plugins which wont hurt your community if you don’t install them. But it can do wonder if your install them.

Subscribe to Comments:
It adds a “Notify me of followup comments via email” check box below the submit comment button. This is a great feature as users can keep track of comments, when a new comment is made to the post, an email is sent to the subscriber notifying them. This is much better then having your blog reader subscribes to your comment RSS.

Get Subscribe to Comments 2.1 from Tempus Fugit

Brian’s Threaded Comments:
This plugin adds a ‘Reply to this comment’ link to every comment. When you use the reply link, your comment is placed directly under the comment you replied to. This plugin helps increase comments, makes it easy for people to reply to comments and prevents readers from scrolling down to look for answers to their questions.

Download Brian’s Threaded Comments from Meidell.dk

Make Your Comment Area Alive With 4Avatar:
4Avatars is a simple Plugin for WordPress that allows you to add avatars to comments on your blog. Avatars are from MyBlogLog or Gravatar (globally recognised avatars) or even from Polish site Avatars. Of curse avatars are NOT saved on your ftp!

4Avatars have very simple options page which allows you to choose site with avatars and choose default avatar which will be shown when author of comment doesn’t have any.

Download 4Avatars Plugin from Wordpress.org

Let Your Reader Share Their Favorite Post From Your Blog with Share This:
The ShareThis WordPress plugin provides a quick, simple to use, and unobtrusive way for users to add your post to many social bookmarking sites, or to send your post link via email, AIM, Facebook, MySpace and more.

Get Share This Plugin From Sharethis.com

So friends those are the 8 plugins I use on my blog to encourage comments and participation on my blog. If you have more suggestions for great community building WordPress plugins? Please share your Favorites in the comments.

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Your Mom Is Your Only Reader: Your blog probably sucks when you have only 2/3 responses on your blog and those few peoples are your mom, dad or your best friend. Stop day dreaming kid, wake up and do some work. Promote your blog and Find New Readers for Your Blog

Jack Of All Trades, Master of None: Even though you been blogging since ages you don’t have any authority over any particular topic or niche. Your post sounds more like a company annual report rather then an expert’s analysis. Ask Alan How to Write Compelling Articles.

You Don’t Respect My View: you are unappreciative idiot who have no respect for his reader’s view, all you want to hear is pleasing words, and you have not guts to accept the criticism. Darren tells you Why You Should Respond to Comments On Your Blog

Your Ad Space Out Numbered Your Blog Post: Your Blog is littered with Ads and Affiliates Links. 6 out of 10 posts on your blog are paid review. You are always looking for opportunity for making quick money. You need to understand What Turns Of Your Reader

Too Many Barriers To Read Your Blog Post: I have struggle with Pop-up, Pop-under before I can read your content, and what those peel away banner is there at the corner, why you are creating so many obstacles for me? Have you ever heard about User Friendly Blog?

Hazardous Navigation: I can’t figure out how to move through your blog, there is no way I can find your old work, all I can see on your sidebar is Private ad banners and affiliate links. You should have saved some space for Popular post or Blog Archieve

Widget Jungle: I know you are active on many communities and micro blogging sites. But I am not interested in what you are doing on Twiter or Plurk , or how many Blogcatalog or Mybloglog users are visiting your blog. If you want me to subscribe to your RSS feed, then show me some real content.

So Friends those are the 7 characteristics of disappointing blogs i would like to know what are # 8,9 and 10

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The most obvious way to get rid of this obstacle is to bring new readers to your blog. Yeah I know some of you will say “Its easier said then done mate” I agree with that, but as I always say little efforts can make lots of difference. So friends here is one more delicious recipe for you and your blog.

Write a Killer title:
A good title alone can encourage a visitor to read your whole article, unless the title drives the audience in, the rest of your words may as well be an exercise in uselessness.

With so many post and link all over the blogsphere a good post title will definitely make readers click and choose your blog post to read, This is especially important with traffic from social bookmarks, such as digg or del.icio.us.

