What Is B-Roll in Video Editing (2025)

What is B-Roll?

B-roll footage is additional footage that complements the main footage, referred to as A-roll. A-roll is your primary video footage; it could be someone speaking directly to the camera. B-roll is additional footage that adds context or emotion to the viewer. B-roll is important because it keeps the viewer engaged. It adds context to the action and keeps your viewer from getting bored.

For example, if you are filming a video blog talking about video editing software, where A-roll would be you explaining what the tools do, then B-roll could be screenshots of you using the software program, close-ups of your hands editing short clips, and even your facial reactions!

Why B-Roll is Important in 2025

Why B-Roll is Important in 2025. More visual requirements: Users demand dynamic visual storytelling due to the rise of TikTok and YouTube Shorts. B-roll footage adds pace and polish to your edited videos.

• Increase engagement: Videos that have interesting, creative B-roll and editing are more likely to retain viewer engagement for longer time periods. Watch time is critical for SEO and algorithm placement.
• Improve clarity: B-roll is a visual representation of or clarity to what you are saying. Instead of talking about a product, show the product in action.
• Increase buyer confidence: B-roll that has been shot well will have a professionalism to it, which will increase viewer confidence in your brand or blog.

B-Roll categories in 2025.

Here are the most popular types of B-roll content that creators use today:

• Contextual B-Roll: Footage that shows someone doing whatever it is they normally do in their space – i.e., a video editor’s work desk.
• Cutaway Shots: Related shots that are cut in quickly – i.e,. a clip of a computer screen or a shot of the timeline in Premiere Pro while talking about how to edit.
• Establishing Shots: Are used at the beginning of a scene to establish where it is located. Reaction Shots: This is a shot of a person’s face or the audience’s response along with the video to help give emotion to the piece.
• Product Close-Ups: Tight shots that showcase the tools or items you are talking about.

How to get Better Quality B-Roll in 2025

• Plan Ahead: Include your B-roll shots in your script or storyboard – think of it this way: “What visual supports this statement?”
• Use a Shot List: Make a checklist of B-roll angles and scenes you want to capture in your shoot so that you don’t miss anything.
• Keep it still: Use tripods or gimbals to stabilize your footage.
• Use AI Tools: Tools like Adobe Premiere Pro (with Sensei AI) and Descript can now suggest B-roll inserts based on your script.
• Record More B-Roll than You Think You Need: You never know what will be useful when you are in the edit.

The Process of Cutting B-Roll into Your Videos

• Overlay: Layer B-roll clips on the timeline directly under your main video A-roll so that it sits on top without disturbing the audio.
• Cut-In & Jump Cut: Utilize B-Roll to cover jump cuts or amplifications.
• Timing: Use the exact words or phrases in the dialogue whenever possible to increase the flow and impact of your editing.
• Use Transitions Sparingly: Less is always more. You don’t need fancy transitions when your content is so great.

New Tools to Add B-Roll Starting in 2025

• RunawayML: An AI video clip editing tool that will also suggest and enhance your B-Roll.
• Pictory: B-roll is automatically generated from your script/blog post.
• Storyblocks & Artgrid: royalty-free, but you can source higher-quality B-Roll.
• CapCut & VN: mobile editing can quickly cut your B-roll on the go.

B-Roll Across Different Platforms

Platform	Best B-Roll Uses
YouTube	Explanations, tutorials, and reviews
Instagram Reels	Behind-the-scenes, product close-ups
TikTok	Reaction shots and transitions
Blog Companion Video	Screencasts and storytelling shots

Optimizing B-Roll for SEO and Clicks:

• Align it with Keywords: Use the B-roll that aligns with your video’s main SEO keyword (e.g., “video editing in 2025″).
• Add Captions: B-roll with captions makes content more accessible and increases content retention.
• B-Roll Action Photos as Engaging Thumbnails: Use action shots rather than the talking heads.
• Repurpose B-Roll: Take snippets of your video B-Roll and use them as Instagram Stories, YouTube shorts, or blog gifs.

Common B-Roll Pitfalls:

• Using Too Many Stock Footage Clips: It makes your video feel generic.
• Unrelated Clips: The viewer loses context, and it dilutes your main message.
• Too Dark or Choppy Footage: This can detract from a polished look.
• Not fitting the narrative: You should always ask, Does this clip serve the story?

Conclusion

To summarize, B-roll is not just a visual placeholder, but rather a storytelling asset that every content creator must learn about in 2025. B-roll can help clarify your message, increase audience retention time, help your videos SEO ranking, and create a more engaging feel that separates you from the pack.

