Which is better Blogger or Wordpress???

BLOGGER OR WORDPRESS????

 


Starting a blog can be a time consuming and daunting task.
Not only do you need to worry about promoting your blogs by learning SEO techniques and reaching out to new readers, you need to discover the ins and outs of the blogging platform you’ve chosen. But first, they need to choose a blogging platform.
Two of the major platforms for heavy text-based blogs are Blogger and WordPress, both offer a plethora of designs and features, which can be kind of confusing for newbie bloggers. Though they both offer eye-catching features, the best blogging platform for the novice blogger might not be the best for the advanced blogger. Another deciding factor you should keep in mind is the purpose of the blog. If you want to reach out to a large fan base and keep track of your visitors and statistics, you might not use the same interface as the blogger who simply wants to keep in touch with friends and family and set up an online presence as a way to create a virtual scrapbook or online journal.

Blogger

Since Google now owns Blogger, the company offers plenty of Google built-in features, like Adwords, Adsense and Analytics, making the site extremely useful for novice bloggers.Originally started in 1999, Blogger was one of the first user-friendly interfaces for bloggers. Pyra Labs, Blogger’s original creators, started this small company in San Francisco in the middle of the rise of the dot com. After a few years, the company started generating more users and traffic. By 2002, they were pulling in several hundred thousand users. After they were purchased by Google, the site didn’t change much, and they specialize in an interface that is easy to use for bloggers who do not need a ton of bells and whistles.

Pros
Blogger’s most attractive feature to first-time and novice bloggers is its cost: free. Newer bloggers should opt for a free platform that is easy to use and has step-by-step instructions. Blogger definitely delivers a user friendly interface with widgets that are easy for users to master. The site hosts a plethora of free templates, so bloggers can customize their viewers’ experience and create a visual presence that keeps their brand consistent. The site is also extremely reliable. Blogger’s upgrades are seamless, and the site is rarely down for maintenance or due to other issues, such as hackers. Many users also love that they can connect their Blogger account to their Google Adsense and Analytics accounts for seamless tracking.

Cons
While Blogger offers many basic features and a user friendly interface for novice users, they do not offer a lot of options for more advanced bloggers. Many bloggers complain (both novice and advanced) about losing their template customizations. While the simple interface is attractive to novice bloggers, many professional and advanced bloggers complain about the lack of high-end features and more advanced options. The features are also limited, and many bloggers complain about the post editing options and minimal comments options.

WordPress

Created only a year before Google purchased Blogger, WordPress was created to give bloggers a more complex blogging platform. Its simplistic style was welcoming for users who wanted their photos and written content to shine instead of the blog widget’s bells and whistles.Wordpress was created on PHP and MySQL & originally called b2/cafelog
The blogging platform markets itself to both novice and advanced users, as it offers an easy-to-use interface with simple features for new users but can be easily upgraded for advanced users.

Pros
A self-hosted WordPress blog will give you a lot more control over the look, feel and content you can publish on your blog. You will also have your own domain name which will look more professional than a blogspot.com sub-domain which you can get from blogger.

Cons
The technical requirements required to run a self-hosted WordPress blog are a little more advanced than those required for a platform such as Blogger. You will also need to pay for hosting but this can be as cheap as $3 per month.
If you want to dive straight in and start your own blog, then I always recommend that you use BlueHost.  With an extremely easy WordPress installation process, plus a free domain name, you can’t go wrong!

Determining Your Needs

Depending on your blogging experience and the type of blog you want to start, both Blogger and WordPress are good options for novice and experienced users.While Blogger has been around longer than WordPress, as it stands, the site has not changed much over the years since it was purchased by Google. It is popular among bloggers who want to create an online diary or journal, highlighting big moments, such as family vacations, overseas travel and weddings. The easy-to-use analytics help users understand where their traffic originates, and users can easily link their sites to their other Google accounts.
While WordPress tends to be more popular with slightly more advanced users, the CMS has also targeted novice users with their easy-to-use publication tool and step-by-step set up instructions; however, the site’s functions exceed Blogger’s when it comes to advanced options and add-ons for more experienced bloggers.
Both platforms require little investment (a bonus for new users who don’t want to invest too much time or money), though WordPress offers you the option of upgrading to more advanced plugins and sophisticated themes.

 Overall Blogger is little bit easy to use than wordpress but the reports suggest thats people all over the world prefer Wordpress instead of blogger But the choice is yours.

