I'm really disappointed in seo spyglass. One taco because the ui is so dos, they go back on their written agreement and change it, and their own staff does't know their own software (took 2 hours of trouble shooting).
First, it took 1 hour to setup, because AFTER installing JAVA, and then installing their software, the UI is so bad, that their instructions (install software, then go to help>>redemption info) don't at all match what you need to do because the menu is grey out so you cant click and when you search, nothing comes up in the menu. It took support 1 hour to figure out what was wrong and lots of closing software and re-opening.
https://d.pr/i/x0PaqT
Then - and this is the dishonest part - you sign up and they tell you what plan you get...but you don't. It says the following: "Export of ALL LINKS in csv". After another hour on support (we're at 2hours now) arguing that there's no link to download the links according the the screenshot the support sent me, and me sending my photo, suddenly the support person said he/she needed to talk to someone, and then after 20 min came back and said I didnt have the right on my plan to download ANY links. I promptly showed the LIST and PROOF that I did have the right only to receive this bit of news:
https://d.pr/i/WFNQ1W https://d.pr/i/zTMlnZ
"Oh, that should be crossed out. Thank you so much, I"m going to change that now so it's crossed out."
I mean--whaaaaat? I wonder how many other appsumo's saw that and didn't get what was promised ON THE SIGNUP SCREEN with the pro plan!
It NEVER bodes well to see companies not stand behind their plans LISTED ON THEIR SITE and CONFIRMED AFTER SIGNUP and even more shocking to see them change it! Even if it was a mistake, it was written on the screen and I have the screenshot, they should honor it:
https://d.pr/i/trO5ui
So I will be uninstalling this app because Ubersuggest does this SEO and more and has an awesome free plan and Niel Patel is awesome guy--not like this company--super dodgey people.
Get Ubersuggest, not SEO spyglass. All around bad experience leaving a metal taste in my mouth. I wonder if I can fully clean it from my computer...
This is more of a first impression. Played with the tools for an hour and not happy with it. I am not an SEO analysis expert but what makes me unhappy is everything is locked behind a paywall.
I have no idea why there is an appsumo-code for the product. I tried to use it whenever the tool asks for it but it prompts me to the webpage with pricing.
I used SpyGlass and find the tool quite useful and the UI very intuitive. It certainly finds less links than AHrefs, but still it's a good software to have, especially as it is free AppSumo deal. I like link analysis and risk evaluation, it was correct in over 80% of cases. Was very easy to mark links to sanitize and generate disavow file. What I didn't like is the following: 1. Auto installation of upgrade without asking users to approve/confirm. This is a very dangerous practice as it allows to bypass Windows 10 security. Even if you validate the original piece of software for malware and let it run, you have no idea what it downloads during the upgrade. 2. This is more about WebsiteAudit software rather than SpyGlass: they should really introduce the delays when crawling the site. Half of my links returned 503 because the bot crawling the site was making too many hits per minute and was eventually blocked by security software.
As already mentioned, it finds very few backlinks compared to the competition, and the freshness issue also leaves me somewhat perplexed. He has found me now links that I inserted in 2011, in the lost backlinks section he tells me that I have lost links that are in their place, indicating a crawl error, and also it doesn't even seem very correct on the power of the links since sites that have domain powerful autority, powerful hrefs rating his DomainInLinkRank marks me as bad. Furthermore, from what I have verified on a domain I own, it does not track 301 redirects
Founder Team
natalie.bratsun
May 9, 2024
The metrics are all slightly different (especially, the ones indicating authority) when it comes to different tools, so you'd rather not compare those directly but get to know what exactly stands behind each and take each into account thoughtfully! It's also natural that each crawler finds a number of results the other one doesn't, and vice versa. As for the crawl error - the app doesn't report a link as removed but exactly shows you that there were accessibility issues on the linking domain's end, which is useful to know. Once the site is up, the backlink should be found again/verified successfully.
used to use this in the past on paid license of this program but I stopped it since it kept getting worse every month.