Whether you’re creating a vlog, tutorial video, or product review, adding purposeful B-roll can elevate your content from good to viral. So, organize your shoots, take that camera out, shoot some B-roll, and your audience (and traffic) will appreciate it. Want to Learn More?

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B-Roll in 2025: Your Video Creator’s Secret Weapon!

What do you have, whether it’s a vlog, a promotional video, or a tutorial, that can sink or swim, B-roll? In 2025, B-roll is much more than filler footage. Instead, it’s a story element that enhances viewer experiences, provides visual context, and, most importantly for creators, enables the creation of cinematic video stories across various platforms, such as YouTube, Instagram Reels, and blogs. In this blog, we’re going to look at what B-Roll is, how it has changed in 2025, why you should use it, how to creatively use it, and tools and techniques that you can use today!

Let’s roll!

🎥 What is B-Roll?

B-roll refers to secondary footage that supplements your primary material, which is often referred to as A-roll. A-Roll is usually considered the primary footage, such as interviews, cast commentary, or main premise, while B-Roll is cutaway footage that illustrates, supports, or adds color to the text.

For example:

• Talking about a product? B-roll is the close-ups or footage of someone using the product.
• Telling a travel story? B-roll is drone footage of scenery or indirect cultural experiences.
• Explaining a process? B-Roll the steps visually.
• If you are a blogger talking about your morning routine, the A-roll is you talking directly to the camera.

How B-Roll Has Changed in 2025

The use of B-roll has changed significantly with the advent of AI tools, 4K+ quality cameras, and fast-paced platforms like TikTok, YouTube shorts, and Instagram Reels.

Key Changes:

• AI B-Roll: Tools like Runway, Pictory, and Canva Video are AI-generated B-Roll based on text prompts or voiceovers.
• Stock B-Roll: Creators can now get high-quality stock of B-Roll footage on sites like Pexels, Storyblocks, and Artgrid, which has decreased demand for custom B-Roll shoots.
• Mobile B-Roll: Smartphone devices can shoot cinematic 4K/8K video, which allows for B-Roll to be captured anytime or anywhere

The Importance of B-Roll in 2025.

In 2025, you have fewer seconds to grab your viewers’ attention. Content is widely saturated, and viewer expectations have skyrocketed. This means you have to think more creatively than ever to engage your viewer. Here’s why B-Roll matters:

1. Visual Context

• B-roll adds a visual context to your content and brings it to life.
• It helps your viewer’s mind stay active by providing variety and emotions.
• Furthermore, B-roll can provide context in silence.

2. Viewer Engagement

• Retention rates for videos with relevant B-roll are shown to increase by over 35%.
• By allowing your audience to keep their eyes actively engaged while taking in your message.

3. Higher Quality

• Well-planned out B-Roll will help to make your editing choices, like cuts and transitions, and through the process help give your video a polished feel.
• In a world filled with amateur content, you want to set yourself apart.

4. Brand Consistency

If you’re a personal creator or in business of some sort, utilizing your branded and custom B-Roll can help further establish your brand and strengthen your visual identity.

Different Types of B-Roll in 2025.

There are several different types of B-roll to keep in mind when creating content:

• Cinematic B-Roll: Smooth, cinematic shots with a shallow depth of field, typically shot with gimbals or drones.
• Stock B-Roll: Clips that you download that match the theme or topic of your video.
• AI B-Roll: Scenes that are automatically created with prompts or from scripts.
• Mobile B-Roll: Quick clips you capture on your phone for reels, vlogs, or behind-the-scenes content. Behind-the-Scenes (BTS) B-Roll: Provides authenticity and transparency of your process or brand.

B-Roll Tools in 2025:

Here are the best tools to source, create, or edit B-roll content in 2025:

Tool	Use	Highlights
Runway ML	AI generated B-Roll	AI-generated B-Roll
Pexels/Unsplash/Storyblocks	Free/paid stock B-Roll	4K-ready content
Canva Video	Template-based creation	Great for social media
CapCut	Mobile editing	Easy to layer A/B-Roll
Final Cut Pro / Premiere Pro	Professional editing	Complete creative control.

B-Roll anticipates in 2025.

