5 Blogging Ups, 5 Blogging Downs, and 10 Blogging Tips
The past few articles have gotten a bit hot and heavy. The blog, and my dear readers, need a break before everyone collapses under the weight of all that Love, Compassion, Loneliness, Depression, and all the other nonsensical ramblings.
All my other prepared material are just as heavy, so let’s take a short sabbatical and put a different kind of post. Not all the emails I get are about spirituality and emotions and all that – I get quite a lot who ask me about blogging. Which is strange, because I am not a big blogger by any means, but - always happy to share what I know.
This also gives me a chance to have a little rant about my blog journey so far. First, many readers ask about the life of a blogger. Is it worth it? Well – I’ll list some of the ups and downs I’ve encountered in my short blogging life, and let you decide. 
The Ups of Blogging
1) A boost to your growth. Blogging is one of the biggest passions in my life; it has become inextricable from my own personal growth journey. This is one of the strangest benefits of blogging; it actually boosts your own journey. Having to write about what you learn makes you actually grow faster, and digest material better. If you are thinking about it, do consider a blog, if only to help speed your own journey along. Most platforms are free anyway, so you lose nothing by trying.
2) Making friends. Along this journey, I’ve met a lot of people that I’m really proud to call my friends. You’ve probably heard me mention many of these throughout my little link love sections at the end of some of my posts, so I won’t repeat them here.
3) Getting stuff in the mail. In addition to getting free books and programs for you to possibly review on your blog, readers are also sending me other things and books. It is something I receive very gratefully.
4) Thank you emails and comments. Similar to No.3, these really make my day. As I mention in my mission statement, I started this blog with an intention to make money out of it. But now with all these emails, I’m starting to do it just for the sake of contributing what little I can.
5) Donations. On the other hand, I won’t lie. While money is no longer top priority, I still have ambitions of making this my full-time career. And it also lifts my heart to find some donations – both as a sign that I’ve helped, and it also goes towards the costs of blogging - Hosting, the blogging lessons I’m paying for, and the books I’m buying to read.
The Downs of Blogging
1) Spam Spam Spam! Spam in the email. Email spammers assume that I need help with my penis size. (Whether I do is for me to know and for certain lucky ladies to find out.)
2) Spam in the comments! Almost as bad. Comment spammers assume I’m a lonely man looking for dating or porn. So in essence I’m a lonely man with a small penis, hah! These get so annoying I almost want to turn comments off, but I don’t, because that would block off people who want to leave genuine feedback, which I value highly.
3) To sell out or not to sell out? I recently turned down a few review requests for a nice tidy sum of money. And I am still wondering if I should have. On two levels – some are irrelevant and will detract from the overall blog. And the second level - will my readers leave me if I throw in a few reviews in exchange for money once in a while? Please let me know!
4) Feels like a chore sometimes. Like many things, your passion goes through a cycle. I love my blog so much, it’s like my little baby. But sometimes, especially when Real Life kicks in, I need time away from the computer - but I feel the pressure to put up a few posts for fear of losing subscribers. It can get quite stressful.
Which leads me to…
A Shameless Request
5) Marketing. This is the biggest part I hate about blogging. I have lots of material on marketing but I hate it so much I don’t want to do any of it. Article marketing, comment marketing, blah blah blah. If anyone wants help me out, please let me know. I can’t pay or anything, but maybe you could think of it as Karma 
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Blogging Tips
I’m not an expert on blogging. The blog went online in February but until the original What your ego is post, nearly in May, it was all practice. That post was the real start of the blog. Before that, I didn’t know how to write properly, I didn’t even know what RSS was, I didn’t know what social bookmarking was.
Even now, I have loads of material on blogging and marketing, but I still haven’t read most of them yet. But still, I’m honored that people ask me for my help, and here are the standard list of tips that I always give out. You can probably get them elsewhere, and explained even better, though:
1) Content. This is so far the only serious marketing I’m doing – just putting as much heart and love into my content as I can and letting it speak for itself. It’s not enough, I know, but it’s the biggest part of blogging I enjoy.
2) Social Bookmarking. Digg, Del.icio.us, StumbleUpon, Reddit, and a few more. Each one of these sites has their own niche, so find one that is suitable to yours. Digg, for example, is famous for being a tech-biased site. Stumble Upon is my favourite because it covers a wide range of topics. Some of the rest don’t really go well with my niche. This is a fantastic source of traffic, so really Google this and analyse this aspect.
