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This slide deck is a compilation of notes I gathered from day one and two at SMX West 2014 in San Jose. The focus of the information revolves around white hat internet marketing strategies. If you want to learn more about search engine optimization (both organic and local SEO), mobile marketing, link building (or link earning, as it was frequently referenced), social media marketing (SMM), website design and development and content development and marketing, then this presentation is for you. You'll also find a Q&A from the keynote with Amit Singhal. The presenters I reference in my slide are as follows: - Christine Churchill (@ChrisChurchill) - Debra Mastaler (@debramastaler) - Jon Hall (@linkbuildingjon) - Tami Cannizzaro (@tamicann) - Rand Fishkin (@randfish) - Cindy Krum (@suzzicks) - Michael Martin (@mobile_martin) - Bryson Meunier (@brysonmeunier) - Maile Ohye (@maileohye) - Monique Pouget (@moniquethegeek) - Samuel Scott (@samueljscott) - Kaila Strong (@cliquekaila) - Ted Ives (@tedives) - Eric Enge (@stonetemple) - Josh Moody (@gotmoody) - Duane Forrester (@duaneforrester) - Ruslan Belkin (@ruslansv) - Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan) - Matt Cutts (@mattcutts) - Amit Singhal (@theamitsinghal)

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SMX West 2014

Takeaways

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Part OneCreated by @Matt_Dimock of .

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Disclaimer

PLEASE BE AWARE.The information that I am about to reveal to you should

not, and I repeat, SHOULD NOT, make your jaw drop with sheer amazement.Unless you’re this guy…

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Table of Contents

Keyword Research & Copywriting for Search Success

Link Building Fundamentals

Link Building in 2014: What’s New, What’s Not

All Search Is Now Social/The SEO Revolution Will Not Be

Televised

Keynote: A Conversation w/ Google Search Chief, Amit

Singhal

Day 1

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Table of Contents

Best Practices for Mobile SEO

Earning Links, Not Building Links

Life Beyond Google: Diversifying Your SEO Efforts

Social Meets Search: Where Are We Now; Where Are

We Going?

Forum With Danny Sullivan

Day 2

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Keyword Research & Copywriting For Search Success

Christine Churchill, (@ChrisChurchill);

President,KeyRelevance

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Keyword Research & Copywriting For Search Success• Exact match keyword usage is dead

• The best keywords come straight from the customer's mouth.

• Keyword tools move you beyond keyword assumptions.

• Use Google Hot Trends to capitalize on content marketing opportunities.

• There are three types of searches: navigational, informational & transactional.

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Keyword Research & Copywriting For Search Success• Tools recommended for keyword research:

Word Stream’s Niche Finder Google Instant Soovle Ubersuggest

• Remember to use synonyms and related terms to reinforce what your main content is about.

• Use matrix charts to utilize target keywords on different pages to avoid cannibalization.

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Link Building Fundamentals

Debra Mastaler, (@debramastaler);

President,Alliance-Link

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Link Building Fundamentals• Google is not using Twitter and Facebook

likes/shares/retweet counts in their rankingalgorithm.

• Quantity, quality, relevance and anchor text; the four proponents you should use to judge your backlinks.

• Avoid using free general directories and making directory links a large % of your backlinks.

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Link Building Fundamentals• Find authors and you can find quality sources

to publish your content.

• Take valuable written content and turn it into apodcast and place it on iTunes.

• You should be looking at your backlinks all the time, just like you would look at your rankings.

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Link Building In 2014.What’s New, What’s Not

Jon Ball, (@linkbuildingjon);VP of Business Development,

Page One Power

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Link Building In 2014.What’s New, What’s Not

• If you're looking to get better links, look at your site and ask yourself: would I want to link to these pages?

• Other ways to use content to get links: create textual, photographic & video reviews of products or services.

• More ways to use content to build links: write testimonials or interview industry experts.

• Your links will only be as good as your site.