Stay aware of these trends for a better edge on the competition:

• Hyper-Realistic AI B-Roll: Prepare yourself for AI-based visuals that will look indistinguishable from real footage.
• Vertical B-Roll: As mobile-first platforms thrive, vertical B-Roll has never been more important.
• Loopable B-Roll: Perfect for Shorts and Reels, when looped content can boost retention.
• Story-Driven B-Roll: Creators are telling full narratives through B-Roll alone, which is ideal for silent or text-laden videos.

B-Roll for Different Niches

Niche	B-Roll Ideas
Tech Blogger	Cooking steps (sped-up or not), close-up of ingredients for the recipe
Food Blogger	Cooking steps (sped-up or not), close up of ingredients for the recipe
Travel Vlogger	Aerial footage, street footage, footage of cultural events
Fashion Influencer	Outfit transitions, shopping clips
Educators	Scenes of whiteboard notes being taken down, animated explainers on screen that you made with Doodly.

Conclusion:

Why B-Roll is a Necessity in 2025. B-Roll is not simply an extra—it’s a critical part of storytelling, and in 2025. Video is on every platform. It will be the creators and brands who can create B-roll that will shine through because their content will be far more professional, entertaining, and emotionally so than a video without it.

Your creative secret weapon is B-Roll is whether you’re making Shorts, long-form YouTube videos, or Instagram Reels. Just have a good plan, images in mind to shoot smart, and edit creatively, and you’ll be set for success with your video content in the year ahead.

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UX Design in Video Thumbnails: 2025 Guide

In 2025, people’s attention spans are shorter, competition is greater, and first impressions are made in seconds (or fractions of seconds) — especially on YouTube, Instagram, and your blog. If you are a video creator or blogger, your video thumbnail is your click magnet. However, the twist is that it is not just design — it’s UX (User Experience).

In this blog, we are going to show you how to implement UX principles into your video thumbnails to increase clicks, viewers’ satisfaction, and overall effectiveness of your content on any platform.

💡What Are UX Thumbnails?

UX (User Experience) in thumbnails makes it easy, transparent, and emotionally engaging for your audience to choose your video. It means your thumbnail:

• Communicates the content being offered promptly.
• Matches the audience’s intent or emotion.
• Easy to read and aesthetically pleasing across all devices, and builds trust and consistency with your brand.
• Thumbnails designed to incorporate UX have higher CTR (Click-Through Rate) and longer watch times, and higher levels of engagement.

The Importance of Video Thumbnails.

From YouTube, 90% of the highest-performing videos on YouTube use custom thumbnails. Thumbnails affect:

• Visibility in search results,
• Placement in suggested videos,
• Click-through rates (CTR) and
• watch time, which is an important SEO indicator on video platforms.

That’s why a thumbnail centered around the user experience shouldn’t be considered a “nice to have,” it should be a must-have

1. Visual Hierarchy: Make It Scannable, Immediately

Your thumbnail will be processed in milliseconds. UX principle #1: Visual Hierarchy. What should users see first?

✅1. Best Practices

• Place your subject/object on the focal third (image)
• Use bold typography (3-5 words max)
• Avoid redundancy in the YouTube/video title.
• Use colors of high contrast to bring out faces and text.

• Example: Instead of simply saying, “Vlog #20,” say: “I Quit My Job 😱” with a face reacting.
• Tool Tip: I recommend using Figma or Canva to maintain consistent spacing, alignment, and layering of text.

🎯 2. Mobile First Design

Over 70% of video views are on mobile, so just think about:

• Diminutive thumbnails in YouTube’s scroll feed,
• Small screen previews on Instagram Reels or blog post embeds.

UX Tip on Mobile:

• Zoom in on faces or key objects.
• Make sure the text size is big and readable — I prefer sans serif fonts.
• Avoid cluttering: use 1 image + 1 message = clarity.

📱 If you can’t read your thumbnail at 160 x 90 pixels, you did it right.

🧠 3. Elicit Emotion or Curiosity (Cognitive UX)

People engage primarily because of their feeling or their intrigue. UX isn’t only about function – it’s about emotion. Your thumbnail should:

• Create a mini story
• Engender curiosity, fear of missing out (FOMO), or excitement.
• Provide visuals (arrows, expressions, reaction faces).
• Examples That Worked: Before/After image, Shocked face + blurred object.
• Powerful verbs like “Exposed”, “Revealed”, or “Fails”,
• Just don’t use clickbait. Misleading UX will erode trust and increase bounce rates (which is bad for SEO).