Anyway I tried this one today it kept telling me I need to basically change how it works to make it work so asked some guy called Oleg about it he would not explain why it would work and had trouble answering questions so dishonestly is a common practice by this company.
So will now delete this program from my computer
Founder Team
natalie.bratsun
May 9, 2024
Hey Sumo-ling! I have double-checked your Support history, and I'm afraid both your inquiries contained no details on what exactly goes wrong on your end. Would you mind sending an email showing a screenshot of the issue you face to support@link-assistant.com so that we could help you out? We'll be glad to!
This is probably a powerful bit of software, but when using it alongside the other modules (which are pretty much required), i got malware warnings every few minutes from my anti-virus, as it was constantly trying to connect to urls with malware (it happened while writing this review).
Founder Team
natalie.bratsun
May 9, 2024
We are truly sorry to hear about your experience with the app!
As we've discussed over support chat, our software doesn't visit any websites on its own - the only reason for it to scan a site and trigger a protection app/Firewall may be that you're updating the backlinks you have in your project or analyzing potential link-building prospects found on the web (the later would refer to LinkAssistant you've mentioned using). In case 1, you'd rather know whether any suspicious websites link to your site. In case 2, the app collects the results that are returned by the search engines as is, using the selected method and your seed keywords - that's what affects the kinds of results you get.
In any case, our apps may ping such sites to check the accessibility or scan the code to gather the meta details or verify link presence, yet they absolutely don't execute any scripts, follow any links or malicious prompts, so there's no potential harm at all.
33 domains showing. In Ahrefs 82, in GSC more than a 100 hundred. If the tool can't even import data from Google Search Console how are we to trust it doing anything else ? I have seen several others mention this, and they got the reply that SEO Spyglass has the correct data, and Ahrefs and GSC doesn't. You know that's possible to manually check these links, right ? The links are all there. And then you suggest to manually add the links, and maks it soundl like thats a great feature. That's just fun.
Besides not being able to import data from othere free tools, I'm not even sure what this tool does?
Well, it's free.
Founder Team
natalie.bratsun
May 9, 2024
Sorry to hear about your first impression of the app! However, in case you have over 100 domains in your Google Search Console - those should totally land in your project upon connecting the account to it. Would you mind sending your project to us to have a look at the setup? You can do that from the app through the Help > Send Project to Support menu. Thanks in advance!
Link-Assistant's last launch on Appsumo was Website Auditor. And it was my very first LTD! Even if I don't use it much anymore (because I don't do SEO often), it's still between the best deals I ever purchased.
If SpyGlass is on LTD also, I would go for it!
It's a great tool, I did some checks and it's pretty accurate. It's easy and fast to use. Very intuitive. Good reporting.
All in all - very nice stuff :-)
Founder Team
Inessa_WebSiteAuditor
May 9, 2024
Thank you so much! 🙌 We value your feedback and appreciate you spending the time to share it with us!
Anyway, thank you for providing this software as a freebie.
Founder Team
natalie.bratsun
May 9, 2024
Thanks for giving it a go and for sharing your thought!
Let me mention though, that with our backlink index behind SEO SpyGlass, the freshness of the data is a key priority, so we do our best to get rid of all outdated or controversial results, quality over quantity - with some websites, this may lead to seeing fewer backlinks, yet fewer outdated or irrelevant results either.
Since SEO SpyGlass allows you to add any backlinks manually - that's a great option to load all backlinks found across different sources to your project and verify their presence and actual anchor details in real-time - that's a truly unique feature of the app, helping you make decisions based on the solid data only.
Link-Assistant Apps by far Suprior to other tools.
When you want SEO done right, Link-Assistant tools are what you need.
Pros. > Desktop based software. > Constant updates so that you have the latest info. > Detailed professional recording. > Excellent customer support.
Cons. > None that I've found so far.
Note: I am very appreciative of the free offer, I think it's excellent the link-assistant team provided this tool at no cost to the community. If there is a discount when we renew it would be great. If not, the price point is decent and would not mind supporting this fantastic company and product.
