{"id":496,"date":"2026-06-23T11:58:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T11:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maxaeo.ai\/blog\/why-does-perplexity-cite-competitors\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T08:42:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T08:42:01","slug":"why-does-perplexity-cite-competitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maxaeo.ai\/blog\/why-does-perplexity-cite-competitors\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Does Perplexity Cite Competitors Instead of You?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Answer First: Why Does Perplexity Cite Competitors?<\/h2>\n

Perplexity cites competitors when their source is the easiest credible evidence for the exact answer being generated. That source may be a competitor page, review profile, buyer guide, documentation page, or third-party roundup. Google rank, brand size, and homepage quality help, but prompt fit and citation-ready evidence usually decide<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The practical fix is not \u201cpublish more content.\u201d It is to identify the exact URL Perplexity cited, determine why that source supported the answer better than yours, then close the gap with better evidence, source coverage, freshness, or technical access.<\/p>\n

\"Diagram<\/figure>\n

What a Perplexity Citation Actually Means<\/h2>\n

A Perplexity citation means a URL was used as supporting evidence for part of an answer. It does not<\/strong> always mean the cited company is better, more popular, or more authoritative overall.<\/p>\n

Perplexity\u2019s own Search API documentation<\/a> separates raw ranked web results from generated answers: Search API returns structured results such as title, URL, snippet, date, and last updated, while Sonar returns prose answers with citations. That distinction matters because a page can be found by the system but still fail to become the cited support for an answer.<\/p>\n

For marketers, the question is not only \u201cDo we have a page about this topic?\u201d It is:<\/p>\n

Do we have the source Perplexity would choose to support this exact answer?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Citation Is Not the Same as Recommendation<\/h2>\n

A citation is evidence. A recommendation is inclusion in the answer. Your brand can be recommended without being cited, cited without being recommended, or absent while a third-party page about a competitor gets the citation.<\/p>\n

Track these four fields separately:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Field<\/th>\nWhat to capture<\/th>\nWhy it matters<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Mention<\/td>\nWhether your brand appears<\/td>\nMeasures basic AI visibility<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rank<\/td>\nWhere your brand appears in the list<\/td>\nShows recommendation strength<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Citation<\/td>\nWhich URL supports the answer<\/td>\nShows source authority and content gaps<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Description<\/td>\nHow Perplexity describes your brand<\/td>\nShows positioning and accuracy issues<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

A 2023 study, Evaluating Verifiability in Generative Search Engines<\/a>, found that only 51.5% of generated sentences were fully supported by citations and 74.5% of citations supported the sentence they were attached to. The takeaway for SEO teams: do not treat a citation as a perfect endorsement. Audit whether the cited source actually supports the claim and whether your own source would support it better.<\/p>\n

The Citation Gap Stack<\/h2>\n

Most teams ask \u201cWhy did Perplexity cite my competitor?\u201d as if there is one cause. In practice, competitor citations usually come from one or more layers in the citation gap stack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Gap layer<\/th>\nWhat it looks like<\/th>\nWeak fix<\/th>\nBetter fix<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Source gap<\/td>\nCompetitor appears in trusted third-party lists, reviews, or analyst content<\/td>\nRewrite your homepage<\/td>\nEarn, correct, or update the third-party sources Perplexity already cites<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Format gap<\/td>\nYour page is broad, promotional, or hard to quote<\/td>\nAdd more copy<\/td>\nAdd definitions, tables, steps, examples, and direct answer blocks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Proof gap<\/td>\nCompetitor pages include screenshots, benchmarks, use cases, or customer evidence<\/td>\nAdd stronger adjectives<\/td>\nPublish verifiable proof and methodology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Freshness gap<\/td>\nCompetitor source has recent dates, current pricing, or updated feature coverage<\/td>\nPublish a generic new blog post<\/td>\nRefresh the page that matches the cited prompt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Entity gap<\/td>\nPerplexity cannot clearly connect your brand to the category<\/td>\nAdd keyword mentions<\/td>\nClarify category, use cases, alternatives, integrations, and ICP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Access gap<\/td>\nCrawlers or WAF rules make your content hard to retrieve<\/td>\nBlame the model<\/td>\nFix robots.txt, rendering, WAF, canonicals, and indexability<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

This is the core diagnostic: Perplexity usually cites the best available source for the prompt, not the best company.<\/strong><\/p>\n