🎨 4. Consistently Brand for Trust

• UX is about predictability and trust. Consistent thumbnails:
• Develop recognition
• Encourage repeat clicks
• Provide a visual brand identity

Elements you want to standardize:

• Color palette (e.g., orange and black for energy & urgency),
• Font style and size,
• Logo location,
• Overlay style (semi-transparent text backgrounds).

Bonus: Create a thumbnail faster by using a reusable Figma component or Canva template, so you will be able to maintain consistency.

5. Align Thumbnail with Video Content (Contextual UX)

Have you ever clicked a thumbnail that sold you on something, and it was a completely different product? That’s bad UX.

• To ensure situational integrity:
• Make sure your thumbnail matches the tone and content of the video.
• If it is a tutorial video, use tools, results, or even screenshots in the thumbnail.
• Don’t use misleading images or make exaggerations

💡 Tip: Use some microcopy like “Step-by-step” or “In 2 Minutes” to give clarity to your intent.

🔁 6. A/B Test Your Thumbnails

UX is cyclical: Design → Test → Iterate.

YouTube and TubeBuddy both allow A/B testing of thumbnails. Look for:

• CTR changes,
• Average duration viewed and
• Bounce rates.

To test, try changing:

• The color of the font versus no text,
• A smiling face versus a surprised face,
• A warm color versus a dark contrast.
• Even small changes can make a big difference in click-throughs.

7. Tools to Create UX-Optimized Thumbnails

Let’s look at some of the popular tools UX designers and creators use:

Tool	Capabilities	UX Benefit
Figma	Layers, templates, plugins	Design Systems, Responsive Layout
Canva	Drag & drop, text overlaying, etc	Accessible for non-designers
Photopea	Photoshop-like browser app,	Complex effects free
Remove.bg	Face background removers,	Fast subject isolation
Thumbnail Test (via TubeBuddy)	A/B test images	Quantify the impact on performance

📈 SEO Tips for Video Thumbnails on Blogs

If you blog and use videos (which are proven to increase engagement), you should consider the thumbnail’s SEO impacts:

• Use descriptive ALT text (e.g., “UX-driven thumbnails for a video editing tutorial”)
• Use the schema markup for video.
• Use compression tools for images (like TinyPNG) to help with speed.
• Write a good caption or headline below the video.

✅ Bonus: Create a linking loop to related posts around the thumbnail for additional internal SEO loops

🧠 Conclusion:

UX Makes Your Thumbnails Click-Worthy. Your video thumbnail is essentially the doorway to your content. When you employ UX thinking you are not just thinking about how nice it looks, but also about how well it functions.

UX-based thumbnails are:

• Intentional,
• Emotionally congruent,
• Mobile-ready,
• Tested and validated,
• Engagement optimized.

When users are scrolling mindlessly through an endless sea of content, there is only one function your thumbnail is trying to achieve: the click. Make it count with UX.

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Responsive Blog Layout 2025: Designing for Every Screen to Boost Clicks

Introduction

By 2025, responsive blog design will have evolved from a best practice to an essential standard. With users now looking at blogs on smartphones, tablets, laptops, and wide desktop monitors, you need to ensure your layout changes and work smoothly on all devices. If your layout does not support responsive designs for all devices, users are not just going to leave the blog; they will be abandoning you as a potential reader, subscriber, conversion, and authority in the niche.

In this blog, we will take a close look at why responsive design is vital, what a blog layout looks like for 2025, and how to create a responsive layout that helps with traffic growth, engagement, and SEO performance.

What is a Responsive Blog Layout?

A responsive blog layout automatically adjusts its layout, text, and media content to provide an optimal experience for the user, whether on mobile, tablet, or desktop. You no longer need to design separate pages for each device, instead, you want to create one flexible version that adapts based on modern web design techniques such as media queries, flexible grids, and flexible images.

In 2025, responsive design is about more than just “shrinking to fit,” it includes optimizing the performance, experience, and interactivity across a massive spectrum of devices and viewports.

📱 Why Responsive Design Still Rocks in 2025

1. Mobile Traffic Is King

Over 70% of blog traffic in 2025 occurs on mobile form factors. The minute a non-responsive layout lands in front of mobile users, they bounce. A responsive layout helps to ensure readability, scrolling comfort, and reader engagement even with a 6-inch screen.

2. Google Responds to Mobile-First Index.

TA mobile-first index means a responsive layout directly correlates to http://www.google.com/ search engine optimization. If a blog loads quickly and is functional on mobile, it ranks higher results.

3. User Experience = Engagement

If the blog layout breaks or simply becomes hard to read, readers will not stick around. Responsive design leads to longer average time on the site and lower bounce rates.

