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Chad S. WhiteAs search traffic from Google plunges, brands are looking to build up other sources of traffic to succeed in the new post-website era. 5 strategies to pursue >> <a href="https://www.cmswire.com/digital-marketing/survive-the-ai-takeover-of-search-5-moves-every-brand-must-make/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cmswire.com/digital-marketing/survive-the-ai-takeover-of-search-5-moves-every-brand-must-make/</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/digitalmarketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#digitalmarketing</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/artificialintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#artificialintelligence</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#search</a>

B Thoreau 🛸I need a search function in social media that will allow me to ask "i am looking for this person whose name I don't remember, but they have an profile picture of their face in sepia tones on a giraffe's body holding a baton with a chartreuse background. They look my age or so. Can you find their account, hmm?Thanks.<a href="https://mas.to/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#search</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NeverRememberNames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NeverRememberNames</a>

ilyessIf you look something up on Google and none of the first results fit exactly what you're looking for, don't beat yourself up. You're not doing anything wrong. Google search is optimized for its customers (advertisers), not the user (you).<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Google</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/enshitification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#enshitification</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#search</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ads</a>

Lee 🌏<a href="https://aus.social/tags/Staan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Staan</a> is here! A <a href="https://aus.social/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#search</a> index aimed at supporting a sovereign, privacy-first search infrastructure for Europe. It’s built for alternative search engines and AI companies that need fast, reliable access to the latest web data, while safeguarding user privacy and data security. I still have lots of questions, mainly about <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Emissions</a> but because <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Ecosia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ecosia</a> is involved in the project I would hope there are some standards in place! <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/qwant-and-ecosia-debut-staan-a-european-search-index-that-aims-to-take-on-big-tech/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/qwant-and-ecosia-debut-staan-a-european-search-index-that-aims-to-take-on-big-tech/</a>

Ko Simon toku ingoa :tinoflag:Hey everyone! Here's a link to use <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Google</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#search</a> without the <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#slop</a> at the top! <a href="https://udm14.org" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://udm14.org</a>

Vijay PremaNice write-up about the benefits of switching to a paid search engine (Kagi).I like the "boat tied to a submarine" analogy of a lot of other free software that might seem good at first but is still not user-funded. As a user, I prefer to be the sole funder of the product I use, where possible, so that it fully serves me, its master. This is what it means to be the master of my own tools. I paid money for them.<a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/enough-is-enough-i-dumped-googles-worsening-search-for-kagi/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/enough-is-enough-i-dumped-googles-worsening-search-for-kagi/</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kagi</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#google</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#search</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Enshittification</a>

KING CONSULT | Kommunikation<a href="https://berlin.social/tags/European" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#European</a> search index is live now! 🙌 Staan¹ (Search Trusted API Access Network) is a joint venture between <a href="https://mastodon.social/@ecosia" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ecosia</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Qwant" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Qwant</a>:> We’ve started delivering search results from our new European-based search index to <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/ecosia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ecosia</a> users! This will help us build the kind of ethical and fair Internet we believe in. <a href="https://blog.ecosia.org/launching-our-european-search-index/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blog.ecosia.org/launching-our-european-search-index/</a>¹ <a href="https://staan.ai" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://staan.ai</a><a href="https://berlin.social/tags/EUSP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EUSP</a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Staan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Staan</a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Google</a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Search</a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/EuroStack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EuroStack</a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Qwant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Qwant</a>

Miguel Afonso Caetano"When Google unveiled AI Overviews last year, online publishers worried that the AI-generated blurbs in the top spot of search results would spark precipitous declines in traffic and gut the business model of vast reaches of the web.Now, there is growing evidence validating those fears.New research shows the web traffic that publishers have long relied on is significantly slowing, thanks to AI-generated summaries and the rise of AI chatbots.Traffic to CNN's website has dropped about 30% from a year ago. Business Insider's and HuffPost's sites saw traffic plunges around 40% in the same period, according to figures from digital market data firm Similarweb.While many factors influence traffic fluctuations, publishers say the introduction of Google's AI Overviews in May 2024 has packed a punch.Helen Havlak, the publisher of The Verge, a tech news site and Vox Media's most visited homepage, said when people see AI summaries, they visit sites for information less often."<a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/07/31/nx-s1-5484118/google-ai-overview-online-publishers" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/2025/07/31/nx-s1-5484118/google-ai-overview-online-publishers</a><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Google</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GenerativeAI</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AIOverviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AIOverviews</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Search</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/SearchEngines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SearchEngines</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/OpenWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenWeb</a>

FellWhat I like about the <a href="https://mastodon.social/@kagihq" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@kagihq</a> built-in LLM answers:- It's only(!) triggered on request, i.e. when your query ends with a question mark. - It always admits when it couldn't find good information or there is no clear answer. - It always cites sources, usually word for word.I find myself not so much "believing the AI" but rather using it as a guide as to which result has the information I need.<a href="https://ma.fellr.net/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://ma.fellr.net/tags/ML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ML</a> <a href="https://ma.fellr.net/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LLM</a> <a href="https://ma.fellr.net/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Search</a> <a href="https://ma.fellr.net/tags/Kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kagi</a> <a href="https://ma.fellr.net/tags/Web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Web</a>

The New Oil<a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Qwant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Qwant</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Ecosia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ecosia</a> debut <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Staan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Staan</a>, a European <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#search</a> index that aims to take on <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BigTech</a><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/qwant-and-ecosia-debut-staan-a-european-search-index-that-aims-to-take-on-big-tech/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/qwant-and-ecosia-debut-staan-a-european-search-index-that-aims-to-take-on-big-tech/</a><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Europe</a>

quoll (√)today im trying to switch from ddg to qwant.comso far seems fine, does the job.<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#search</a>