3) Networking. This is vital. Make friends, especially with other bloggers in your niche. Besides the joy of having friends I mentioned, we can help each other out with social bookmarks, and also guest blogging. Which leads us to…
4) Guest blogging. This is something that the top bloggers out there recommend heartily. But first you need to network. I haven’t been doing this at all, mainly because I haven’t really done No.3 either 
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5) Blog Carnivals. In essence, a carnival is a post by another blogger that rounds up some of the relevant posts that you (and others) have written and submitted via this site – blogcarnival.com. Or you can also host one of your own – it’s a good way to get your name out and start networking.
6) Memes. In essence, posts that “tag” other bloggers and requests them to do something – usually write about a certain theme. I did one before, the Blog Apocalypse. The theme of that was to have people write their imaginary last post for their blog. The good thing about memes is that we link to them, they link to us, and hopefully they will tag a few other people. This gets exposure and traffic for all involved, but most of it goes towards the originator of the meme. However, I made a mistake with that meme - at that time, my blog was young and had not much material, so I should have waited until I had more content before I started it. A recent explosion in this niche was Priscilla Palmer’s Personal Development Master List.
7) Tagging. And let me explain what tagging means – I used to think it was some strange, esoteric function or program exclusive to blogs. But it’s just a standard text link to the blog you have tagged, and then you drop them an email or comment to let them know they’ve been tagged. So it sounds fancy, but it’s just plain old email .
8 ) RSS. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. I have an article in detail here. How many subscribers you have is a good measure (but not the only one) of how successful your blog is. So you want to learn about RSS, and get as many subscribers as you can. For best results, put both a standard button and an email form for those who prefer emails. The website I use to handle all this is free and relatively easy to use, it’s called Feedburner.
9) Getting the right blogging platform. In my humble opinion, Wordpress is the best blogging platform in terms of flexibility, add-ons, power, and so on. Be sure that you go to Wordpress.org, which is different from Wordpress.com. Wordpress.com is a free but limited version. Wordpress.org is also free, but you have to host and install it yourself, which might be a bit scary for those who are not techy. But it is definitely worth it, and there are many hosting companies who install it for free so you don’t have to do a thing. After years of jumping around, I finally settled on Lunarpages (affiliate link).
10) Plugins. And one of the reasons why Wordpress is so popular is the sheer power and flexibility provided by plugins. There are thousands of them, so you can really customise and perfect your blog to fit yourself. And there are also lots of gorgeous looking skins, also called themes, available for free.
Wordpress Plugins
Here is the list of plugins I use. You can find them in the central Wordpress Plugin Codex, or on the rare chance it is not in there, you can Google them.
Akismet: One of the best for combating comment spam.
All in One SEO Pack: Geeky stuff, all done in one nice package.
Another Wordpress Tracker Plugin: Puts tracking code for statistics programs, I use it for javascript code, such as the Amazon codes. Important.
AntiLeech: Stops people stealing your content, I think, but I don’t know how well it works.
Chunk URLs: Some people leave really long URLs in the comments section and it sticks out of the box. This one makes long URLs nice and short. Vital.
Comment Relish: Sorry to burst your bubble, but if you thought I personally sent emails to those who comment to me, it isn’t me - it’s an automatic program. However, I reply personally to all comments in the comments section.
Disclosure Policy Plugin: Sticks text or code of your choice at the end of each post automatically. I use it for the big “Subscribe for free!” text.
Dofollow: Geeky stuff. Encourages comments by letting the link juice flow, vital for Google, but too much to explain here.
Enforce WWW Preference: More geeky stuff, when someone types in urbanmonk.net, it redirects them to www.urbanmonk.net or the other way around. It’s important for Google.
Exec-PHP: Allows you to put PHP code in the posts. Helpful for some extra bits and pieces, if you use them.
Feedburner Replacement: A must if you handle your RSS via Feedburner.com, one of the best RSS services out there.
Fuzzy Recent Posts: Puts a list of my most recent posts on the front page.
Google XML Sitemaps: More geeky stuff, but vital for Google. Trust me, and just install it.