🧠 The Elements of a Top-Quality Responsive Blog Layout

✅ 1. Mobile-First

Design with mobile screens first, then group. Use:

• Big, readable fonts (16px+)
• Well-spaced buttons.
• Stacked layout for better thumb navigation

✅ 2. Fluid Grid Systems

• Use CSS Grid or Flexbox to create scalable layouts.
• That automatically repositions elements as the screen size changes, without disruption to your alignment.

✅ 3. Fluid Typography

• Typography needs to be fluid based on the screen width.
• Use viewport units (i.e., vw, clamp()) to make sure your typography is still readable.

✅ 4. Responsive Images and Videos

Use:

• srcset to choose image sizes for the device
• Aspect-ratio containers for videos,
• Lazy load for improved speed

✅ 5. Hamburger Menu for Mobile

• Use a hamburger icon to replace the standard navbar, and expand a collapsible menu on mobile devices.

🖼 Suggested Layout Example (2025) Images

Mobile Version:

• Sticky header with logo + hamburger
• Hero image/video
• Blog title + metadata
• Scannable subheadings with bold CTAs,
• Related articles in card-style, rows,
• Floating “Subscribe” button,

Desktop Version:

• Full-width header with full navigation
• Grid-based featured posts section
• Sidebar with newsletter, author information, and trending tags.
• Footer with contact and socials

🔍 Responsive Design Tools & Plugins (2025)

💎 Figma

Figma’s Auto Layout and Responsive Resize capabilities allow you to see how your blog’s design will look in various breakpoints.

💎 Framer

You can create responsive prototypes with real interaction logic and animations, before you begin constructing the product in code.

💎 WordPress Themes

Themes such as Astra, Kadence, or Blocksy have built-in responsive options and are built using modern design frameworks that offer a range of design options.

💎 CSS Frameworks

You can use responsive CSS libraries, such as:

• Tailwind CSS (utility-first)
• Bootstrap
• 5 Material UI for React-based blogs

⚡ Quick SEO Tips for Responsive Blogs

• Optimize for Core Web Vitals: Page load time, interactivity, and layout shift should meet Google’s standards for 2025.
• Use ALT text on images: This is important for your SEO and also for accessibility to your users who may be relying on text-to-speech software.
• Mobile usability: Use Google’s Mobile-Friendly Test regularly.
• Avoid obstructive pop-ups: This type of design will not only affect the mobile UX, but it can also affect your mobile search ranking as well.
• Schema Markup: Use it for articles, authors, FAQs, and breadcrumbs.

🚫 Common Responsive Design Pitfalls to Avoid:

Using fixed-width containers rather than generating width by percentages.

• Hiding or omitting important content on the mobile view.
• Ignoring the tablet view.
• Testing solely on simulators, as opposed to actual devices.
• Having too many nested scrolls will be frustrating for the user’s UX.

📈 Case Study: A Blog That Received a 40% Increase in Clicks

With Responsive Redesign

• Before: Design-heavy blog. Beautiful in desktop view, text and images are either slow or broken on mobile view.
• After: Moved to mobile-first / grid layout; images were compressed; depending on view, the spacing + CTA was improved.
• Result: 40% increase in time on page, 25% increase in organic clicks, 3x faster loading time on mobile.

🧰 Actionable Checklist

• Use a responsive WordPress theme or CSS framework.
• Test across a range of devices using Chrome DevTools.
• Create multiple breakpoints in Figma.
• Reduce the size of images & font sizes for mobile.
• Include lazy loading to boost performance.
• Include a sticky CTA that is mobile-friendly

📝 Conclusion

As I said before, 2025 is not the time to go without a responsive blog layout. Whether you run a personal blog, business blog, or content hub, it will not only matter for your traffic, conversions, and ranking—it could be your competitive edge.

Design for flexibility, test continually, and focus on delivering great UX on any device. Your readers—and search robots—will thank you.

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Short Videos in 2025: Boost Engagement and Audience Growth

In 2025, short-form video is still a strong content trend. Apps like Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, and TikTok have demonstrated how short, engaging video content can go viral, create loyal communities, and enhance content visibility. How do you make short-form videos?

✅1. Choose Your Purpose.

It all starts with a purpose, for instance:

• To promote a product or a blog post.
• To offer a tip, hack, or quick tutorial.
• To create a discussion with either a trend or an opinion.
• To drive traffic to your website or course

🎯 Tip: Make sure your video fits with your content area (beauty, tech, education, finance, etc.).