Steven Saus [he/him](05 Aug) Enough is enough—I dumped Google’s worsening search for Kagi Enough is enough: I’ve jettisoned Google in favor of a search engine that doesn’t treat me like a product. <a href="https://s.faithcollapsing.com/pqc66" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://s.faithcollapsing.com/pqc66</a> Archive: ais: <a href="https://archive.md/wip/NcCy1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.md/wip/NcCy1</a> <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ai</a> <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ai</a>-assistant <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ai</a>-search <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#degoogle</a> <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/features" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#features</a> <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#google</a> <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#google</a>-search <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kagi</a> <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kagi</a>-search <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/screwyoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#screwyoogle</a> <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#search</a> <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#search</a>-engines <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/seo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#seo</a> <a href="https://faithcollapsing.com/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tech</a>

Jon SnowQwant and Ecosia debut Staan, a European search index that aims to take on Big Tech<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/qwant-and-ecosia-debut-staan-a-european-search-index-that-aims-to-take-on-big-tech/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/qwant-and-ecosia-debut-staan-a-european-search-index-that-aims-to-take-on-big-tech/</a><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#search</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ai</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/eu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#eu</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/buyeuropean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#buyeuropean</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/qwant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qwant</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ecosia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ecosia</a>

The New Oil"Enough is enough—I dumped <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Google</a>’s worsening <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#search</a> for <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kagi</a>"<a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/enough-is-enough-i-dumped-googles-worsening-search-for-kagi/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/enough-is-enough-i-dumped-googles-worsening-search-for-kagi/</a><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a>

Niklas PivicDumping Google’s enshittified search for Kagi: <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/enough-is-enough-i-dumped-googles-worsening-search-for-kagi/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/enough-is-enough-i-dumped-googles-worsening-search-for-kagi/</a>This article is something I love that reminds me of old-school internet: factually filled and really funny. From the article:'Kagi was founded in 2018, but its search product has only been publicly available since June 2022. It purports to be an independent search engine that pulls results from around the web (including from its own index) and is aimed at returning search to a user-friendly, user-focused experience. The company's stated purpose is to deliver useful search results, full stop. The goal is not to blast you with AI garbage or bury you in "Knowledge Graph" summaries hacked together from posts in a 12-year-old Reddit thread between two guys named /u/WeedBoner420 and /u/14HitlerWasRight88.Kagi's offerings (it has a web browser, too, though I've not used it) are based on a simple idea. There's an (oversimplified) axiom that if a good or service (like Google search, for example, or good ol' Facebook) is free for you to use, it's because you're the product, not the customer. With Google, you pay with your attention, your behavioral metrics, and the intimate personal details of your wants and hopes and dreams (and the contents of your emails and other electronic communications—Google's got most of that, too).With Kagi, you pay for the product using money. That's it! You give them some money, and you get some service—great service, really, which I'm overall quite happy with and which I'll get to shortly. You don't have to look at any ads. You don't have to look at AI droppings. You don't have to give perpetual ownership of your mind-palace to a pile of optioned-out tech bros in sleeveless Patagonia vests while you are endlessly subjected to amateur AI Rorschach tests every time you search for "pierogis near me."'<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#google</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kagi</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#enshittification</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ValueForMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ValueForMoney</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#search</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArtificialIntelligence</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArsTechnica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArsTechnica</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@kagihq" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@kagihq</a>

Unofficial PetaPixel BotPhotographer Goes Viral Trying to Find Random Kid Who Posed With Metallica <a href="https://petapixel.com/2025/08/05/photographer-goes-viral-trying-to-find-random-kid-who-posed-with-metallica/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://petapixel.com/2025/08/05/photographer-goes-viral-trying-to-find-random-kid-who-posed-with-metallica/</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/metallica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#metallica</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/concert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#concert</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/newyork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#newyork</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/Analog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Analog</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#search</a> <a href="https://toot.earth/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a>

h o ʍ l e t t→ AI is killing the web. Can anything save it? <a href="https://www.economist.com/business/2025/07/14/ai-is-killing-the-web-can-anything-save-it" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.economist.com/business/2025/07/14/ai-is-killing-the-web-can-anything-save-it</a>“Yet as Google does the Googling, humans no longer visit the websites from which the information is gleaned.” “News publishers are planning for “Google zero”, using newsletters and apps to reach customers who no longer come to them via search, and moving their content behind paywalls or to live events.”<a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#web</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#apps</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Google</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/humans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#humans</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#search</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/events" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#events</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Googling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Googling</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/paywalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#paywalls</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#information</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/newsletters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#newsletters</a>

David B. Himself<a href="https://www.404media.co/googles-ai-is-destroying-search-the-internet-and-your-brain/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.404media.co/googles-ai-is-destroying-search-the-internet-and-your-brain/</a> <a href="https://firefish.city/tags/search" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#search</a> <a href="https://firefish.city/tags/internet" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#internet</a> <a href="https://firefish.city/tags/google" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#google</a> <a href="https://firefish.city/tags/ai" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ai</a>

Charlotte AtenI was trying to search the web for information on the current wave of internet censorship and I wasn't getting current results. I felt so foolish when after like five minutes I finally remembered that it's called «age verification» now.<a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/intenet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#intenet</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#censorship</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/AgeVerification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AgeVerification</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/InternetID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InternetID</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#search</a>

v_i_o_l_a"Why embedding vector search is probably one of the least objectionable use of AI for search" by Aaron Tay: <a href="https://aarontay.substack.com/p/why-embedding-vector-search-is-probably" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://aarontay.substack.com/p/why-embedding-vector-search-is-probably</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#search</a>

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