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Best Web Hosting Companies

I have been looking for a good WordPress
web hosting company that offers cheap but
reliable WordPress web hosting solution for
quite a while. The keywords here are cheap
and reliable and for some reason these two
words do not want to go together very well.

My Best Webhost Providers
Currently I have hosting accounts from the
following 5 hosting providers and I am
happy with them:
1. InMotionHosting
2. Bluehost
3. A2 Hosting
4. DreamHost
5. Hostgator

Short List of Cheap and Good Web
Hosting Companies
Below is a short list of web hosting
companies that provide affordable and
reliable web hosting solutions. If you are
starting a WordPress site you should
consider getting hosting from one of the
following providers.

http://www.inmotionhosting.com
http://www.hostgator.com
http://www.bluehost.com
http://www.dreamhost.com

Which Hosting Do I Recommend for a
Startup Business?
There are a lot of super cheap hosting
packages out there but the hassle that comes
with those will cost you way more money
and time in the long run (don’t get sucked
in by the *unlimited* promise). Changing
web hosting is a tiresome task that you
should try to avoid as much as you can.

The
amount of mis-configured servers that I
encounter while troubleshooting
our Premium WordPress plugins is just
mind boggling.

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Some Easy Trips for AdSense

Since you are working within a niche, Google
AdSense will scour your content and give you
ads that are specific to your keywords. This is
great for having ads on your site that are
constant updated without maintenance. If you
are ready to start making a little extra
incomefrom your website, there are a few
things you need to know. Adsense can be
extremely powerful when implemented
correctly.
Here are some easy Adsense tips that will
give you great results.

1. Use Better Keywords

Effective Keywords are the bread and butter of
Google Adsense earnings. If you’re using
highly competitive keywords you’re not going
to rank as well as if you were using lower
competitive keywords. The Google
AdWords keyword planner is a great tool for
finding low competition keywords for your
articles and blog posts.

2. Have Proper Keyword
Density

Check your keyword density before you post
an article onto your website or blog. Your
keyword density is going to determine the
relevance to your niche and will improve your
trafficin the search engines. It’s pretty much
a given that when you have more traffic
you’re going to get more clicks.
However, your keyword density is also going
to determine the kinds of advertising is
posted onto your site. There is nothing worse
than having a niche site for toddles and
having an Adsense ad that has to do with
body cream.
Use a keyword density tool so your post isn’t
marked as spam. This will also help you in the
even that you need to boost the density.

3. Publish New Content
Regularly

Writing new content every day is not some
great revelation, but it is proven to generate
traffic to your website. Make sure that you are
using the best keywords and the best keyword
density in your posts. Try to post a new page
to your website every day. When you post a
new page you are increasing the chances that
somebody will click on your ads.

4. Choose The Best Formats

Google Adsense comes in a lot of different
formats. When you’re choosing the format for
your blog or website, you want to use the
banners for the top part of your website and
the squares for the sides. In my opinion, the
best formats are the 336×280 large rectangle
ads, 160×600 skyscraper ads and the
300×250 medium rectangle ads.

5. Color Coordinate The Ads

When you’re using Google AdSense with your
website, you want to make sure that the ads
look like they are part of the site. People are
more likely to click on something that doesn’t
look like an ad. You want to make it look like
they are clicking on a link that will take them
to a different page on your site.
Make sure that the border colors, the
background colors, link colors and the text
colors all match your site. You can do this
through the control panel. You can even rotate
the color palettes to make create a variety of
colors when somebody visits your site.

6. Position The Ads Well

The position that your ads are in is very
important to getting clicks. When somebody
comes to your website, they scan the
headlines to see if the information is relevant
to their search. Using the links as navigational
links around your website is one of the best
methods of positioning.
Put your links at the top and bottom of the
content pages instead of on the side.
Remember that you want the links to look like
they’re part of your site. When you position
them between at the top and bottom of your
content pages you are more likely to get
clicks.

7. Don’t Use Too Many Ads

You can go overboard with your ads. Having
too much advertising on your website will
leave the reader wondering what they need to
click for information. This can also look like
spamming, something that you never want to
do.
Readers are humans and they don’t want a
website that is specifically made for Google
AdSense. They are there for your content so
make sure that the content comes before the
ads. Two to three ads on your site is the best
amount to have.

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How to Increase Traffic of Your Blogs?

Submitting Blog to blog directories is one of
the best way to get one way traffic and
that's very very good for your blog's SERP's
Ranking Today I am providing you with some of the
finest blog directories...
Submit your blogs to those directories and I am Sure It will work

1. Best of the Web Blog Search La Crem
de la Crem, Best of the Web’s Blog
Directory is very selective and only
lists aged and valuable blogs. A link
from here is majestic and well
deserved.