✅2. Know Your Platform

Every platform has its own specifications:

• YouTube Shorts: <= 60 seconds vertical (9:16)
• Instagram Reels: <= 90 seconds
• TikTok: best around 15–60 seconds

⚙️In 2025. There are tools like CapCut, InShot and Canva Video Editor that have platform templates.

✅ 3. Catch attention in the first 3 seconds

Audience attention span is at an all time low. You can use:

• Visuals that are eye-catching
• Big, impactful opening lines (like “Did you know…?” or “Stop scrolling!”)
• Music or trending audio

🧠 Pro Tip: You can text overlay messages to reinforce your message, especially when people are autoplaying videos and watching them muted.

✅ 4. Plan or Structure Your Content

Short videos still have a beginning, middle, and end. Some possible structure:

• Hook – Get attention
• Value – Share information, demonstrate something, or provide entertainment
• Call to Action (CTA) – “Follow for more” or “Link in bio”.

5. Edit Smart using AI Tools In 2025

Video editing has become more accessible, thanks to AI tools:

• Auto-captions available via Descript or Runway ML
• Background removal via CapCut
• Color grading using AI enhanced filters
• AI-powered text-to-video for narration or animation
• Add transitions, sound effects, music, and branding for polish.

6. Optimize using Hashtags & Captions

Use relevant hashtags and keywords to improve chance of discovery.

Examples include:

• #Shorts2025
• #HowToTips
• #QuickHacks
• #[YourNiche] (e.g. #UXTips, #TravelVlog)

Keep captions short, snappy and focused on benefits.

7. Analyze, Improve, Repeat

Use the analytics from the platform to help define performance.

• Retention rate
• Views
• Shares
• Engagement (likes, comments, saves)

Improvement should be driven by feedback. Think about timing, topics or visuals.

8.Use Bold and Subtitles

The majority of mobile users view videos without audio. Always:

• Add bold captions
• Use a large font size
• Emphasize take aways visually

9. Programs like Descript or AutoCap can help create subtitles automatically.

• Compress for Fast Loading
• Use compression, or set export functionality geared for mobile:
• MP4 format 720p or 1080p resolution
• 10MB or less for blog embeds

🧰 Tools: HandBrake, Adobe Media Encoder, Clideo

📈 Why Short Videos Work in 2025

• Higher reach & discoverability
• Fast to create
• Repurpose.social, for visititing socials
• Boosts SEO on blog articles and YouTube channels,
• Mobile-first audiences.

📌 Bonus Tip:

Repurpose blog content into short videos by summarizing the main points visually. Embed the notes for SEO and viewer experience on your articles.

🔄 How to Do Both: Embed A Short In Your Blog Post

Here is the master game plan:

• Make a short vertical video summarizing your blog post
• Post it on YouTube Shorts
• Embed video in the blog Post on Instagram Reels and TikTok

📈 Bonus: SEO improvement, more time on page, social traffic back to your blog.

📊 Real Options That Work

• Food blog? → Create 30-second food clips from your recipe
• Travel blog? → Posts quick destination reels
• Tech blog? → Post 15-second video tool tutorials
• Fashion blog? → Short style tips with trending music

🚀 Final tips for maximizing reach

• ✅ Post consistently (3–5 times/week)
• ✅ Use AI tools to minimize work
• ✅ Post on each platform and repurpose
• ✅ Monitor analytics and adapt

✨ Conclusion

Video isn’t just an add-on for your blog anymore — it’s the lifeblood of content in modern times, heading into 2025. With a few editing tweaks to your blog videos for mobile and developing repurposed short-form content strategically, you can enhance your visibility, increase engagement and grow your audience faster than you thought was possible.

Are you ready to give your blog some serious muscle with mobile optimized video content?

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Mobile vs. Desktop Blog Layout in 2025

In 2025, user experience (UX) is everything! Whether you’re a lone ranger blogger or the content strategist for a brand. Knowing how your blog or web layout performs on mobile vs desktop isn’t optional; it’s mandatory!

When over 70% of web traffic now comes from mobile devices, your blog’s layout needs to do the heavy lifting for all screens and work effortlessly on them all.

But what are the differences when it comes to a layout between mobile and desktop? How can we optimize both a mobile and desktop layout to keep readers engaged, and drive down bounces while boosting blog traffic? In this post, we will compare mobile vs desktop blog layouts for you, as well as provide actionable tips for improving both. Let’s get started.

