This page is dedicated to all my referrals. If you’re one of my referrals on any of my recommended money-making programs/sites, leave a comment on this post with the info listed below so I can add your link to my Referral Blogroll:

- the site where you joined as my referral (e.g., Neobux, etc)
- your username so I can check you on my list
- your website or blog’s address/URL where you posted your referral links

Once I verified you’re one of my referrals (and active, too), I would post your link below to help you get more people joining your programs.

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Please check out my referrals’ sites below to see how they make money online.

http://ptcreviews.justanotherpixel.net – my old PTC site reviews blog

zhempyr – http://pinoysalapi.blogspot.com/

Once you’ve gained your referrals through the numerous ways I’ve mentioned on my guide on how to get referrals, let me help you manage them properly. It’s important that you learn how to manage your referrals as they’re your means of getting all your investments back and for you to earn more.

Before anything else, you have to remember that your referrals are ACTUAL HUMAN BEINGS who are like you – they also have their own lives. Some of them may not be as active as you want them to be but you have to take into consideration that they have to live their lives. I’ll get back to this topic later on.

Now, let me give you some tips on how to manage and maximize your earnings from your referrals:

Upgrade Your Account As Soon As You Can
Upgrading your account pays for itself by increasing the amount of money you get from your referrals. Most PTC sites pay you 100% referral commission when you upgrade. So, this will help you reach the minimum payout faster.

There are 2 ways that you can upgrade your account but not all PTC sites offer both. Make sure you only upgrade your account at reliable or trusted PTC sites to ensure you get your money’s worth. I suggest you wait ’til you get paid about 3-5 times before you upgrade. But, for sites like Neobux, I strongly suggest you upgrade as soon as you can.

Upgrade your account through your Paypal or Alertpay account.
If you already have enough balance on your Paypal or Alertpay account, then, you can use it to pay for your upgrade or premium membership. You also have to note that some PTC sites offer discounts to members who pay through Paypal or Alertpay instead of their balance.

Upgrade your account through your balance.
If you don’t want to shell out any money from your Paypal or Alertpay account, then, you can choose to pay through your current balance. Again, some PTC sites have higher prices for those who choose this method.

For me, though, I strongly recommend you pay through your Paypal or Alertpay account. Why? Because this will also help the PTC site make money to keep the site on longer. How come? Well, if they don’t have money to send payments to their members, they’ll close the site soon enough. Trust me. But, then, again, make sure you only upgrade or purchase anything from RELIABLE PTC sites like the ones I recommend here.

Click Everyday, As Much As Possible
I know, this can be hard for some people. I can’t even click everyday myself. And that’s okay. But as much as possible, click everyday as your clicks or how often you click will directly affect your earnings from your referrals. Most PTC sites have a very strict policy about referral commission. For instance, if you don’t click today, you won’t get any referral commission tomorrow. So, if you have LOTS of referrals, make sure you click everyday or have someone who you trust to click for you but make sure they don’t have their own account with your PTC sites.

Do Not Purchase Referrals – Just Rent Them
Again, do not purchase or buy referrals. Just rent them. This is the best way for you to manage your referrals. If you have a very active or a referral you want to keep, you can simply extend your rental for that member. You won’t have to worry about getting stuck with the same inactive referrals and you also maximize your profits.

Recycle Inactive Referrals
Once you’ve rented referrals from your PTC sites, make sure you check their activity or click history. This way, you’ll know which ones need to go or who you should keep. Now, let me remind you that your referrals have their own lives to live. So, take that into consideration before you recycle away.

Let me share with you what I do. I give my referrals 3-4 days of inactivity. On the 3rd or 4th day, I’ll recycle them. Sometimes, especially when they’re almost close to the end of the rental period, I recycle them after 2-3 days of inactivity. But, most of the time, I just leave them on my rented referral list because it won’t be practical to recycle them anymore, especially when they’ve got less than 10 days left. If you’re a Standard or Free member, I suggest stop recycling when there are only 10 days left.

Some PTC sites also have this feature wherein you can send messages to your referrals, rented and direct. Most of the time, if you send them a message, they’ll receive a notification to their email so they’ll get your message for sure. This is one way to remind them to click. Make sure you ask nicely okay? They’re not your employees. They’re just like you. At the end of the day, everyone is someone else’s referral.

Delete Inactive Direct Referrals
Aside from recycling referrals, you can also manage your direct referrals (those who clicked your referral links and/or joined the site under your name), especially when there’s a set limit that you can have depending on your membership. However, you have to note that once you delete them, they’re gone forever and they’ll be added to the pool of members up for rental. So, make sure you only delete those who have been inactive for the longest time.