Highlight Author Comments: Gives my comments a nice faint background color to distinguish it.
No Self Pings: Stops Wordpress from leaving annoying trackbacks when I link to my older posts.
Notify Unconfirmed Subscribers: In Feedburner, some people subscribe via email, but they don’t reply to the confirmation email. This culls a list of the unconfirmed automatically and sends them a reminder email. Brilliant.
Optimal title: More geeky stuff, but good for Google Search Results. Install it!
Paged Comments: Some posts get a lot of comments, and that it makes a page too big to be comfortable. This breaks comments up to more manageable sections.
Sociable: It’s the little row of buttons at the end of each post that lets my readers submit the post to social bookmarking sites, which is a great source of traffic.
SRG Clean Archives: The plugin that creates my all posts archives page.
Sticky Menu: Allows me to make little menus such as the “about” menu in the sidebar.
Subscribe to Comments: Vital, in my opinion. It’s the little checkbox that sends an email every time someone replies to a thread a reader has subscribed to.
The Feature: The plugin that creates the “Best of Urban Monk” section in the sidebar.
What Would Seth Godin do: Seth is one of the most popular marketers right now, and this plugin gives a custom message to new readers, based on one of his theories (I think).
Wordpress PDA: Makes your blog readable to those using accessing it using a PDA.
WP-Ads: Handles the text links I sell, which you can see under Featured Sites. Anyone wants to buy a text link for their own site?
WP-DB Manager: Another vital plugin, it backs up all your blog posts, pages, etc. Install it!
WP 2.3 Related Posts: Makes the list of related posts at the end of each post. Another vital one.
Link Love
I’d like to mention two blogs that would be of interest to my readers here.
The first is Jane Chin’s Mental Health Resource, one of the quality resources I’ve seen, with a strong scientific and psychological approach. An example of her material is in her latest post – You CAN get through this.
The second is Galba Bright’s Tune up your EQ. As to be expected, it’s focused entirely on emotions – a strong part of one’s success life. Recent examples of his quality articles are – Persistence: The Secret Way to Thrive on Any Change.
Group Writing
This post was so popular (for reasons unknown to me ) that I decided to enter it into Luciano’s Group Writing Project over at the Litemind blog. Thanks for the great idea, mate!
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73 Comments, Comment or Ping
Jane Chin
Thanks so much for mentioning my mental health website, Albert!
Jane
Nov 11th, 2007
Chris
Yeah, I know what you mean about the marketing. I don’t have much time as it is, but when I do, marketing’s always the first thing I put off. All I can really manage is using StumbleUpon. I always wonder where I’d be now if I put effort into getting my name out there.
Nov 11th, 2007
Galba Bright at Tune up your EQ
Hello Albert:
I really appreciate the link love and recommendation. Thank you. Your article is generous in the experiences and information that you share, especially the suggested plugins and other blogging tips.
Your writing shows that depth of insight and sense of humour sit well together :).
Nov 11th, 2007
Albert
@Jane: You’re welcome - you’ve got a great and helpful resource there - and people will benefit from reading it!
@Chris: I think we’re not the type of guy who likes sitting around on their ass any more than they have to, ha! I think your website is one of a kind - you’ll really hit it big once it gets a bit of momentum going.
@Galba: You’re welcome mate! Thanks for the compliments, and I love your material as well. EQ is a hard skill to learn, and your material is perfect companionship.
Nov 11th, 2007
Lawrence Cheok | A Long Long Road
Hi Albert,
Thanks for sharing your feelings and thoughts on this blogging journey. It gives me assurance as I see that I am not the only one who feels the same way.
I agree with most of your ups and downs. Esp about boost to our growth, making friends… I think there’s one more you’d mentioned but not put out as a point: finding your purpose. Don’t you think that it’s such an uplifting experience to see that your writings are making a difference?
I also started out blogging with the intention to earn additional income, but that purpose is slowly being overtaken by the purpose of making a positive difference. Many personal development blogs states many a positive difference in others’ life as a blog mission; it’s so cliché, but I guess that has to be true for the most of us because we have this wonderful experience firsthand.
I believe it is the same for you, isn’t it?