How Perplexity Appears to Choose Sources<\/h2>\n

No outside SEO team has a complete Perplexity ranking-factor list. The defensible approach is to infer from observable behavior, official documentation, and repeated prompt testing.<\/p>\n

Three principles are safe to use:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. The source must be retrievable.<\/strong> If the page is blocked, unstable, or hidden behind client-side rendering, it is unlikely to win citations.<\/li>\n
  2. The passage must answer the prompt.<\/strong> A vague product page is less useful than a specific comparison, definition, benchmark, or checklist.<\/li>\n
  3. The claim must be supportable.<\/strong> Perplexity needs evidence it can attach to the answer without forcing the model to infer too much.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Google\u2019s guide to generative AI features in Search<\/a> is not Perplexity documentation, but it explains a useful retrieval pattern: AI search experiences use retrieval-augmented generation and query fan-out to gather relevant, current pages before generating an answer. The operational lesson applies across answer engines: content must be discoverable, parseable, and useful at the passage level.<\/p>\n

    The Seven Most Common Reasons Perplexity Cites Competitors<\/h2>\n

    1. The Competitor Has Stronger Third-Party Validation<\/h3>\n

    Perplexity often cites review platforms, publisher roundups, partner directories, analyst pages, and category guides because those sources provide independent validation. Your own homepage saying \u201cbest platform\u201d is weaker than a credible third-party source placing a competitor in a category and explaining why.<\/p>\n

    Check this by listing every cited domain across your target prompts. If most competitor citations come from third-party sites, owned content alone will not solve the problem.<\/p>\n

    Fix:<\/strong> build a source portfolio. Prioritize the third-party pages that already appear in Perplexity answers, then correct missing profiles, pitch original data, and earn inclusion in category-specific roundups. For a deeper playbook, see Digital PR for AI Search<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    2. Their Page Matches the Prompt More Directly<\/h3>\n

    Perplexity is prompt-specific. A competitor can beat you for \u201cbest AI visibility tools for agencies\u201d even if your site ranks higher for \u201cAI visibility platform,\u201d because the competitor has a page that directly names agencies, use cases, pricing considerations, and alternatives.<\/p>\n

    The most citeable pages usually contain:<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. A clear 40- to 60-word answer near the top.<\/li>\n
    2. A comparison table.<\/li>\n
    3. Use-case sections by buyer type.<\/li>\n
    4. Specific \u201cbest for \/ not best for\u201d language.<\/li>\n
    5. Proof points that can be quoted without extra context.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Google\u2019s helpful content guidance<\/a> asks whether content provides original information, substantial analysis, and value beyond other search results. That is also a strong standard for Perplexity citation readiness.<\/p>\n

      3. Their Content Includes Comparison Coverage<\/h3>\n

      Many Perplexity searches are evaluative: \u201cbest tools,\u201d \u201calternatives,\u201d \u201cX vs Y,\u201d \u201ctop platforms,\u201d \u201cwhich vendor is better,\u201d and \u201csoftware for [use case].\u201d If your website avoids comparison language, Perplexity may have to rely on competitor pages or third-party lists.<\/p>\n

      Comparison coverage does not mean attacking competitors. It means answering the buyer\u2019s real questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
      Buyer question<\/th>\nCitation-ready content<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
      Who is this for?<\/td>\nICP, company size, team type, budget stage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      What does it replace?<\/td>\nManual workflows, spreadsheets, legacy tools<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      What are the alternatives?<\/td>\nHonest comparison and tradeoff language<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      When is it not a fit?<\/td>\nDisqualifiers that build trust<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      What proof supports it?<\/td>\nScreenshots, workflows, integrations, customer evidence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

      If competitors are both mentioned and cited for comparison prompts, run an AI citation gap analysis<\/a> before writing another generic category article.<\/p>\n

      4. Their Proof Is Easier to Extract<\/h3>\n

      Proof points turn a page from marketing copy into a source. Perplexity can cite \u201cPlatform A tracks AI citations across engines\u201d more confidently when the page includes screenshots, sample reports, update cadence, supported engines, and limitations.<\/p>\n