Another thing to note is that, like what I mentioned earlier, most PTC sites have a limit for the number of direct referrals that you can have, depending on your membership. For instance, with Neobux, Standard members are only given a limit of 30 direct referrals. If you see that you’re almost at that number of direct referrals, delete those that are inactive for the longest time to give room to new referrals. And, this direct referral limit is also one reason you should upgrade your membership with reliable/trusted PTC sites, especially when you’re getting a lot of direct referrals.

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Those are just a few of the things that you have to take note when managing your direct and rented referrals so you can maximize your earnings from them. I hope these tips would be helpful to you.

If you would like to share your own tips, leave a comment below and I’ll update the post with your contribution.

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There are a million ways for you to increase traffic to your blog. I’m sharing with you some of the things that I’ve done myself and has been proven effective in drawing people to my blog.

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You might think that after setting up your blog or website, you can just sit back, relax and just watch visitors and money pouring into your website. You’re wrong. With billions of blogs and websites out there, you’ll find a couple of thousands of people writing about the same topics you discuss on your blog. If you don’t submit your URL to search engines, you’d be lucky if you even get one hit from popular search engines like Google.

It’s very easy to submit your blog or website to search engines. This is very important because it will boost your search engine ranking.

To make it easier for you, I have the links below on how you can submit your URL to different search engines. I suggest you prepare the following information on a text file so you can just copy and paste them whenever you need them:

• Your blog/website URL
• Your blog/website’s description or title
• Tags, labels or topics related to your blog/website (example: make money online, paid to click, affiliate program, etc)

Two of the most popular and used search engines are Google and Yahoo!. So, just click on the links below and it’ll lead you to the form where you can submit your URLs directly.

• Add your URL to Google
• Submit your Site to Yahoo!

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This is one of the most effective ways for you to get more traffic to your blog. Why? Because these sites actually have higher page ranks or SERP (Search Engine Results Page) ranking than your sites so it’s best that you submit your blog to them and make sure that your blog is categorized properly. PLUS, if your blog is not yet indexed by Google, these directories should help you appear on Google’s search results.

Here are a few of the most popular Blog/Site Directories where you can submit your blogs:

• Blog Catalog
• Mybloglog (You can login using your Yahoo! account)
• Technorati
• Yahoo! Directory (details on how you can submit your site to Yahoo! Directory)
• Blog Toplist
• TopBlogs PH

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Yes, believe it or not, Twitter can help you get more traffic to your blog or website. It’s so easy to join and setup your Twitter page. And it’s very easy to send updates to everyone following you. Plus, this also helps you with your Google SERP (Search Engine Results Page) rank.

Having a Twitter account can also help you when your blog or site is not yet indexed by Google or other search engines. You simply tweet your blog or site’s address and it should come up on Google momentarily.

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Traffic exchange sites work like this: you visit other sites, submit reviews of their blogs and you get other people visiting yours, too. They sometimes have a fixed ratio like if you visit 1 blog submitted to them, you’d get 1 visit. Basically, clicking or visiting others’ sites earn you credits that is used to Also, you’d get credits by submitting reviews of other people’s blogs.

Here are 3 of the best Traffic Exchange Sites that you can try:

• LinkReferral – This is the best traffic exchange site for me. I’ve observed that the members are more inclined to post reviews and visit your site. And I like that your blog is categorized so it’ll be easier for you to get a higher ranking. Also, your ranking is based on how active you are on their site.
• TrafficSwarm – Same as LinkReferral. However, it’s pretty easier to earn credits here. Also, you need to earn 50 credits for them to consider you an activated TrafficSwarm member. This is their way of making sure that only those who actually use their program are the ones that will only get traffic from their site.
• EasyHits4U – They offer 1:1 ratio – meaning when you visit a site, you get 1 credit or 1 visit to your site. I also like that their site is very user-friendly.

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This is another effective way of getting visits to your website. However, be very careful not to flood the forums or message boards with nonsense posts so people won’t see you as a spammer and you won’t get banned.

Now, when I said “SUBTLE advertising”, I meant it. Well, it’s not really subtle anymore since a lot of people are doing this and almost everyone’s aware of this, but you only post your site or blog’s address in your signature in the forums/message boards. There are certain forums that are strict about this – some don’t allow their members to post any URL in their signature, some don’t allow it until you reach a certain # of posts. So, make sure you read the rules and guidelines of the forums/message boards you’re joining to avoid getting banned.

Again, I’m recommending that you join myLot. Not only will you be able to post your referral links or your blog or website’s address, you also earn by doing so! They pay you for being active on their site like posting in the forums, doing tasks, etc. Great, huh?