2. EatonWeb Blog Directory is a real
jewel with many aged inbound links
and a blog rating system. You may
have to pay a fee for your blog to be
reviewed, but like Yahoo, the review
fee is well worth the few dollars.

3. Blog Hub offers a drop down category
and member blog list. With its “new
blogger” list and hot topics, Blog Hub
is a great directory to list your site.

4. Upon visiting Bloggernity, you find a
crisp, clean, and easy to navigate site.
Scrolling down, you find the new blogs.
As there is little advertising on the
home page, it is pleasant to the eye of
the reader as well.

5. Blogarama has an impressive listing of
over 65,000 blogs. The site is well
designed and follows the same content
categories as many other sites.

6. One of the most selective Blog
Directories on the web (and Wordpress
powered), Blog Search Engine is
owned by Performancing’s parent
company and serves search results
powered by IceRocket.

7. Blog Catalog features a vast directory
of categories, from academic to
writing, while offering the ability to
search by country, language, or user.
It has a no frills design, but offers
convenient member access through
simple blog registration.

8. Globe of Blogs has too many features
to list. In order to be listed on the site,
the blog must not be commercial. The
site may appear to be busy, but I like
the features of being able to search by
title, author, or subject. Narrowing the
search becomes easier on this blog.

9. The ultimate directory of British blogs
connotes all things British. It is not
directed by location, but by the
culture! It is asked that bloggers be
genuinely “britished.” Being listed in
this blog reaches readers all the way
across the pond!

10. Blog Universe is the perfect place to
promote your video or podcast themed
blog. Its layout is easy to navigate.
Although the content is limited, it is an
all around good directory site worthy of
submission.

11. Bigger Blogs is a relatively new blog
directory with only a few blogs
registered. The blog is intertwined with
a business directory. The blog section
is difficult to find, and it is located
through a link on the right side of the
business directory page. However, the
benefit is that the earlier you are
accepted on a blog directory, the more
exposure your blog will obtain. In
addition, a back link is indeed a back
link, so this can help with your search
engine placement.

12. Bloggeries has the best categories and
subcategories home page on the
internet. The layout is clear and
concise, and readers are able to find
what they are looking for in a snap!

13. Bloggapedia has an interesting and eye
catching homepage. Readers are easily
connected to the top blogs and newest
posts. Innovative categories and a
colorful design make this blog directory
a hit.

14. Spillbean is a well-designed blog
directory site with categories such as
health, society, internet, and personal.
The site is aesthetically pleasing, but
there are not many listings yet.

15. Blogging Fusion is a blog with over
sixty categories. These categories
include photo blogs and family focused
blogs. Blogging Fusion has an good
amount of blog listings within the
directory, and it also has visitor stats
available.

16. Blogflux is not only a tool for bloggers,
but a directory that has the listings in
alphabetic order. The blog listings are
organized and clear. It is definitely an
effective blog directory in which to be
listed.

17. The blogs on the top listings of
Bloglisting are fun, colourful, and
catch the attention of the reader.
Bloglisting displays the page ranking
blogs, which is a helpful tool when
determining with whom you want to
exchange links.

18. Blogio may be a small blog directory
with few listings, but it worthy of a
submission. Despite its small size,
there are quality blogs and a solid
ability to search on this site.

19. Blog Explosion claims to be the largest
blog promoter on the internet. They
have a vast directory but do not seem
to have direct links. However, the
listing in the directory can still show up
in SERP’s, So keep this in mind.

20. Super Blog Directory is a great site
that offers tools to posters that others
do not. You can see the latest
submitted links and blogs on the site,
which is a perk that draws traffic into
the directory.

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Tips For AdSense Revenue Boost

Today we are sharing tips for AdSense Revenue boost, Often bloggers ask us how to get maximum earning in Minimum time. So today we are sharing these tips.

**Keyword selection for web-page
For getting high CPC value, you need to
select appropriate keyword for the web
page. If you are new in the blogging world
to make money especially from Adsense , then
I’ll recommend you to choose high CPC
paying keywords like
Mesothelioma, donate car, insurance,
medical lawyers as your site’s niche. Don’t
be sad if you are already running a website
on blogging niche and it is not giving you
good CPC. I will recommend you to start a
new blog on above mentioned keywords
niche, it will definitely give you massive
opportunity to make money from adsense
program.