Founder Team
natalie.bratsun
May 9, 2024
Hey Jason! Thanks, your kind words mean a world to us :) We'll be glad to figure out a personal deal for you upon subscription renewal - simply reach out to us at support@link-assistant.com!
Unbelievable, I love this and the other Seopowersuite software, the difference is that they are desktop. I had to stop my subscription, nor do I mention the price being high, as it is worth every penny invested, but the exchange rate in my country makes this cost almost six times more and I don't have as many sites to manage. I strongly recommend using this great tool, if you don't know this is a great opportunity.
Founder Team
Inessa_WebSiteAuditor
May 9, 2024
Thanks for the great feedback, we really appreciate it! If you decide to renew your subscription, please get in touch with us to discuss your personal special offer ✌
What are we supposed to be able to benefit from this offer?
Surely I have missed something.
Thanks,
Kristy
Founder Team
Inessa_WebSiteAuditor
May 9, 2024
Hi Kristy! The functionality provided with this deal is similar to SEO SpyGlass Professional features. However, it seems you haven't registered the software with the license key (you should have received it via email after redeeming your AppSumo code). You'll need to copy and paste your license details under Help > Registration Info. If you need more help, please shoot us a line to support@link-assistant.com.
I was hoping to see this as a lifetime as you guys did with Website Auditor.
I was a user, but algo updates are costly, so I had to stop using it! I hope you guys do a lifetime for SEO Spyglass, such a great tool!
Thank you!
Founder Team
natalie.bratsun
May 9, 2024
Hi there, thanks for the five tacos! :)
As much as we'd love to offer you lifetime deals on our products, we honestly can't - given the ongoing server costs, 24/7 maintenance, and tech support behind our tools. We do our best to offer you the most thrilling deals possible - hope you make the most out of this one-year freebie deal!
Regarding the Search Algo Updates, please reach out to us at support@link-assistant.com directly - we'll do our best to figure out an anti-crisis deal for you!
i used there professional tool package in the past but monthly algo updates is costly if you make a deal specially for algo update that will be great for existing users
Founder Team
natalie.bratsun
May 9, 2024
Hey Sumo-ling! Feel free to contact us directly at support@link-assistant.com and we'll do our best to help you out on the Search Algo Updates renewal!
SEO PowerSuite has been in the market as an all-in-one SEO software from the moment I entered into the SEO industry.
I love all tools on their platform and getting SEO Spyglass free deal is absolute gold. (you got nothing to lose ;) )
Is there any chance of LTD in the future?
Cheers Alston Antony
Founder Team
natalie.bratsun
May 9, 2024
Hey Alston! Thanks for the feedback, we're real glad to hear you find our tools a great fit :) In case we're talking web-based tools - we have that on our own wishlist, yet not for the foreseeable future. On the bright side, there are certain advantages of the apps being desktop - the biggest one being that there are no limitations on the projects you can create, websites you can analyze, and data you can collect!
Verified purchaser
I'm really disappointed in seo spyglass. One taco because the ui is so dos, they go back on their written agreement and change it, and their own staff does't know their own software (took 2 hours of trouble shooting).
First, it took 1 hour to setup, because AFTER installing JAVA, and then installing their software, the UI is so bad, that their instructions (install software, then go to help>>redemption info) don't at all match what you need to do because the menu is grey out so you cant click and when you search, nothing comes up in the menu. It took support 1 hour to figure out what was wrong and lots of closing software and re-opening.
https://d.pr/i/x0PaqT
Then - and this is the dishonest part - you sign up and they tell you what plan you get...but you don't. It says the following: "Export of ALL LINKS in csv". After another hour on support (we're at 2hours now) arguing that there's no link to download the links according the the screenshot the support sent me, and me sending my photo, suddenly the support person said he/she needed to talk to someone, and then after 20 min came back and said I didnt have the right on my plan to download ANY links. I promptly showed the LIST and PROOF that I did have the right only to receive this bit of news:
https://d.pr/i/WFNQ1W
https://d.pr/i/zTMlnZ
"Oh, that should be crossed out. Thank you so much, I"m going to change that now so it's crossed out."