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This is yet another way that I know is very effective in getting much needed traffic to your site. However, like any other method I posted here, there’s one very important rule that you need to observe, just like when you join forums or message boards.

Simple, right? I know you hate spam like everyone else so I don’t really need to explain this, right?!
Make sure your comments are relevant to the topic of the blog post and don’t just copy and paste your URL there. Also, don’t just post comments everywhere. Only post comments when you’re really interested or you can relate to the topic. It’s really irritating when you read nonsense or off-topic comments so please avoid it at all times.

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Use up your click exchange or traffic/advertising points/credits from your PTC accounts. It’s actually the cheapest and easiest way to advertise your site or blog. A lot of people are doing it. Now, be careful if you have advertising from ad networks such as Google Adsense because they consider advertising at PTC sites as against their policies. You might end up getting your Adsense account suspended.

Although advertising at PTC sites is the cheapest, 90-98% of the time, you’d get visits from people that will only last for 10-30 seconds. Why? Because most PTC members don’t actually read the sites they visit. So, if you’re really thinking about seriously advertising through PTC sites, make sure your blog or site’s design is really eye-catching. That’s my weakness.

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Entrecard has been around for years now and it’s providing members a convenient and inexpensive way of advertising or promoting their blogs. There are millions of Entrecard users out there who visit and drop their Entrecards on other members’ blogs. So, it will definitely help you boost your traffic.

However, like advertising in PTC sites, some Entrecard users will just visit your blog to drop their Entrecards and leave without even looking at your contents. So, again, try to make your blog’s design eye-catching.

Also, another way to get traffic through Entrecard is dropping cards yourself. This might be time-consuming, though, but it’s still a very effective technique in generating unique hits to your blog. Take me for example. Most of the time, I check out who’s been dropping Entrecards on my blog and I visit them to drop mine. And, about 50% of the time, I get hooked by the blogs I see. So, keep your contents and design interesting, eh?

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This is another sure-fire way to get more traffic to your blog. These ad networks have higher page ranks than your blog so if you post a free ad on their site, most likely, you’d get people visiting your blog when they search for a certain keyword or tag that you used to setup the ad.

Also, make sure that the free ad you post looks interesting. Don’t just post a whole block of text. Post some images and try to be catchy with your texts.

I’m highly recommending you post a free ad on Sulit. Based on my observation, whenever I search for anything on the web, Sulit ads are always on the first page of the search results. So, I’m highly recommending you post an ad on Sulit. It’s free, anyway.

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I’ve already tried almost all of the techniques and tips I’ve listed here. Now, it’s up to you if they’ll work for you, too, or not.

If all else fails, sign up as my referral to one of my PTC sites and I’ll be glad to post your blog’s address to my Referral LinkLove.

I am offering different advertising options for you. Choose the one you prefer and then check out how to avail of advertising space on this blog at the bottom of this post.

(UPDATED) Advertisement Types & Pricing: (Startup Promo – only until February 2010)
125×125 Banner Ad – Only $2.50 per month per banner ad
Text Link Ad – Only $1.00 per month per link ad
Paid Plug/Review - $8.00 per post (minimum of 200 words, maximum of 3 links, you can choose what text links you want me to use)

Have you decided on the advertising package for you? Then, here’s how to start advertising here and my Terms and Conditions:

1. Send an email to pinayonlinemoneymaker (at) gmail.com with the following info:
Your chosen Advertisement Type
How long you want to put up that banner ad or text link ad
Attach your 125×125 Banner Ad OR if you want a Text Link Ad, include the actual Text you want me to post and the URL or address where it will link to.
Same goes for Paid Plug/Review.

2. After sending me the details, wait for my response (usually within 24 hours) with the details on how you could send the payment.
I only accept payments through Paypal.
I will only post the ad here once your payment is posted to my Paypal account.

3. After payment is received, your banner ad, text link ad or paid review/post will be posted within the day.

4. If you decide to continue your advertising here, please send me an email at least a WEEK before your advertising term expires.

5. I will not accept advertising from sites that promote racism, discrimination, illegal drugs, pornography and the likes. I will review your sites before I approve your request. This is to protect my visitors and other advertisers’ interests, I know you understand.

If you prefer a different kind of advertising package, feel free to send me an email or leave a comment below. I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.

Thank you.

I’m reposting this for you to know how to spot a PTC scam site. Sites that are not on my recommended PTC sites are not there for a reason. Most of those reasons are already listed here so please take time to read.

I’ve been a PTC earner for more than a year now and so far, more than 50% of the PTC sites I joined turned out to be scam sites after just a few weeks. So, I can say that with my experience, I’ve got a good eye now when it comes to determining which ones would eventually turn out to be scam sites or will end up as one.