**Site performance
Site performance is one of the major factor
to increase the adsense revenue . I had faced
this problem a lot because my blog was at
bad crawling server. Though Google crawls
my site but no efficiently. Many times it gets
crawler errors which I came to know before
a few days ago when adsense score-card is
shown in my account.It shows me crawling
issues there and when I learn there about it,
it simply tells me that
“crawler is getting problems to crawl your
site and it will affect your CPC and won’t
give too much revenue.

**Ads type, Size and color
The different kind of Ad types are available
for you to display on your site. Text ads,
image ads and video ads you can display
show to your domain. It is recommended
that you should use both image and text ads
on your site as you can see in the snapshot
also. Google also states that to increase
Adsense revenue, one must use text & image
ads both.
Ads color also play an important role to
enhance the Adsense revenue . If your site
background is white, then you should use
white color background ad unit from “My
Ads” section in Google account. You can
choose color there as per your choice.

**Ads position and placing :-
As you generate ad unit from my ads, now
the main task is to display your ad at the
proper place on your site. Placing and
positioning of ads can effect a lot to your
Adsense earnings. Placing your ads at the
right place will give you more clicks and
generate passive income for you.
One of the best way to get more clicks I’ll
recommend you to place your ads bellow
the post’s title and in the middle of your
content. Try to display ads on the top of
your webpages and site because maximum
time visitors don’t go to the bottom of a
web page. You can show ads at the end of
your post content also, it will work for me
many times and surely it will work for you
too.

** Block Some Low Paying ADS
Many times you have noticed that you are
viewing a webpage related to mobile
specifications and certainly an ad of home
design is displaying which is totally
irrelevant to your content. You will not click
on that home design ad. If there was an
advertisement that an iphone 5 is free
available here, you might click on it to find
how you can get that iphone free.
Hence in this case, administrator should
block home decor category to display ads
on the site. It will surely increase your CTR
(Click Through Rate). Keep in mind that
your Adsense CTR shouldn’t be too much
high, Google may remove ads if CTR is high.

** Forget internal linking :-
A blogger’s biggest desire is that every
visitor that lands on his site, should visit at
least 3-4 pages before leaving the site.
Hence he/she offers his/her other article’s
link within the content and try to put more
and more internal links in the post. Just
offer relevant post’s link with the current
article, it will definitely help you a lot when
you display relevant ads also on the site
according to your niche.
It increases the chances to click on an ad
more because you have already blocked the
irrelevant ads on your site.

**Google search box
You should have at least one Google search
box on your domain, it will also improve
the earnings from Google ads. You can
display 2 search boxes on a web page.
Whenever a user searches any query in this
box,it will show relevant results and ads. It
will boost your money earning.

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How to apply for Adsense ?

We have already tell you that Adsense is one of the best contextual
advertising network.
Until now, adsense
approval process was simple: You create a
new adsense account, your account is
reviewed, Adsense team accepts your
application and you can implement ads on
your site and start making money.

But from now on, Adsense has changed the
AdSense approval process, and made is easy
for new publishers. Here is the new account
approval process:
Ensure your website is compatible
with AdSense
Sign up for an AdSense account
Login to your AdSense account
Add the AdSense code
Once you add the code on your blog, that
will be showing blank ads.

In a typical sene, it would take 48 hours to
review your application. Once your
application is approved, it would start
showing ads on your blog & you will start
making money.

Here is the process for AdSense approval:
Register for an AdSense account by
going to AdSense.com . Provide all the
correct information about your Name,
Address, and Website URL.

Login to AdSense account, create
AdSense codes. Place the codes in your
blog sidebar.

Ads will shows as blank until
final approval process doesn’t finish.
It may take about 48 hours to one
week for approval.

After the final AdSense approval, you
will get a confirmation email.
Once your AdSense earning reaches
$10, AdSense will mail you a PIN to
your address.

Login to your AdSense account, and
enter the Pin once you receive it.
Congrats you have completed all the
steps. Once your account reaches
$100, Google will send you or wire
you your earning. I recommend you to
enable direct bank transfer for
AdSense payments.

Have you signed up for Adsense recently?
How was your experience with new adsense
approval process? Comment below

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Important Mobile Codes

Hello... Guys Today We have some important Mobile Codes for you which is very Important.