Nov 11th, 2007
Albert
Hey Lawrence,
Thanks for your insights - I really appreciate having your support around. And knowing that you’re also feeling the same way gives me assurance too
And yes - passion for helping others sounds like a load of BS, but once you start one you’ll find yourself spewing the same BS
:D
Nov 12th, 2007
Galba Bright at Tune up your EQ
Hello Albert:
I’ve found that my blogging journey has put me on an accelerated path of learning. It’s one of the enjoyable unintended consequences that I’ve experienced. EQ is my professional and personal passion. It’s how I “try” to live 24/7 and I earn my living helping people improve their EQ.
I wonder if you have the same experience?
Blogging has broadened my thinking and brought me into contact with people from around the world. One thing I’ve found is that I can’t stop writing
Feel free to send me any questions or comments on your journey to improving your EQ. Remember, that you can also sign up for my free Tune Up Your Emotional Intelligence Workbook.
Nov 12th, 2007
Albert
Hey Galba - Signing up for your workbook now. If your material is anything to go by, your workbook will be awesome.
I know exactly what you mean when you say you can’t stop writing. I feel the same way, I want to ignore all the other stuff, like marketing, in favor of just writing. Bad for my marketing efforts, but ah well - it’s good fun.
Thanks for the offer of answering my questions - what do you say we start an email conversation, and maybe share notes for the benefits of both our readers? It’s something I’m exploring with a Christian blogger as well, it’ll be good for both blogs. Let me know what you think.
Nov 12th, 2007
Bryce
Wow, this is a pretty decent collection of tips.
Nov 12th, 2007
Albert
Glad you liked it mate
and thanks for the linkback if you’re the same Bryce from a strangled duck.
Nov 12th, 2007
Stephen Hopson
Albert:
Great post! A suggestion: turn each of your blogging plugin tips into a link, leading the reader to where they can find the plugins you used. That way they won’t have to google all over the place. Makes things easier, especially if the reader wants to install the same plugin you used.
Nov 13th, 2007
Brian
You forgot to add: Love what you do! If you’re just blogging or writing to make money online, you’re going to get burnt out sooner or later. Blogging seriously takes dedication. It gets lonely sometimes when you don’t see anyone interacting through your posts. Those stretches can make you think nobody is interested in what you have to say. But if you love what you do & stick with it, it all works out for the good in the end. I hate marketing as much as you or I’d help you out.
Nov 13th, 2007
Stephen Hopson
Brian is right - love what you do. I can identify how lonely it can be when you’re blogging, especially when you’re not sure your words are making an impact either because the comment section isn’t being used enough or you aren’t receiving emails or you’re not getting new subscribers fast enough. I can understand!
Nov 13th, 2007
Albert
@ Stephen: Thanks mate! Most of the plugins are available at the codex in one central location…and to be honest…I was too lazy hehe! And I agree with you and Brian - it can get lonely, or you can start thinking - Oh my God no comments, what if no one liked my post? Glad to know I’m not the only one!
@ Brian: Thanks Brian. That’s a really good one - I didn’t think of it. I know exactly what you mean - probably most bloggers have gone through that stage until they’ve hit the big leagues, at least. Thanks for stopping by
Nov 13th, 2007
Ron
Hi Albert~
Thanks for writing such a “chock-full-of-nuts” post!
You have definately quided me into some new knowledge.
What I have found most interesting about blogging, is the importance of comments.
Such as trying to answer my reader comments in a timely manner - which can be a challenge with two blogs!?@!? But I think it’s very important to do so.
Also, taking the time to visit and comment on someone elses blog.
I actually enjoy commenting, more than posting!
Blogging is hard work…no doubt…but the “good” out-weighs the bad!
And you certainly do a beautiful job here, Albert…thank you!
Be well,
Ron
Nov 13th, 2007
Albert
You’re very welcome Ron! I’m surprised, frankly, at how well this post is received! I thought it was just a “rest” post from my normal topics, but now it looks like I’ll have to write more of these. Your compliments gratefully received, thank you for stopping by
Nov 13th, 2007
Raymond
I totally agree with the blogging ups and down.
Same here.
Nice post, pal. I love it.
Nov 13th, 2007
uzma
Hey Albert
Just a lil feedback on the new look of the site. Nice flowers near ur logo. you’ve removed the introduction that you had, which is good, and we can read the content straightaway. But maybe you could write 2-3 lines about the site, its aim or description, just very brief, so someone new knows whats its about. Just a thought.