Mobile-First Browsing is Here

For most of the early 2010s, a majority of blog readers used desktop devices. Fast forward to 2025, and it is the new norm for readers to browse on mobile devices first. Google made a mobile-first consideration to indexing and ranking sites, officially meaning Google was indexing the mobile version of your blog. You are losing blog readers, engagement, and some SEO juice if you are only creating a big-screen version of your blog because it looks broken or messy when viewed on mobile.

🖥️ Desktop Blog Layout: Pros & Cons

✅ Benefits of Desktop Layouts:

• More space on the screen: Desktop allows for multi-columns, sidebars, and widgets.
• Higher ability to engage with long-form content: Some users still prefer the experience of reading long articles on larger screens.
• Easier to navigate: The more menus, dropdowns, and search features are much easier to access.

❌ Drawbacks of Desktop Layouts:

• Share of traffic is lower: In many niches, mobile readership now takes up the majority of traffic.
• It can look cluttered: With more space, you can easily create a bloated page that distracts from messages and calls-to-action.
• Not for people on the go: The way people consume content is increasingly skimming and scrolling.

📱 Mobile Blog Layout – Advantages & Disadvantages

✅ Advantages of a Mobile Layout:

• Traffic potential: Readers are primarily mobile-first.
• Clean experience: A minimalist design keeps the reader’s attention focused on the content.
• Scroll: Mobile readers prefer quick, fluid scrolling.

❌ Disadvantages of Mobile Layouts:

• Less space: Less real estate for sidebars, large banners, or rich media.
• Typography: Fonts and line spacing have to be perfectly optimized.
• Navigation is harder: Small screens require simple and accessible menus.

Mobile and Desktop Layout: UX Differences

Aspect	Mobile Layout	Usually present in the house, widgets, or CTAs
Screen Size	Small	Vertical for touch interaction, large horizontal for mouse interaction
Navigation	Hamburger menus	Sticky headers, full menus, dropdowns, and visible navigation.
Sidebars	Usually, it is removed or moved to the bottom	Usually present in the house, widgets or CTAs
Readability	Small paragraphs, larger font size	Not as restrictive with content display
Page Speed	needs to be fast	More flexibility
Call-to-Actions (CTAs)	Thumb-friendly and minimal	Can have more detail, or can be more visual
Ad Placement	Limited options	More ad units can be used

Why You Should Start With Mobile Design First.

Mobile-first design means you design your layout for mobile first instead of starting with the desktop version, and here’s why it’s a good idea:

• Google pays attention to mobile versions first in search ranking.
• Mobile-first keeps your content cleaner, and there’s less distraction.
• Most users find blogs through mobile-first platforms (Instagram, Twitter, etc.)

📌 Pro Tip: Check your blog’s mobile performance using tools like Google’s Mobile-Friendly Test.

✅ Mobile Blog Layout Best Practices in 2025

• Use a responsive theme – If your blog is responsive, your theme will automatically adjust for screen size.
• Optimize your font sizes – Font size should start at a minimum of 16px for body text on mobile; this will help you keep your text readable.
• Simplify your navigation – You can replace your navigation with a hamburger icon and collapsible sections.
• Make your buttons and links thumb-friendly – Make sure your tappable area is at least 44px by 44px.
• Include sticky calls-to-action (CTAs) and share buttons – Easy access without overwhelming the reader.
• Compress images – Use WebP format for better performance and lazy-load images to help with load speed.
• Avoid hard-to-dismiss pop-ups – Google penalizes mobile sites if they have a pop-up that is hard to dismiss.

Desktop Design Still Matters – Here’s How

Even with mobile trendsetting the technology landscape, desktop design and layout still play a role for:

• Business readers or professionals on workstations,
• Long-form content, content guides, and content tutorials.
• Email sign-ups and widgets in sidebars.

Make the desktop version of your blog the best it can be:

• Use multi-column grids to display content visually.
• Keep sidebars as clean as possible and with a purpose (e.g., opt-ins for newsletter, popular content, etc).
• Utilize whitespace so that our reader does not become visually fatigued.
• Consider adding interactive content like carousels, image sliders, or embedded charts.

💡 UX Design Recommendations to Consolidate the Two Layouts

• Responsive Designs: Use media queries in CSS or responsive classes in frameworks such as Bootstrap or Tailwind CSS.
• Brand Consistency: Ensure the fonts, colours, and imagery are the same on every device.
• Cross-Device Testing: Test on multiple devices using BrowserStack or Chrome Dev Tools.
• Consider Mobile Performance: You can find many mobile usability and performance-related issues in Google PageSpeed Insights.
• Design Touch-First Interactions: Designing touch screen interactions means considering intuitive gestures and clear tap areas.