I mean--whaaaaat? I wonder how many other appsumo's saw that and didn't get what was promised ON THE SIGNUP SCREEN with the pro plan!
It NEVER bodes well to see companies not stand behind their plans LISTED ON THEIR SITE and CONFIRMED AFTER SIGNUP and even more shocking to see them change it!
Even if it was a mistake, it was written on the screen and I have the screenshot, they should honor it:
https://d.pr/i/trO5ui
So I will be uninstalling this app because Ubersuggest does this SEO and more and has an awesome free plan and Niel Patel is awesome guy--not like this company--super dodgey people.
Get Ubersuggest, not SEO spyglass. All around bad experience leaving a metal taste in my mouth. I wonder if I can fully clean it from my computer...
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not happy with the product
Hello,
This is more of a first impression. Played with the tools for an hour and not happy with it. I am not an SEO analysis expert but what makes me unhappy is everything is locked behind a paywall.
I have no idea why there is an appsumo-code for the product. I tried to use it whenever the tool asks for it but it prompts me to the webpage with pricing.
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Nice piece of software
I used SpyGlass and find the tool quite useful and the UI very intuitive. It certainly finds less links than AHrefs, but still it's a good software to have, especially as it is free AppSumo deal. I like link analysis and risk evaluation, it was correct in over 80% of cases. Was very easy to mark links to sanitize and generate disavow file. What I didn't like is the following:
1. Auto installation of upgrade without asking users to approve/confirm. This is a very dangerous practice as it allows to bypass Windows 10 security. Even if you validate the original piece of software for malware and let it run, you have no idea what it downloads during the upgrade.
2. This is more about WebsiteAudit software rather than SpyGlass: they should really introduce the delays when crawling the site. Half of my links returned 503 because the bot crawling the site was making too many hits per minute and was eventually blocked by security software.
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Verified purchaser
It could be better
As already mentioned, it finds very few backlinks compared to the competition, and the freshness issue also leaves me somewhat perplexed. He has found me now links that I inserted in 2011, in the lost backlinks section he tells me that I have lost links that are in their place, indicating a crawl error, and also it doesn't even seem very correct on the power of the links since sites that have domain powerful autority, powerful hrefs rating his DomainInLinkRank marks me as bad. Furthermore, from what I have verified on a domain I own, it does not track 301 redirects
natalie.bratsun
May 9, 2024The metrics are all slightly different (especially, the ones indicating authority) when it comes to different tools, so you'd rather not compare those directly but get to know what exactly stands behind each and take each into account thoughtfully! It's also natural that each crawler finds a number of results the other one doesn't, and vice versa. As for the crawl error - the app doesn't report a link as removed but exactly shows you that there were accessibility issues on the linking domain's end, which is useful to know. Once the site is up, the backlink should be found again/verified successfully.
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Useless support
used to use this in the past on paid license of this program but I stopped it since it kept getting worse every month.
Anyway I tried this one today it kept telling me I need to basically change how it works to make it work so asked some guy called Oleg about it he would not explain why it would work and had trouble answering questions so dishonestly is a common practice by this company.
So will now delete this program from my computer
natalie.bratsun
May 9, 2024Hey Sumo-ling! I have double-checked your Support history, and I'm afraid both your inquiries contained no details on what exactly goes wrong on your end. Would you mind sending an email showing a screenshot of the issue you face to support@link-assistant.com so that we could help you out? We'll be glad to!
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Awesome tool, thanks!
A free year of this is fantastic. Thanks so much!
Inessa_WebSiteAuditor
May 9, 2024Thank you, Rick! We hope you'll enjoy using the tool 🙌
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Malware warnings
This is probably a powerful bit of software, but when using it alongside the other modules (which are pretty much required), i got malware warnings every few minutes from my anti-virus, as it was constantly trying to connect to urls with malware (it happened while writing this review).
natalie.bratsun
May 9, 2024We are truly sorry to hear about your experience with the app!