Take care
Nov 14th, 2007
Tina Su - Think Simple. Be Decisive.
Hi Albert,
Thanks for sharing all the valuable info about blogging. Thank you for also helping me… a newbie blogger get up to speed with things. I now have a big list of useful plugins extracted from your article on my todo list.
Thank you for that.
Love & Gratitude,
Tina
Think Simple. Be Decisive. ~ Productivity, Motivation & Happiness
Nov 14th, 2007
Chris - soupornuts.com
Hi Albert,
Thanks for the great info. I have seen your link in the comments section of many great blogs that I visit regularly, but have never clicked on over. I am pressed for time right now, but I’ll be back to learn more.
Nov 14th, 2007
Albert
@ Raymond, and Tina: Again, I’m surprised at how well this post is being received! thanks for your compliments.
@ Uzma: thank you as well - I was thinking the same thing and will do one right now. Any other suggestions for the redesign? I’m still not satisfied with it (the woes of being a web designer, argh!) but there’s that special something I have to change, that I haven’t quite figured out yet….
Nov 14th, 2007
Albert
Hey Chris - thanks for stopping by, glad you will come back
Nov 14th, 2007
Alex Garcia
Hey! Your articles are getting better and better. 5 up, 5 down is a pretty good one. Keep up the good work!
Nov 14th, 2007
Albert
Hey Alex - I’m grateful for your kind words
Nov 15th, 2007
Akemi
As a new blog author, I learned a lot from this post.
We share common interests — would you mind checking my blog and let me know what you think? Any feedback on contents and/or structure is deeply appreciated.
Akemi
Nov 19th, 2007
Albert
Heya Akemi,
Hmm…a few things that strike me first out
1) more color / pictures? looks a bit plain at the moment.
2) do you really want adsense right at the top? depends on the kind of image and reputation you want your blog to build, you might put some navigation on top and leave adsense near the bottom (or put it into your content). Right now it’s very hard to navigate.
3) your tag cloud breaks the boundaries of the design, nothing drastic, but could be fixed
4) Content wise, it’s great. don’t worry about content too much, just write and put your heart into it and it will evolve into something uniquely yours
Nov 20th, 2007
Akemi
Thank you!!
The pics on blog — do I need to take them myself? You have a lot of pics, how do you get them?
I noticed the “Law of Attraction” is getting too big in the tag cloud, but how do I fix it?
Thank you for your complement on content!
Akemi
Nov 20th, 2007
Albert
Not sure about the tag cloud, I couldn’t get mine to work to my liking before, so I give up. With the pics, I use istockphoto.com mostly.
Nov 20th, 2007
Akemi
Thank you again!
Happy Thanksgiving,
Akemi
Nov 20th, 2007
Albert
My pleasure Akemi
Let me know how your blog gets on! Blessings in return!
Nov 20th, 2007
list building
Thanks for dishing out those nice tips on blogging.
Just reading this post is very encouraging to me because I was going to give up completely on blogging. But reading a post from someone like yourself has given me a renewed hunger to start blogging again.
I currently have a blog on the topic of sudoku so I will probably continue working on that one.
But thanks again for the info.
Nov 20th, 2007
Albert
Hi list building - good to hear that I’ve inspired you. Let me know on how your sudoku blog goes.
Nov 20th, 2007
Akemi
My blog has a new outfit.
I am a writer, not a techie. As much as I love this media, blog, there are a lot of rooms to make things easier for non-techie like me. I mean, all the structural parts should be drag and drop widgets, semi-auto configuration, etc…
There are so much ?? Like, I have no idea why Technorati doesn’t keep all track of my posts, while Google reader has no problem.
BTW, you are an aussie? I lived in Sydney for one year, and has been to Melbourne. Good place!
Akemi
Nov 21st, 2007
Albert
Woah, awesome looking skin. Good stuff, big difference from the previous one. Technical stuff - maybe you could hire someone from rentacoder.com or something to do it for you?
Yeap, I’m from Melbourne. The slow pace of life here takes a bit getting used to, but once you do, you don’t ever wanna speed up
Nov 21st, 2007
Anmol Mehta | Mastery of Meditation
Hey Albert,
Great post and terrific list. Will be checking out some of your plugin suggestions for sure. Already know I need a few of them.