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Link Building In 2014.What’s New, What’s Not

• Five steps to make a link building plan1. List assets (Text, videos, photos, services,

features, staff, clients, friends, connections, etc…)

2. Research (Competitive analysis, associations, forums)

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Link Building In 2014.What’s New, What’s Not

• Additional link building ideas: Blogging Give Love Testimonials Interviews Glossary Study/Survey Sponsoring non-profits Give stuff away Resource page outreach

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All Search Is Now Social

Tami Cannizzaro, (@tamicann);VP of Marketing,

IBM

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All Search Is Now Social• In comparing an apple to a bag of marbles;

the bag of marbles has roughly 300% more surface volume.

• Social advocacy gives your organization authentic reach. (Basically, let others promote your brand onyour behalf.)

• Content marketing is the engine that drives search rank and brand engagement.

• Search, social & content are the fuel of your marketing engine.

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The SEO Revolution Will Not Be Televised

Rand Fishkin, (@randfish);Wizard,

Moz

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The SEO Revolution Will Not Be Televised

• Google's backtracking on transparency under theguise of privacy.

• Content growth is exceeding query growth.

• You have to do more intent matching vs. keyword matching.

• “If I want some f'ing links, then you sell me some f'ing links, man..”

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The SEO Revolution Will Not Be Televised

• Search growth leveling off + Google taking queries for themselves + increased competition = A need to find new opportunities.

• Early adapters of new channels/tactics will earnoutsize returns; more than ever, it's paying off to beon the edge.

• Those who aren't building brands will strugglemightily in the years ahead.

• The only logical strategy today is to be so good that Google looks bad taking you out.

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Keynote: A Conversation With Google Search Chief Amit Singhal

Amit Singhal, (@theamitsinghal);Chief of Search,

Google

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Keynote: A Conversation With Google Search Chief Amit Singhal• With our knowledge graph, we started

understanding things, and not just strings.

• @dannysullivan: "You're not using social signals for rankings, right?". @theamitsinghal: "Not yet.“

• We figure out what signals bring those relevant documents high in the rankings and we use those signals.

• @dannysullivan: "Will Google ever give a direct answer via knowledge graph?" @theamitsinghal: "[Insertswiss army knife analogy]" Created by @Matt_Dimock of .

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Keynote: A Conversation With Google Search Chief Amit Singhal• @dannysullivan confronts @theamitsinghal

about Google scraping content. He justifies by stating @google is fulfilling needs, and that if they didn’t, people wouldn’t use them.

• Good SEO is all about change

• @dannysullivan: "How does Google verify accuracyof answers?" @theamitsinghal: "We point to the best source our algorithms know.“

• @dannysullivan: "Who's the boss of search?" @theamitsinghal: "As with any good company, you have to collaborate across the lines."

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Keynote: A Conversation With Google Search Chief Amit Singhal• You experiment with certain things and let the

data speak for itself.

• @dannysullivan: "Is there a competitor to @googleand how does that influence you?" @theamitsinghal: "[Insert indirect response]“

Sorry folks – you’re not getting any concrete answers out of Amit...

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Keynote: A Conversation With Google Search Chief Amit SinghalDuring the live event, there was a Twitter storm brewing regarding Google providing a test change log. People were requesting it based on wanting a heads up when Google tested new search results snippets, and Matt Cutts misconstrued that as thinking people wanted updates again on what algorithmic changes Google deploys, and when.

The following conversation ensued…

• AJ Kohn: Yes @dannysullivan! A Google test change log would save countless inane conversations andblog posts. #smx

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Keynote: A Conversation With Google Search Chief Amit Singhal• Matt Cutts: @KeriMorgret @ajkohn

@rustybrick except we did just that for a year, blogging all the changes we released. Eventually the world got bored.

• Matt Dimock: @mattcutts Not true. I found the updates from the Google team VERY useful.

• Matt Cutts: @Matt_Dimock @KeriMorgret @ajkohn @rustybrick good! Most people stopped blogging about the changes though.

• Matt Dimock: @mattcutts What if I pinky promised to blog about every algo update from @google?