Write unique and original:
I am sorry for reminding this one more time, but Unique content is core element of successful blog. And those who understood this have seen new people crowding their blog in on all directions, through word of mouth, linkage, bookmarks etc.

Comment on Other’s Blogs:
Yes I know I have said this a thousand times on my blog (and trust me you will hear this countless time again), but commenting on Blogs is the simplest way of getting new readers and attention of bloggers in your niche. And while commenting, make sure your are actually adding to the discussion and not simple promoting your self. “Hi mate great post” or “I like it very nice “kind of comments wont make people click through your link, make sure you make your comments count.

Optimize Your Blog For SEO:
You understandably write great content that your readers love but you need search engines (unless you are Darren Rowse who being chased by his psychopathic fans) to get those readers to your blog. With thousands & millions of web pages and blog posts battling to be found on the search engine result pages. It’s very crucial that your post appears on the first (or at least 1st few) page of the search engine results, for the keywords of your choice.

Read more about Search Engine optimization here:
How to make your Blog SEO friendly

Blog post on like blog:
Guest blogging is really a great way to drive targeted new traffic to your blog, as there are so many benefits to gain from it, although a lot of people kind of stay away from it, because they hate the idea of writing content for somebody else, but if you analyze the potential advantages, thing would be a lot different. To make it really big you have to land a post on a really popular blog with few thousand RSS subscriber, but the more popular a blog is, the harder it is to have an article posted. But like every thing its not impossible to happen.

How to ask for guest post:
Introduce yourself. In a few words say who you are, where you blog at and politely ask the blogger if it’s possible for him to have a look at an article you’ve written. That you’d like to be guest posted on his blog.

Popular bloggers get hundreds of guest post request every day, so it’s better not to waste his time with pleasantries. Come to the point in 1st paragraph.

And the most important one
The article you’ve written for guest posting has to be very well written and relevant, not only for it to get accepted, but for it to stand out among the blogger’s readers.

Link Bait:
Link Baiting means to create content that creates buzz about your blog and naturally attract backlinks post, Link Baiting is getting people to talk about you, discussing your post on forums, blogging about it, posting it on del.icio.us/Furl/Digg/Shoutwire and linking to it from their sites. Which results in great spike in daily traffic?

Now that you know the benefits of link baiting, you might think how can you create resources that are link worthy and bait-able? The answer is bellow

4 Link Baiting Ideas That Works Like A Charm
3 More link Baiting Strategies

Just Be Patience:
Building traffic and a popular blog takes times, even though you’ll hit a growth hunch keep on writing great contents and promoting your blog religiously. It’ll eventually pass one way or the other,

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Too Early Monetization:
I don’t care if a site has a couple ads trying to make some money, but if your page is messed with more ads then content, then don’t expect your readers to stick around for very long. I am not saying you are not allowed to make money with your blog. Or you can’t have ads on your pages. Just don’t let them get in the way of your content and buttons.

While not monetizing your blog might lose you a few dollars a day, but the advantage are far more then those few dollars.

It place stronger emphasis on your content. Which determines the size of your reader base. More room for your content, you can use those advertise space to display your best work, social widgets and other materials. Increase your chance for getting incoming links. Bloggers are less interested to link to a website that’s plastered with ads and all types of junk.

Not Responding/Respecting Commenter:
Your reader is taking the time out of his already busy schedule to leave his thoughts on your blog. The least you can do is to say thank you. Accept criticism if your reader have different view then yours don’t come down on them too hard, you can argue with what has been said but don’t argue with who said it.

Read more about How To Handle Comments On Your Blog and Building Engaging Community On Your Blog

The nastiest comments to reply are the ones that pick out mistakes or question your authority on topic in subject. And the bad way to deal with it is to not reply. The worst way to deal with it would be to delete the comment; it is the height of rudeness, don’t do it accept your mistakes and move on. We all make them from time to time.