On this post, I hope to share with you some tips on how you can tell if a certain money-making site will turn out to be a scam site or if they oughta be trusted. They’re very simple tips but it’s still under your discretion if you want to stay with your current money-making sites. If you want me to check out a certain money-making site, post a comment below and I’ll “investigate” on it.

Before joining any PTC site, make sure you read their Terms of Use and FAQs first.
Also note that if they’re not on my recommended list, it means there’s something wrong with their TOS or their site altogether.

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A lot of new PTC sites today just copy their TOS, FAQs and main page texts from other PTC sites. If the PTC site can’t even get their FAQs, TOS and main page texts stats match, then, that’s a sign that the PTC site doesn’t really care to look professional to their members. Those parts of their site are the most important for me as a soon-to-be member because I need to know their methods and policies.

I remember there was a Bux site that opened before. I was reading their TOS and I started laughing when the name “Neobux” appeared instead of the name of their Bux site. Funny, really. They didn’t even bother to check that.

There’s this new PTC site (Bux.ee) whose TOS says Standard members have a limit of 40 direct referrals. When I checked their FAQs, there was this question that went like, “Why do I only have 10 direct referrals limit?”. Their answer was because members need to rent at least 100 referrals to increase their direct referrals limit by 10. Wow. They didn’t bother to mention that in their TOS. Nice job. And that’s why I don’t like my fellow clickers who visit my blog to just post and try to recruit my visitors here to join that PTC site. There’s a reason why I’m not recommending them and I feel that I’ve explained it very well.

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This might sound funny but it’s true. If the PTC site can’t even pay for their own domain and hosting, how’d you think they’ll do with paying out members?

If the PTC site doesn’t have their own domain like .com, .net, 99% they will turn up as a scam site. Having and paying for their own domain shows that they’ve got money to support the needs of the PTC site and its members.

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This is particularly something you should be wary of when joining a NEW PTC site. If a new PTC site’s domain whois lookup is locked (meaning you can’t view the owner and details about who owns the domain and when it was registered, etc through Whois.net), a major reason for that is the PTC site doesn’t want anyone to know who the real owners are possibly because of the following reasons:

• They scammed people before at a different PTC site so they don’t want anyone to know that so they’ll still join their new PTC site.
• They already have a PTC site that’s still up but it’s already in the brink of shutting down so they’re putting up this new one so they can continue on with scamming people.

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Yes, it is important to check first if the PTC site you’re joining has a Forum where the admin or moderators communicate with members. If they can’t even put up a proper place where members can discuss their earnings, or for the admin to discuss news or updates with their members, they won’t really care and feel guilty about running away with your hard-earned money.

Alright, there’s an exception, though. Bomblogic is one of my highly recommended PTC site but they don’t have a forum. They only have a contact form available on their site. But, I can tell you that they’re reliable. I once had an issue with my account (I accidentally clicked on an ad to catch cheaters) and I sent a message through their contact form. I was really praying that they would reply and the admin did. They checked my account history and cleared me of any “cheater-like” misconduct. Plus, there are tens or even hundreds of payment proofs out there from Bomblogic clickers like me. For now, Bomblogic is the ONLY exception to this no-forum criterion for scam sites.

Okay, well, let me include WordLinx as an exception. They don’t have a forum but they have a Twitter account and a blog where you can post your comments or complaints about their site. But, still, technically, there’s a way for members to get in touch with the admin so they’re excused.

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Don’t get too excited or swooned by PTC or money-making programs/sites that offer you very high rates for simply clicking an ad or reading an email. Trust me, if a site offers to pay you $0.50 or higher for each ad or email you read, they’re a freaking scam site! NO PTC or money-making site can sustain or maintain their site while paying their members that much. No matter how complex their explanation or computation is, in the long run, they won’t be able to sustain their site. So, why waste your time?!

The only trustworthy PTC site that offers the highest click worth now is Neobux. They pay $0.01 per click for Standard members. They’re actually a perfect example of a sustainable PTC site – they balance their own earnings as a site and the money they pay out to members. Plus, everyone gets drawn to them because of INSTANT payments.

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I’ve been around different PTC sites and most of those that just disappeared into thin air were those that offer members a lot of promos or discounts to rent referrals and upgrades. If a PTC site needed money, they shouldn’t turn to referral rentals or member upgrades BUT to ADVERTISING. They’re just digging their own grave by offering more discounts to members who will eventually get all their money back and more through referrals and upgrades.