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Keynote: A Conversation With Google Search Chief Amit Singhal• Matt Cutts: @Matt_Dimock at that point,

http://google.com/jobs :)

• Matt Dimock: @mattcutts So can I count on you for a good reference letter? :)

• Matt Cutts: @Matt_Dimock :)

• Matt Dimock: I'll take that as a yes, @mattcutts. Soif you could just DM me on how to apply to your search quality team, that'd be greaaat..

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Best Practices for Mobile SEOCindy Krum, (@suzzicks);

CEO, MobileMoxie

Michael Martin, (@mobile_martin);

Senior SEO Manager, Covario

Bryson Meunier, (@brysonmeunier);

Directory of SEO Strategy, Resolution Media

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Best Practices for Mobile SEO• Google stated side to side scrolling is a

negative experience in mobile.

• No flash for mobile SEO! And focus on optimizing above the fold using JS & CSS inline.

• Other mobile SEO tips: use efficient CSS selectors, deferred loading of JS & appropriate font sizes.

• Utilize HTTP header vary user-agent to indicate to Google that mobile experience will vary per phone, tablet, etc.

• Don't believe your developers when they say your siteis as fast as it can be.

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Best Practices for Mobile SEO• Types of broken content that won't rank well

in mobile search: flash, pop ups, hover effects, tiny font sizes..

• Other types of broken content: slow pages, tiny buttons, device specific content, sideways scrolling.

• Slow mobile page load slows down the speed of the crawler, which hurts crawl efficiency. Means fewer pages indexed.

• Speed up mobile design w/ design for mobile first; remove unnecessary code; minimize file size;optimize load order.

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Best Practices for Mobile SEO• Optimize load order by loading elements

inline vs. using external requests.

• Use Google Page Speed Insights to optimize your mobile and desktop load speeds.

• UX elements may come into play for mobile SEO.i.e. screen width, font sizes & tap-target sizes.

• Load time is super important for mobile SEO & usability!

• Using multiple mobile solutions for different pagesfor your site is OK; do what's best for the end user!

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Best Practices for Mobile SEO• 92% of mobile searches in the auto industry

are done from the web; not apps.

• 9 out of 10 mobile searches lead to action. Over half lead to purchase.

• Average person shifts attention between asmartphone, tablet and laptop 21 times an hour.

• Google's Page Speed Insight tool tells you if your mobile site is fat finger friendly.

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Best Practices for Mobile SEO• 3 basic options for mobile site designs:

responsive, dynamic serving & dedicated mobile.

• Google recommends you have your mobile site load in a second or less.

• Increase mobile experience w/ mobile coupons, location awareness, indoor maps, click 2 call & store locator.

• You have to have the right solution for situation. Sometimes it's responsive, some times it's not.

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Best Practices for Mobile SEO• Two parts of doing mobile SEO: the technical

part & the user experience.

• Metrics for mobile SEO has to be more granular.Focus on qualitative metrics vs. quantitative.

• Example of qualitative metrics: focus on increasing user experience for individual user personas.

• Other metrics to gauge mobile success: look at time decay per user for purchases/conversions.

• Who cares about ranking if you can never convert.

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Best Practices for Mobile SEO• Mobile SEO = start with a user persona and

finish with fulfilling task completions and micro conversions.

• Research tools for establishing user personas: focuson creating studies. Maybe use Bing Ad Intelligence.

• I asked @maileohye if collapsing content via jQuery is OK for mobile SEO. She confirmed yes & thanked me for being so focused on being white hat.

• For local search provider mobile sites: use a HUGE phone number or map w/ directions to your store vs. more content.

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Earning Links, Not Building Links

Monique Pouget, (@moniquethegeek);

Director of Content Strategy,Thunder SEO

Samuel Scott, (@samueljscott);Director of SEO & Digital

Marketing,The Cline Group

Kaila Strong, (@cliquekaila);Director of Client Strategy,

Vertical Measures

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Earning Links, Not Building Links

• Tools for link earning: topsy, socialmention, twtrland, quora, open site explorer & boardreader.