Our little babies are starting to grow up ;-).
Cheers,
Anmol
Nov 22nd, 2007
Albert
Thank you Anmol! I remember the two of us in our early days of blogging - what a fun journey we’ve had, hey?
Nov 22nd, 2007
Elena
I’m new to blogging myself but I mapped out a detailed “First 100 Days” plan to keep me on track and to keep me motivated.
There are more than 30 comments already attached to this post, so forgive me if I’m repeating suggestions already made by others. Sorry, but I don’t have time to read through all the previous comments. Today is Thanksgiving!!
With regards to marketing, one thing you might consider doing is approaching an undergrad marketing major or MBA student and offer up your blog as a kind of case study they could work on/experiment with. It may take a little while to find the right person but I’m sure you could find some eager young person willing to help you market (or come up with a detailed marketing plan) for free, in exchange for being able to put some cool, real-world experience on their resume.
With regards to people approaching you to review their books/products for pay, why don’t you create a sponsorship category? Tell people you won’t review books for pay but they can sponsor your blog for a week, a day, a month, etc. and get a nice mention as a sponsor of your site.
Nov 23rd, 2007
Albert
Hey Elena,
The marketing student is a brilliant idea, I’m back in university part time so I will get on to that when the term starts again. Brilliant!
Thank you so much for the suggestions and giving back
I really appreciate it.
Cheers,
Albert
Nov 23rd, 2007
A. Marques
Hi Albert,
I think those 5 tops and 5 downs are what every blogger out there feels. So, the trick is just making the 5 ups be much more important than the 5 downs (and they are, really). And congrats on such fantastic content.
Nov 24th, 2007
Albert
Hi A. Marques - good to have you here.
Agreed, the ups mean so much more than the downs, except sometimes you wish a day had 36 hours instead of 24. Thank you for your compliment, it really perks me up
Nov 24th, 2007
Akemi
Hi Albert,
Again, thank you for your help.
I sent you link love from my blog!
Akemi
Nov 28th, 2007
Albert
Hey Akemi, it’s my pleasure, thanks for the links!
Nov 28th, 2007
Simonne
This is a nice list you got here. Some of the plugins you mention are new to me, so I’m going to try them. One of the most useful plugins which is not on your list is WP Ajax Edit Comments, which allows commenters to edit their comment for 10 minutes after posting it (so useful because, when you type fast, errors occur)
Nov 29th, 2007
Albert
Thanks Simonne, I’ll go check it out now!
Nov 29th, 2007
holli jo
Albert - Thanks for stopping by my blog. I enjoyed your list entry as well. And I’m with you on the marketing - I don’t like to do it and generally just don’t. But my blog hasn’t made the big time yet, so there you go.
You’ve got a great blog! I’ll be back for more.
Dec 1st, 2007
Albert
Glad you like it Holli. Marketing sucks, hey.
. Thanks for stopping by, good to have you here.
Dec 1st, 2007
Neena (NeenMachine)
I found your list of plugins to be extremely useful. It is always nice to see which ones other bloggers use.
Dec 3rd, 2007
Albert
Thanks, I know how you feel. I have an obsession with plugins, if you haven’t noticed
Dec 3rd, 2007
Jason
One of the other big ups for me for blogging (and I know this comment is kind of late) is when someone asks me for specific help in one of the areas I blog about. This, to me, is a very strong vote of confidence… saying that they respect my understanding enough that they think I can help them with their situation.
Dec 5th, 2007
Albert
Thanks for stopping by Jason. I can see how they would think of you that way, I really like yours. Very insightful and full of quality material.
Dec 5th, 2007
Arvind
Thank you Albert for an excellent article which I am seeing only too belatedly.
I shall certainly apply your tips and check out your list of suggested Wordpress plugins.
Feb 23rd, 2008
Albert
No problem Arvind, cool to hear to that it helped.
Feb 23rd, 2008
jason
i’m especially fond of the dofollow plugin! This is a really good article. I’ll be sure to reference it when i revamp my blog. lots of good tips.
Jul 4th, 2008
Albert
Thanks Jason
Jul 4th, 2008
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