SAMSUNG MOBILE SECRET CODES:-
*#9125#------Activates the smiley when
charging.......
*#9998*228#---shows battery status............
*#9998*778#---sim service table
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VODAFONE FREE 20rs recharge
-->Goto
-->Vodafone.in from mobile
-->Recharge menu
-->Enter password 8923115353
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FULL FORMS:-
GPRS--General Packet Radio Service
GPS--Global Positioning System
GSM--Global System for mobile
SMS--Short Message Service
3G---3rd Generati
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NOKIA CODES:-
*#7780#----Restore phone
Delete gprs set---*#353738#
Blue tooth On--*#2820
Call waiting--*43#
Show security code---*#30#
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Free caller tune for vodafone users:-
Dial 54206090
Free SMS for Airtel:- 80855
sms ams to 55328 u will get 50 L/N sms daily
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New Idea Trick:-
>To Divert voice calls dial 9822001711
or
>Simply dial *62*+919822001711#
>Tested in Gujarat and Maharastra
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Aircel GPRS activation:-
Reply to 121 with GPRS for GPRS setting
For wap setting do the same
MMS for MMS setting ... for all settings sms ALL
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TOLL FREE NO's:-
-->MONSTER.com - 18004196666
-->SBT Bank:- 18004255566
-->UNION bank:- 1800222244
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Airtel Free song catcher :-
-->Dial 57878(Toll Free)
-->Airtel Free TV:- Just Type: TV & send to 54321
-->Airtel Free JOB ALERT:- *321*66#
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Now you can ask balance from any other idea
mobile friend:-
SMS- ASK to 55567... If ur frnd permits u can get
bal
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DTH Customer care Num's:-
Dish Tv:- 18601803474
Tata Sky:-18604256633
Big Tv:-18002009001
SunDth:-18002007575
Airtel Digital:-18001028080
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Nokia 1600 screen rotating trick:-
1.)dial *#5513#
*#5514#
*#5512#
*#5511#
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Tricks for Nokia:-
-->Hide ur folder ICON
-->Rename Folder as Name.otb
-->Change Folder 2 Theme Icon as rename icon as
name.nth
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Dialed number retrieving in 1600:-
-->Save * on your contacts
-->Contact list& "Option"
-->select "call" option(dont press call button)
-->See diales no's
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U can change ur dialer tune for free (Aircel):-
-->just sms DT FIND to 5300003 (toll free) It works
in some states
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BSNL to BSNL 10 ps/min. at two numbers:-
--> sms EXLPOWER 1st mobile no (space) 2nd
mobile no to 53733
EX: EXLPOWER 9447XXXXXX 9446XXXXXX
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Nokia codes:-
-->See private No-- *#30#
-->Warranty--- *#92702689#4
-->mat--*#7370#*#7780#
-->product date--*#3283#
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Mobile number locator no need to install any
software(for airtel):-
-->Type No 1st 4 digit to 51619
-->Ex: No 9888 to 51619
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Toll Free numbers for any problems:-
-->NOKIA--18004253388
-->SAMSUNG---1800110011
-->SONY---1800111800
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Manual formatting of BB5 Nokia symbian phone
6600,6630,6680,6681,
7610,3230,N70,N72,N73,--- Models:-
Long press *,3,green button
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Airtel offer Rs.5 (day pack):-
-500 L/N sms
Dial *555*01#
-50 MB data
DIal *555*02#
-A2A 5p/min (n8)
Dial *555*03#
-10 min STD IT
Dial *555*05#
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SMS 4 Airtel:-
*123*1# :SMS balance
*123*10# : Limited GPRS balance
*123*3# : Local A2A balance
*125*4# : unlimited sms balance
*123*5$ : Guld balance
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ACT SMSDD to 53739
This is for reliance GSM
Send to the given number Rs.1 will be deducted
after that sms will be totally free for 1 yr
------------------------------------------------------------------
Sony ericsson hand sets on BSNL network Trick:-
Just type 'MY3GTV' and send it to 55447
u will receive a wap link download MiMobi Tv
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Want To recharge ur mobile online then go to:-
www.linx.in/rechargefree
--------------------------------------------------------------------
GSM tricks:-
To divert ur calls dial
**12*No.#
Cancel divert
##21#
To check status
*#21#
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Hidden Trick for Nokia phones:-
-->Try this code : *#746025625#
-->This code stop ur sim clock in all nokia mobile
phones
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Airtel Free Hello Tune:-
-->Balance-->1
-->Select Song
-->Then switch off ur mobile for 2 hours
-->Done
----------------------------------------------------------
BSNL trick:-
-->Send ur sim num to 53733 for puk number...
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Samsung codes:-
-->Soft---*#9999#
-->Version--*#0837#
-->Battery info--*#0228#
-->GPRS TOOL---*#4777*8665#
-->Call list--*#2255#
-->Firm ware--*#1234#

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