• Look for things that are not so share worthy and bring new light to them (re: link earning).

• Give away free stuff! One of the most fundamental ways to earn links, ethically.

• Know your audience, create plan of attack, manage content creation efficiently & create attractivecontent.

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Earning Links, Not Building Links

• When earning links, first identify your goals, and then develop your strategy.

• Do something newsworthy, create something valuable, promote something shareable, or fulfill business needs.

• What can you do to make you stand out from the competitor's in your industry?

• Social, SEO, talking in person; just different forms of PR.

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Earning Links, Not Building Links

• SEO is a collection of best practices done right, including PR!

• Compile list of outlets read by target audiences forlink earning.

• An ideal media list contains: publications, specific writers, social followings & online sites.

• Write press releases for newsworthy stuff;NEVER for the sake of link generation!

• The best way to build your brand both online and offline has been, is & always will be, PR.

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Earning Links, Not Building Links

• Scalability = less quality, no matter what kind of content you're creating or marketing you're doing.

• You can't do link earning without time, money, or the ability to create content.

• Unlinked brand mentions are the lowest hanging fruit in regards to link earning - reach out and get them!

• Use Fresh Web Explorer to find unlinked brand mentions!

• Link building isn't hard, we just have to work smarter.

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Earning Links, Not Building Links

• When reaching out, sound authoritative, don't usestop words, follow up, don't automate & do offer addtional info.

• Use employees names to find link opportunities by using Google advanced search operators.

• Q: "Do reciprocal links make sense?" A: "Ask yourself, does it provide value [to both parties]?" - @cliquekaila

• "If you have to argue about whether the link is good or bad - the link is bad!” - @stonetemple

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Life Beyond Google:Diversifying Your SEO Efforts

Ted Ives, (@tedives);Owner,

Coconut Headphones

Eric Enge, (@stonetemple);CEO,

Stone Temple Consulting

Joshua Moody, (@gotmoody);Lead Enterprise Digital Marketer,

97th Floor

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Life Beyond Google:Diversifying Your SEO Efforts• Marketing content; marketing channels;

marketing audience = the road to content marketing success.

• Expanding to different channels, traffic sources, and content types may require organizational changes.

• If you rely 100% on organic traffic and you're hesitant to use data from paid search, you're crazy.

• Any piece of great unique content you have, you should repurpose it in 15 different ways.

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Life Beyond Google:Diversifying Your SEO Efforts

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Life Beyond Google:Diversifying Your SEO Efforts• Reach out to the industry leader in your

niche, and work on building your own authority via their site.

• It's really important to have your content & social strategies aligned, otherwise you won't get that far.

• Don't just assume you're doing all the right things; measure your progress via organic means.

• It's only good to share content on social media when it's GOOD content!

• Influencers act as an accelerant to content marketing.

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Life Beyond Google:Diversifying Your SEO Efforts• Paraphrased: "[Visual elements are an

essential key to increasing social shares.]”

• When sharing content, make sure you're descriptive,so people are more willing to engage.

• Paraphrased: "[Tailor your content & social media efforts to each platform to capitalize on engagement.]”

• Even when influencers don't have as large of an audience as you, their reach does not 100% overlapwith yours. Created by @Matt_Dimock of .

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Life Beyond Google:Diversifying Your SEO Efforts• Influencers become influencers by [building

relationships w/ people in the industry and giving back].

• If you want to meet an influencer, go see them present. Tell them you liked it; lie if you have to.

• Paraphrased: "[Don't just measure progress by quantity, but more so by who has actually engaged.]'

• Paraphrased: "[Compare yourself to competing authors on a site. If they out-share you, mimic their strategy.]'

• Paraphrased: "When targeting social media sites, consider different user personas based on platform"

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Life Beyond Google:Diversifying Your SEO Efforts• With not provided data on the rise, don't be

afraid.Just mitigate your risk.

• Turn images into Twitter cards, so when people share that, your data always shows.

• Using graphics are great because people like to reuse them. Which means images are GREAT for link building.