      Strong proof points include:<\/p>\n

        \n
      1. Screenshots of dashboards, reports, alerts, or exports.<\/li>\n
      2. Sample prompt sets and grouping logic.<\/li>\n
      3. Before-and-after examples of answer changes.<\/li>\n
      4. Integration names and supported data sources.<\/li>\n
      5. Update frequency and data collection windows.<\/li>\n
      6. Customer examples or anonymized workflows.<\/li>\n
      7. Methodology notes for original research.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        A 2026 preprint, From Citation Selection to Citation Absorption<\/a>, analyzed 602 controlled prompts, 21,143 valid search-layer citations, and 18,151 fetched pages across ChatGPT, Google AI Overview\/Gemini, and Perplexity. It found that high-influence pages tended to be longer, more structured, semantically aligned, and richer in extractable evidence such as definitions, numerical facts, comparisons, and procedural steps. Treat that as directional research, not a guaranteed Perplexity formula.<\/p>\n

        5. Their Source Is Fresher<\/h3>\n

        Freshness matters when the answer depends on current products, pricing, integrations, regulation, market rankings, or recent feature changes. It matters less for evergreen definitions.<\/p>\n

        Use this rule:<\/p>\n

        If a buyer would add \u201cas of now\u201d to the question, freshness is part of the answer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Freshness-sensitive prompts include:<\/p>\n

          \n
        1. \u201cbest Perplexity alternatives\u201d<\/li>\n
        2. \u201cAI visibility tools with citation tracking\u201d<\/li>\n
        3. \u201cSOC 2 compliant API security tools\u201d<\/li>\n
        4. \u201cGEO platforms for agencies\u201d<\/li>\n
        5. \u201ccurrent pricing for AI search monitoring tools\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Do not update every article equally. Refresh the pages tied to prompts where competitors are cited, especially if Perplexity is citing older sources that still frame the category.<\/p>\n

          6. Your Brand Entity Is Unclear<\/h3>\n

          Perplexity may not cite you because it cannot confidently connect your brand to the category, audience, or use case in the prompt. This is common when a website uses broad positioning such as \u201cgrowth intelligence platform\u201d but buyers search for \u201cAI visibility tool,\u201d \u201cLLM brand tracking,\u201d or \u201canswer engine optimization software.\u201d<\/p>\n

          Entity clarity improves when your site consistently states:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
          Entity signal<\/th>\nWhat to make explicit<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
          Category<\/td>\nWhat kind of product or company you are<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          Use cases<\/td>\nThe tasks buyers use you for<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          Audience<\/td>\nTeams, industries, and company stages served<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          Alternatives<\/td>\nWhat buyers compare you against<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          Integrations<\/td>\nPlatforms, data sources, and workflows supported<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
          Evidence<\/td>\nReports, case examples, screenshots, and methodology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

          If Perplexity describes your brand incorrectly, fix the source material first. Publish or update AI-readable brand facts using a structured approach like AI-Ready Brand Content<\/a>.<\/p>\n

          7. Your Content Is Hard to Access<\/h3>\n

          Technical access can quietly remove strong content from citation competition. If your main content is blocked, slow, unstable, image-only, or hidden behind scripts, Perplexity may use a weaker competitor source that is easier to fetch.<\/p>\n

          Perplexity\u2019s crawler documentation<\/a> says PerplexityBot is designed to surface and link websites in search results and recommends allowing it in robots.txt and WAF rules if you want your site to appear. It also lists Perplexity-User for user-requested fetches and provides published IP endpoints for WAF configuration.<\/p>\n

          Check these items before changing content strategy:<\/p>\n

            \n
          1. robots.txt<\/code> does not block PerplexityBot if AI search visibility is a goal.<\/li>\n
          2. WAF rules allow verified Perplexity bot traffic where appropriate.<\/li>\n
          3. Main content appears in server-rendered HTML or is reliably renderable.<\/li>\n
          4. Canonicals point to the intended URL.<\/li>\n
          5. Important pages are indexable and not blocked by noindex<\/code>.<\/li>\n
          6. Tables, proof points, and pricing notes are not image-only.<\/li>\n
          7. Pages return stable 200 status codes.<\/li>\n
          8. Internal links make the source page easy to discover.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Technical fixes will not make a weak page worth citing. But a strong page with poor access is still a citation risk.<\/p>\n

            A Practical Perplexity Citation Audit<\/h2>\n

            A Perplexity citation audit should use repeated prompts, not one-off screenshots. Generative answers vary. One answer can mislead a team into fixing the wrong source.<\/p>\n