A reliable PTC site should be profitable and the only way they can do this is to gain more advertising to their site and sell expensive rentals or upgrades to members so everyone wins. Again, Neobux is an example. Their rates might seem expensive to you but if you actually take the time to analyze it, the site earns enough to pay their members and to keep some profit for the money-making service they offer us.

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This is very tricky. Check out the ads that the PTC site is offering you. If you see that most or all of them are theirs, that means that they’re not getting enough advertising money to pay their members.

Also, take note if most of the ads are referral links and they’re all from the same person. The site owner might just be getting referrals through his site and has no intention to actually pay their members.

Again, like in my previous point, a PTC site’s major income comes from Advertisers. If they don’t get enough, trust me, they won’t be around for too long.

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Of course, this is one of the things you need to check first – PAYMENT PROOFS. Now, I don’t mean payment proofs that the PTC site did send out this amount of money to this certain number of members. I mean payment proofs from ACTUAL members.

Yes, I know. It’s too easy to copy someone else’s payment proof and repost it like your own. But, check out the payment proofs in the PTC site’s forums. If there are tens or hundreds of payment proofs there and they’re RECENT payments, then, it’s safe to say that the PTC site is paying the members. Also, don’t invest anything ’til you get paid at least twice by the PTC site.Trust me on that one.

Lastly, check the email address who sent them the payment on the payment proofs. Also, search Google for more payment proofs before investing or even joining a PTC site. That’s what I do. Took me months before I joined some of the Aurora sites I’m featuring here.

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The first time I decided to put this criterion on my list on how to spot a scam site was when IsabelMarco required members to pay or upgrade their accounts to get paid. I was like, I didn’t come here to pay you so I can earn. They’re just screwing members by all their blabber about how it’ll be profitable for everyone if everyone upgrades. If I wanted to upgrade, that should be my choice.

In Neobux, if you check out their forums and the Admin’s posts, you’d realize that they actually care about Standard or free members. The Admin even takes time to share tips on how to earn more. The admin and the members don’t disrespect the value of Standard members in a PTC site. Why? These standard members help upgraded members get their money back. If there are no standard members, you’d be lucky to even reach the minimum payout in a month as an upgraded member. Not everyone would be willing to upgrade their accounts. I am one of them, actually. So, if a PTC site requires me to pay up or upgrade before I get paid, hah! They can have my account and the $5+ I still got in there (that’s IsabelMarco).

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Yes, a reliable PTC site should not require you to upgrade to get paid. Like what I said on the previous point, if the PTC site don’t pay Standard and free members, they won’t get enough clicks from people therefore less people would be willing to advertise and so no one will even think about upgrading. It’s a domino effect. They’re just screwing with you if they ask you to upgrade.

However, take note, that some PTC sites require only a certain group of people to upgrade before getting paid. For instance, people from China are required by most PTC sites to upgrade before they get paid. Why? Because based on their investigations, most members from China use autoclickers or bots, and use proxies to create multiple accounts. Make sure you read the TOS of the PTC site you’re joining because you might not know that you’re actually required to upgrade.

Also, those PTC sites that require you to invest a percentage of your earnings before you get paid will eventually become a scam site. Why? Because it cllearly shows that they cannot sustain their site so now they have to FORCE their members to reinvest instead of turning to more advertisers or by letting their members decide if they want to upgrade or not.

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Before you even join a money-making program or PTC site, you should check their minimum amount for cashouts so you know when you’ll get paid. Also, this is one way for you to gauge if the PTC site is just setting all their members to fail so they won’t be able to cash out their earnings.

I’ve had first-hand experience with PTC sites like this. I remember before, there was a PTC site that I was about to join whose minimum amount for cashouts was at $50. But, they’re only paying their members less than $0.01 per click. That to me sounded ridiculous so I didn’t continue signing up.

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If the PTC site respects its members by paying them on time based on their Terms of Use and they let all their members know about recent changes or updates as soon as possible, then, the PTC site should be trusted. This goes to show that they do care about their members who also help them make money.

I hate it when PTC sites suddenly change their TOS without FIRST informing their members. Some members will just get shocked when they can’t cash out because the Admin suddenly decided to change the minimum cashout or the requirements to cashout, etc. Then, their reasoning is that based on their Terms of Service, they can change it anytime they like. I understand that but to not let the members know before they do is just plain rude and inconsiderate.

Also, if the Admin doesn’t pay too much attention to members complaints, it shows that they only care about making profits and money but not really the satisfaction of their members.

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That’s all for now. Basically, the things I listed above would help you distinguish which money-making sites are reliable sites and those that won’t be around for too long.

Again, if you need me to check out a certain money-making site for you, leave a comment below and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.

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