As we've discussed over support chat, our software doesn't visit any websites on its own - the only reason for it to scan a site and trigger a protection app/Firewall may be that you're updating the backlinks you have in your project or analyzing potential link-building prospects found on the web (the later would refer to LinkAssistant you've mentioned using). In case 1, you'd rather know whether any suspicious websites link to your site. In case 2, the app collects the results that are returned by the search engines as is, using the selected method and your seed keywords - that's what affects the kinds of results you get.
In any case, our apps may ping such sites to check the accessibility or scan the code to gather the meta details or verify link presence, yet they absolutely don't execute any scripts, follow any links or malicious prompts, so there's no potential harm at all.
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Great deal
First thing I got from Appsumo. This is a great deal. Love it.
natalie.bratsun
May 9, 2024Thanks for your feedback, much appreciated! Glad to hear you're enjoying the tool :)
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It's free for a reason, I guess
33 domains showing. In Ahrefs 82, in GSC more than a 100 hundred. If the tool can't even import data from Google Search Console how are we to trust it doing anything else ?
I have seen several others mention this, and they got the reply that SEO Spyglass has the correct data, and Ahrefs and GSC doesn't. You know that's possible to manually check these links, right ? The links are all there. And then you suggest to manually add the links, and maks it soundl like thats a great feature. That's just fun.
Besides not being able to import data from othere free tools, I'm not even sure what this tool does?
Well, it's free.
natalie.bratsun
May 9, 2024Sorry to hear about your first impression of the app! However, in case you have over 100 domains in your Google Search Console - those should totally land in your project upon connecting the account to it. Would you mind sending your project to us to have a look at the setup? You can do that from the app through the Help > Send Project to Support menu. Thanks in advance!
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Thank you for this deal!
This totally deserves 5 and more tacos until I cant take it no more! Great value from a very mature product! I wish they offer us an LTD.
Very thankful to Appsumo and the SEO Powersuite team for bringing this awesome deal together!
Inessa_WebSiteAuditor
May 9, 2024Thank you for the awesome review! 👍 We're happy to know you're happy! 😊
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I would pay to get it as the LTD :-)
Link-Assistant's last launch on Appsumo was Website Auditor. And it was my very first LTD! Even if I don't use it much anymore (because I don't do SEO often), it's still between the best deals I ever purchased.
If SpyGlass is on LTD also, I would go for it!
It's a great tool, I did some checks and it's pretty accurate. It's easy and fast to use. Very intuitive. Good reporting.
All in all - very nice stuff :-)
Inessa_WebSiteAuditor
May 9, 2024Thank you so much! 🙌 We value your feedback and appreciate you spending the time to share it with us!
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Fewer backlinks than in Ahrefs
I've checked data for the same domain in Ahrefs & in SEO SpyGlass and it appears that SEO Spyglass finds much fewer backlinks.
Ahrefs - 129 referring domains
SEO Spyglass - 13 referring domains
Anyway, thank you for providing this software as a freebie.
natalie.bratsun
May 9, 2024Thanks for giving it a go and for sharing your thought!
Let me mention though, that with our backlink index behind SEO SpyGlass, the freshness of the data is a key priority, so we do our best to get rid of all outdated or controversial results, quality over quantity - with some websites, this may lead to seeing fewer backlinks, yet fewer outdated or irrelevant results either.
Since SEO SpyGlass allows you to add any backlinks manually - that's a great option to load all backlinks found across different sources to your project and verify their presence and actual anchor details in real-time - that's a truly unique feature of the app, helping you make decisions based on the solid data only.
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Verified purchaser
Link-Assistant Apps by far Suprior to other tools.
When you want SEO done right, Link-Assistant tools are what you need.
Pros.
> Desktop based software.
> Constant updates so that you have the latest info.
> Detailed professional recording.
> Excellent customer support.
Cons.
> None that I've found so far.