            Use this workflow:<\/p>\n

              \n
            1. Build the prompt set.<\/strong> Include category, comparison, alternative, use-case, pain-point, and \u201cbest tool for\u201d prompts.<\/li>\n
            2. Run prompts repeatedly.<\/strong> Daily tracking over at least two weeks is more useful than a single manual check.<\/li>\n
            3. Capture the answer fields.<\/strong> Record brand mentions, rank order, citation URLs, source titles, descriptions, and sentiment.<\/li>\n
            4. Group cited URLs by source type.<\/strong> Separate owned pages, competitor pages, third-party lists, reviews, community threads, documentation, and media.<\/li>\n
            5. Identify the cited passage.<\/strong> Note the exact claim, table, list, or proof point the answer appears to rely on.<\/li>\n
            6. Compare your nearest source.<\/strong> Do not compare against your whole website. Compare against the one URL that should have won.<\/li>\n
            7. Score the gap.<\/strong> Use the model below to decide whether the fix is content, proof, PR, technical SEO, or positioning.<\/li>\n
            8. Re-test after changes.<\/strong> Watch prompt patterns over days and weeks before declaring success.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              Citation Gap Score: A 100-Point Model<\/h2>\n

              This score is not a secret ranking formula. It is a prioritization model that helps teams decide which competitor citation is worth chasing first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
              Factor<\/th>\nWeight<\/th>\nScore question<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
              Prompt fit<\/td>\n25<\/td>\nDoes your page directly answer the prompt better than the cited source?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
              Source authority<\/td>\n20<\/td>\nWould a neutral evaluator trust your source over the cited source?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
              Extractability<\/td>\n20<\/td>\nCan one passage be quoted without surrounding explanation?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
              Proof density<\/td>\n15<\/td>\nAre claims supported by data, screenshots, examples, or methodology?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
              Freshness<\/td>\n10<\/td>\nIs the page visibly current for this topic?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
              Entity clarity<\/td>\n5<\/td>\nIs your category, audience, and use case explicit?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
              Technical access<\/td>\n5<\/td>\nCan the page be fetched and parsed reliably?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

              Score the cited competitor source and your nearest source. If the competitor wins by more than 20 points, a small copy edit is unlikely to close the gap. You need a better source, stronger proof, fresher content, or more third-party validation.<\/p>\n

              Worked Example: A B2B SaaS Category Prompt<\/h2>\n

              Suppose a team tracks this prompt in Perplexity:<\/p>\n

              \u201cBest AI search monitoring tools for B2B SaaS teams.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

              Across repeated prompt runs, Competitor A appears more often, ranks higher, and receives more citations. Your brand appears occasionally but is rarely cited.<\/p>\n

              A citation audit might reveal this pattern:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
              Evidence<\/th>\nCompetitor A<\/th>\nYour brand<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
              Cited source<\/td>\nFresh \u201cAI visibility tools\u201d buyer guide<\/td>\nGeneric product page<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
              Comparison coverage<\/td>\nNames alternatives and tradeoffs<\/td>\nNames no alternatives<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
              Proof<\/td>\nScreenshots, exports, prompt examples<\/td>\nFeature claims<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
              Third-party support<\/td>\nIncluded in agency roundups<\/td>\nLimited category mentions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
              Entity clarity<\/td>\n\u201cAI search monitoring for SaaS\u201d<\/td>\nBroad \u201cbrand intelligence\u201d language<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
              Technical access<\/td>\nCrawlable article and docs<\/td>\nKey screenshots behind scripts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

              The right fix is not \u201cwrite more GEO content.\u201d The right fix is:<\/p>\n

                \n
              1. Create a citation-ready buyer guide for the exact category prompt.<\/li>\n
              2. Add screenshots, sample reports, and prompt-tracking workflows.<\/li>\n
              3. Update product pages with clear category language and supported engines.<\/li>\n
              4. Earn or correct third-party category mentions.<\/li>\n
              5. Monitor the same prompt set for mention, rank, citation, and description changes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                That is a defensible answer to why does Perplexity cite competitors<\/strong> because it ties the fix to observed citation behavior.<\/p>\n

                What to Fix First<\/h2>\n

                Fix the gap closest to the cited evidence. If Perplexity cites a competitor\u2019s review profile, improve third-party source coverage. If it cites a comparison page, build a better comparison asset. If it cites an outdated article, publish fresher evidence and make sure the page can be fetched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
                If Perplexity cites…<\/th>\nFirst fix<\/th>\nSecond fix<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
                A third-party list<\/td>\nCorrect your profile and earn inclusion<\/td>\nPublish a supporting buyer guide<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                A competitor comparison page<\/td>\nCreate a fair comparison asset<\/td>\nAdd proof, screenshots, and tradeoffs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                A review platform<\/td>\nImprove category presence and customer evidence<\/td>\nAdd review snippets or case examples on owned pages<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                A news or PR article<\/td>\nPitch original data<\/td>\nPublish the methodology on your site<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                A docs page<\/td>\nAdd technical depth<\/td>\nImprove internal links to docs and integration pages<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                A stale article<\/td>\nPublish a fresher source<\/td>\nStrengthen crawl access and internal promotion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
                A community thread<\/td>\nAddress the objection directly<\/td>\nAdd proof and language from real buyer questions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