Bad Navigation:
One thing that turns of many blog readers is bad navigation of blog, it really drives me crazy when I cant move through to find what I want, I want stay more then a minute when it drives me crazy.

The most important rule of designing a good website is to make it easy to navigate for your users to find what they are looking for. Any page on your site should be reachable with 2 clicks from your home page. For larger site it isn’t easy but offering a sitemap and site wide search can work great.

Bad Writing and Formatting:
Content is king but if your king is in bad attire then your reader want like it, Bad formatting, tiny font, messy color combination and long paragraphs and non-scan friendly content are really painful for my eyes.

No one is perfect, your reader understands that, but a little effort can make lots of difference

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So what makes a great content, what are the characteristic of “Magnetic contents” that your readers can’t resist?

Killer Title:
The title decides fat of your blog post, how it’s found in search engine and social bookmarking site. It has that ability to turn a casual browser into a reader. A great headline can also convey a full message to its intended audience, and it absolutely must tempt the reader into your body text.

Original and unique content:
People are drawn to others who speak their mind, and who say it in unique and fresh way. Say what every one is saying in a way every one is saying and, I guarantee you readers will ignore you completely.

Easy to read and digest:
We have discussed this point briefly in my Scannable content post, so I won’t say about it again, but Simple words, short sentences, short paragraphs, clean layout and lots of sub-headings. Can do lot of difference to your post.

Give your reader their 5 minutes of fame:
Your reader’s is the best spice for great content recipe, Mention them, and include their quotes, opinions and thoughts about subject you are working on. Let them know you really care and respect their thoughts and opinion.

Use Good relative image:
Image enhances post in many ways. It grabs attention of your reader, gives posts a visual point of interest, it gives your post more personal touch and they adds another dimension to your post.

Read other’s Blog
This might sound weird to you but you can learn a lot simply by reading others work. Examine their layouts and formatting, what voice they use on their blog, and what level of vocabulary are employed in their post, all this things can be learned only buy reading other blog. And this will give you chance to socialize with other like minded people which is very important for your blogs growth.

That was my recipe for Great blog content in a nutshell but there are many other things that you can do to write quality content for your blog. We will discuss those in other post. Right know I want to know how your write your great contents. And what are your ingredients for great magnetic content?

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How to write Scannable Content? Well read on to know.

Magnetic Post Title:
Blog title is the first thing that people read and perhaps the last, if they are not fascinated to peruse further, for this reason, title is one of the most important components of your blog content.
Magnetic titles grab the readers’ attention and make the readers continue reading.

Make Your First Paragraph a “Trap”:
Master copywriter Brian Clark says

“A great headline mixed with a lame opening is like inviting someone into your house, only to slam the door in their face as they approach.”

So grab your reader’s attention as soon as the approach the first line of your post. Craft a little teaser about your post in first paragraph, tell them where you coming from and what to expect from your post. Temper their curiosity, and make them want to read on.

Keep Your Paragraphs Short:
I consider this to be the most important rule of building scan-able easy to read content. Make the content easier for your readers to digest each and every word of your paragraph, if the point you are discussing require longer clarifications, break up your page with sub-headlines , divide it in 3 or 4 parts this way it will look more neat and will encourage your reader to keep reading further.

Short Sentence:
Shorter sentences are easier to read. You may have noticed this article is not made up of long complicated sentences; each sentence is fairly short and therefore easily read at a glance. Shorter sentences are easier to understand and digest. If you want people to “get” your message, keep your sentences short.

Use header and sub-header:
Headers and sub-headers can greatly improve the user experience. Provide your readers the ability to scan your page and pick out the topics that interest them. If you don’t provide sub- headlines, there’s a chance your readers will skip the page entirely.

Number or Bullet Your List:
Internet users just love lists, because they are fun and easy to read. Readers will understand your message much more clearly if it’s separated into single elements. Lists also make very catchy headlines, since people will know exactly what they can expect from the content (and you stand a chance to make it to front page of Del.icio.us ).