Note: I am very appreciative of the free offer, I think it's excellent the link-assistant team provided this tool at no cost to the community. If there is a discount when we renew it would be great. If not, the price point is decent and would not mind supporting this fantastic company and product.
natalie.bratsun
May 9, 2024Hey Jason! Thanks, your kind words mean a world to us :)
We'll be glad to figure out a personal deal for you upon subscription renewal - simply reach out to us at support@link-assistant.com!
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Unbelievable
Unbelievable, I love this and the other Seopowersuite software, the difference is that they are desktop.
I had to stop my subscription, nor do I mention the price being high, as it is worth every penny invested, but the exchange rate in my country makes this cost almost six times more and I don't have as many sites to manage.
I strongly recommend using this great tool, if you don't know this is a great opportunity.
Inessa_WebSiteAuditor
May 9, 2024Thanks for the great feedback, we really appreciate it! If you decide to renew your subscription, please get in touch with us to discuss your personal special offer ✌
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What Functionality is available?
Only showing 3 back links.
Can not copy the 3 back links.
See screenshot here: https://ibb.co/RCNgYZp
What are we supposed to be able to benefit from this offer?
Surely I have missed something.
Thanks,
Kristy
Inessa_WebSiteAuditor
May 9, 2024Hi Kristy! The functionality provided with this deal is similar to SEO SpyGlass Professional features. However, it seems you haven't registered the software with the license key (you should have received it via email after redeeming your AppSumo code). You'll need to copy and paste your license details under Help > Registration Info. If you need more help, please shoot us a line to support@link-assistant.com.
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Good tool but Uninstalled
It is a good deal and SW is also good but I have uninstalled all their 4 SWs because my Windows PC getting slow and hang
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Love their entire suite
I was hoping to see this as a lifetime as you guys did with Website Auditor.
I was a user, but algo updates are costly, so I had to stop using it! I hope you guys do a lifetime for SEO Spyglass, such a great tool!
Thank you!
natalie.bratsun
May 9, 2024Hi there, thanks for the five tacos! :)
As much as we'd love to offer you lifetime deals on our products, we honestly can't - given the ongoing server costs, 24/7 maintenance, and tech support behind our tools. We do our best to offer you the most thrilling deals possible - hope you make the most out of this one-year freebie deal!
Regarding the Search Algo Updates, please reach out to us at support@link-assistant.com directly - we'll do our best to figure out an anti-crisis deal for you!
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Excellent Software & Peoples?
Hello, this is my review about their company & services.
I bought Website Auditor & experienced their services, I have to give 5 Tacos for their excellent softwares & very fast friendly services 👍🏻🥰👍🏻
They are (Inessa Bokhan) very active in FB Groups answering every questions & listening for suggestions.
They maintain their products very good, software updates & new features are added regulary.
I hope they will do lifetime deal for Rank Tracker 😍
Inessa_WebSiteAuditor
May 9, 2024Thank you for such a great review - means the world to our team! 😊 So happy to hear you enjoy using the tools 👍
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Algo Updates deal
i used there professional tool package in the past but monthly algo updates is costly if you make a deal specially for algo update that will be great for existing users
natalie.bratsun
May 9, 2024Hey Sumo-ling! Feel free to contact us directly at support@link-assistant.com and we'll do our best to help you out on the Search Algo Updates renewal!
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My first SEO crush!!
SEO PowerSuite has been in the market as an all-in-one SEO software from the moment I entered into the SEO industry.
I love all tools on their platform and getting SEO Spyglass free deal is absolute gold. (you got nothing to lose ;) )
Is there any chance of LTD in the future?
Cheers
Alston Antony
natalie.bratsun
May 9, 2024Hey Alston! Thanks for the feedback, we're real glad to hear you find our tools a great fit :)
In case we're talking web-based tools - we have that on our own wishlist, yet not for the foreseeable future. On the bright side, there are certain advantages of the apps being desktop - the biggest one being that there are no limitations on the projects you can create, websites you can analyze, and data you can collect!
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