                Teams often waste months rewriting owned pages while the actual citation source is off-site. That is why AI search optimization now includes content, technical SEO, digital PR, third-party profile hygiene, and measurement.<\/p>\n

                How to Measure Progress<\/h2>\n

                Progress is not just more traffic. Many answer-engine interactions happen before a click. Measure visibility inside the answer.<\/p>\n

                Track these KPIs:<\/p>\n

                  \n
                1. AI share of voice:<\/strong> Your share of recommendations across a fixed prompt set.<\/li>\n
                2. Citation share:<\/strong> The share of cited URLs owned by you or favorable third-party sources.<\/li>\n
                3. Source quality:<\/strong> Whether citations come from trusted, relevant, current pages.<\/li>\n
                4. Rank within answers:<\/strong> Where your brand appears in shortlists.<\/li>\n
                5. Description accuracy:<\/strong> Whether Perplexity describes your category, features, and fit correctly.<\/li>\n
                6. Competitor displacement:<\/strong> Prompts where your brand replaces or joins a competitor.<\/li>\n
                7. Fix-to-change lag:<\/strong> Days between update, crawl, and repeated answer change.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  For larger teams, an AI visibility tool with citation tracking<\/a> can replace manual screenshots with repeatable prompt monitoring, citation extraction, and trend reporting across engines.<\/p>\n

                  Common Questions<\/h2>\n

                  Why does Perplexity cite competitors when my page ranks higher on Google?<\/h3>\n

                  Perplexity may cite competitors because the cited page is more useful for the generated answer. Google ranking can help discovery, but citation selection also depends on prompt fit, passage clarity, source authority, freshness, proof, and technical access. A higher-ranking page can still be too broad or too promotional to support the answer.<\/p>\n

                  Can I force Perplexity to cite my website?<\/h3>\n

                  No. You cannot force organic Perplexity citations. You can improve the odds by making your content crawlable, specific, current, well-sourced, and easy to extract. You can also strengthen the third-party sources Perplexity already uses for category answers.<\/p>\n

                  Should I allow or block PerplexityBot?<\/h3>\n

                  It depends on your business goal. If AI search visibility matters, allowing legitimate Perplexity crawler access can help public content become retrievable. If content protection is more important, blocking may be reasonable. Document the tradeoff before treating missing citations as a content problem.<\/p>\n

                  How long does it take to change Perplexity citations?<\/h3>\n

                  There is no guaranteed timeline. Perplexity\u2019s crawler documentation says robots.txt setting changes may take up to 24 hours to reflect, but answer changes depend on crawl timing, source quality, prompt volatility, and whether your updated page becomes better evidence than the competitor source. Measure repeated prompts over days and weeks.<\/p>\n

                  Why does Perplexity cite a review site instead of my own page?<\/h3>\n

                  A review site may be more useful for comparison or validation prompts because it contains category labels, alternatives, ratings, customer language, and independent context. If review sites keep winning citations, improve your third-party profiles and publish owned content that answers the same buyer question with stronger proof.<\/p>\n

                  What is the fastest way to reduce competitor citations?<\/h3>\n

                  Find the source type that is beating you most often, then fix that source gap first. For category prompts, the fastest path is often third-party inclusion, comparison coverage, and proof. For branded prompts, it is usually clearer brand facts, updated descriptions, and crawlable pages.<\/p>\n

                  The Bottom Line<\/h2>\n

                  The best answer to why does Perplexity cite competitors<\/strong> is usually not \u201cthey have better SEO.\u201d It is more specific: they have a better source for that prompt<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

                  They may have a fresher comparison page, stronger third-party validation, clearer proof, better entity alignment, easier crawler access, or a passage that matches the answer more directly than yours.<\/p>\n

                  To win more Perplexity citations, track prompts repeatedly, map every competitor citation to a source type, score the gap, fix the closest cause, and re-test. That turns answer engine optimization from a vague content project into a measurable workflow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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