• BuzzFeed increased total reviews of referral traffic10% with just 40 minutes of work.

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Life Beyond Google:Diversifying Your SEO Efforts• You need significantly less shares on LinkedIn

to[have your image] shared on the home page.

• SlideShare converts people a lot better than pretty much any other social platform.

• Q: "How do I get local traffic using @SlideShare?" A:"Generate buzz just around things unique to your city.' - @gotmoody

• Q: "@SlideShare account; personal or company accounts?' A: "Company accounts." - @gotmoody

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Social Meets Search:Where Are We Now; Where Are We Going

Duane Forrester, (@DuaneForrester);

Sr. Product Manager,Bing

Ruslan Belkin, (@ruslansv);Senior Director of Engineering,

Twitter

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Social Meets Search:Where Are We Now; Where Are We Going

• Paraphrased: "[Using a push medium isn't enough;you have to respond and engage with customers.]”

• @DuaneForester just confirmed @bing uses G+ datato serve up better search results!!!

• Do not take shortcuts! Do not go to link farms, things of that nature - it's so obvious to us. You'll find they don't help your rankings and you've just wasted your time and money.

• We test and we try to find the winners in [the data].

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Out of context, but @DuaneForrester from @bing told meI have "lovely facial hair.", haha. #awesome

• Starting up your business and launching it is NOTthe end goal. The end goal, is my revenue going up?

• Remember: It's all about quality; not about quantity.

• It takes just ONE link to rank.

• Paraphrased: "[Data for natural social signals lookslike lightning bolts - there are no certain paths.]

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Social Meets Search:Where Are We Now; Where Are We Going

• Any time you can get people to follow you, we'redamn interested in knowing why.

• @dannysullivan says, “Links are still valuable..”. @DuaneForrester from @bing jokingly interrupts,“Are they?”

• @DuaneForrester says, “Imagine you're theconsumer. Do you want to hear companies you hireare taking shortcuts?” RE: social media shortcuts.

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Social Meets Search:Where Are We Now; Where Are We Going

• Q: "Are all retweets equal?” A: "At the current time, everything gets an equal share.” - @ruslansv

• @dannysullivan asks, “How do people search@twitter? Hastags, people, words?” @ruslansv says, “It's about the same.”

• @dannysullivan asks, “What factors are Twitter signals?” @ruslansv says, “One is an engagement graph, called Real Graph.”

• @dannysullivan says, "Oh, you guys should use Magic Recs.”

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Social Meets Search:Where Are We Now; Where Are We Going

• @dannysullivan asks, “What do you want toimprove?” @ruslansv says, “Our searches are up120%, so we're doing something right.”

• @dannysullivan asks, “Suggestions for getting better results in Twitter?” @ruslansv says, “Write good content or promote.”

• At any one time, there are a number of front and back end experiments happening on @twitter.

• Paraphrased: @ruslansv says, “[Frequency of tweets plays a part, but we look at who is following/sharing.]”

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Social Meets Search:Where Are We Now; Where Are We Going

• @dannysullivan asks, “Is there an official name for @twitter's algorithm? Dickrank?”@ruslansv says, “No.”

• @ruslansv states @google and @twitter had a great partnership and they mutually agreed to go separate ways.

• @dannysullivan asks, “Did @TheEllenShow break @twitter?” @ruslansv says, “Yes.”

• @ruslansv says, “You don't always have time to do it right but you have time to do it over?”RE: #socialmedia shortcuts.

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Evening Forum With Danny Sullivan

Danny Sullivan, (@dannysullivan);

Founding Editor,Marketing Land & Search Engine

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Evening Forum With Danny Sullivan

Some guy named Josh asked, "If you had $500 to spend for marketing, where'd you spend it." My advice: "Your plane ticket home.“

• Great answer to "how to spend $500 on marketing my business?" Start a $500 scholarship.“

• Create a Google+ account so you can setup authorship. Doesn't mean you have to use it.

• Google may cut off keyword data for advertisers.

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