Image and illustration:
In India they say “a picture speaks louder then 1000 words” and I think they are right. Picture can convey your message more effectively. Images can also help you to structure your content more efficiently, use them to divide different part of the text, or to complement specific parts and elements.

Remember, most blog readers are actually scanners. To make them stop long enough to read your content, you must make your text visually appealing and effortless to read. Use short, simple sentences, slime down your content, and write short paragraphs, and most important friendly voice.

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Write About Blog/Blogger In Your Niche:
This is a proven link bait tactic and many blogger are employing it as frequently as once every month. And this is perhaps the easiest link baiting tactic of all. All you have to do is select a blog or blogs, write about them, what they are blogging about, and why they matters in your niche. That’s it and you can guarantee your self a link or 2 from that blogger and his network. and here is great example of this strategy The world’s 50 most powerful blogs

Hardcore Blogging Tip:
Ever wondered why Seth Godin or Darren Rowse’s blogs have thousands of inbound links? Well the simple answer is. They research and build a great, unique and remarkable article. Do your fare bit of research on topics that matters. Give your reader unique tips and tutorial they have been searching for.

Monthly Link Roundup :
This is another strategy that works like a charm. Create a unique link list about a topic or idea every blog is talking about. Such list can result in a ultimate resource for in-depth information of that particular topic. Corn Wall Seo’s The enormous linkbait list is One such link list that have created lots of buzz and attract tons of link back.

Once you have worked on your favorite Link Bait tactic. Send emails, post to delicious, myweb2 etc – just make sure that at least one prominent blogger in your niche reads and links to you and the rest will follow.

Those are my 7 Link Baiting strategies which other tactics you know or have used lately let me know in comments.

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What is Link Baiting?
The term Link Baiting is widely talked in BlogSphere, and most of us know what it is. So there is no point in wasting your time explaining it once more. But if some one of you not familiar with the term or have little knowledge of Link baiting then you can read An Introduction to Linkbaiting and The History of Link Bait.

Many blogger looks at it as fishing expedition. In order to catch a fish you need bait. And in link Baiting fish is other websites or blogs, and the bait is your content. And by content I mean specially designed contents to get you linked up by the website or blog you are fishing for. Let see how to craft such designer content that might earn you bucket load of linkback.

Widgets or Plugins:
Anything can qualify as linkbait a useful tool, a cool AJAX widget or a great plugins. If you are good with programming and have unique tool or plugin idea in your mind then you are on your way of lots of link back. Give other bloggers a useful plugin that they can use on their blog which point back to your blog. Those who are not good with programming can hire service of E3Internet who create linkbait content in the form of small applications, games, tools or plugins for popular platforms.

Wordpress/Blogger Templates:
Looking at the popularity of these blogging platforms offering a free theme for wordpress and blogger blogs can result in ultimate LinkBait. If you are designer with litle knowledge of php and xml. You can try your hand with this strategy, or sponsor a free theme or buy an unlimited license for a premium theme and distribute it free on your blog.

An Interview With An Authority In Your Given Niche:
Another Link Bait method that many blogger been using is an interview with an authority blogger in your niche. It doesn’t matter whether you are new or an established blogger, an interview with an authority in your given niche will influence their reputation to bring traffic to your blog. Be sure to ask questions and gather content that is useful and noteworthy to your readers.

Link List:
One thing that can be seen on many blogs now day is Link List, link list can be a great attention grabber if composed well. Of course these days list posts are everywhere so you’ll need to make your list useful and stand out in some way. One such list that I like the most is “The Best Places to Get Quality Backlink by Yan of thoushallblog.com, this list is about high PR blogs that use Top commenter widget, Yan have many top posts on his blog that have earned him many linkbacks but this particular post have earned him 13 linkbacks and have generate more then 125 comments, which is more then an average link back and comments for Darren Rowse of Problogger.net

These 4 topics can be applied by almost any blog for an instant flood of traffic and links. If you are seeking to increase the traffic to your site, I’d encourage you to give one of these methods a shot, and let me know how it goes.

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