🔍 Blog Having Different Layouts and Its SEO Implications

Search engines such as Google factor in mobile functionality and performance. For this reason, a blog with a poor mobile layout could potentially have:

• Lower visibility in search results.
• Higher bounce rates
• Slower indexing and crawling

To improve your SEO:

• Mobile optimized titles and meta descriptions.
• Ensure schema markup functions on mobile pages.
• Ensure internal links are click able and easy to follow on both devices.

Conclusion:

Optimize for Both — and Mobile First In our multi-device world, you need to create a seamless UX and experience for your blog for mobile and desktop. But if you have limited time and resources, do not worry about desktop. Focus on creating a mobile experience because, that’s where your traffic is coming from. That’s also where Google is noticing.

With just understanding a few key differences in mobile vs. desktop layouts, and a few UX best practices, you can:

• Increase dwell time
• Reduce bounce rates
• Increase conversions
• Increase organic traffic

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Video Editing for Bloggers: A 2025 Game Changer

As the gear-changing world of content careens forward, it’s more than just ‘nice to have’ to stand out. It’s mandatory. Video content has become the star of the show, and whether you’re a fashion blogger, tech reviewer, foodie, or lifestyle content creator, adding video editing to your skill set is a game-changer. If you leap to learn how to video edit, the possibilities for your brand, the attention of your audience, and for your blog, can take off – for 2025, at least

Reasons Bloggers Must Consider Video Editing.

Internet content is evolving from a predominantly static environment to a predominantly dynamic environment. While text and images once sufficed in delivering a great user experience, users now expect video-rich content. Now, more than ever, dynamic content takes precedence in attracting and retaining an audience. Platforms such as YouTube, Instagram Reels, TikTok, and even in some cases blog hosting platforms are now putting video-focused content at the forefront. Here is why bloggers and the blogosphere in general should adopt video editing:

• Increased Engagement: Video helps keep visitors on the page longer and encourages interaction.
• Better Search Engine Optimization: Google loves content with embedded video. Blogs with videos embedded tend to rank higher.
• Increased Growth Potential: Short-form video on different media platforms helps with discoverability.
• Increased Intent to Convert: E.g., Potential buyers are more likely to take action or convert if they are influenced through a video format of product reviews or video tutorials.

What Is Video Editing?

Simply put, video editing is the act of manipulating and organizing video shots to structure a final video component. For bloggers, this is the process of taking video footage—whether you are capturing behind-the-scenes footage, tutorials, or product reviews—and turning it into a compelling, amazing, and visually pleasing to an audience.

Key Aspects Related to Video Editing for Bloggers.

• Trimming & Cutting: Get rid of shots you do not need to keep content rapid.
• Transitions: Move from one scene to another with fades, cuts, and swipes.
• Text Overlays: Add blog titles, subheadings, product names, etc., to reinforce your concepts.
• Background Music & Voiceovers: Set the tone of video clips or clarify content provided to your audience.
• Branding: Use introductory logos, outgoing logos, watermarks, etc., to maintain brand continuity.
• Captions & subtitles: to help with making the content more accessible and retaining attention.

The Importance of Video Editing for Blogging

Editing should not be confused with design. Editing is about communication and connection. Proper editing can put the focus on your most important details, keep your viewer engaged, and lead your viewer toward a desired action, whether that be to sign up for a newsletter, share your blog, or buy a product.

Examples of Use-Cases:

• Fashion Blog: edited lookbooks, try-on-hauls, and seasonal (outfit) guides.
• Technology Blog: edited unboxings, side-by-side comparisons, or review videos of cool tech gadgets.
• Food Blog: edited pictures of recipes, cooking tutorials, or meal-prep guides.
• Travel Blog: Tell visual stories of locations with stylish b-roll and voiceovers.

Video Editing Tools for Bloggers in 2025

Whether you’re new to video editing or you’re looking to up your game, there is a tool for every purpose and skill level.

For Beginners:

• Canva Video Editor
• InShot (Mobile)
• CapCut
• Adobe Express

For Intermediate to Advanced:

• Adobe Premiere Pro
• Final Cut Pro (Mac)
• DaVinci Resolve
• Filmora 12

These tools can give you templates, transition options, color correction, audio syncing, and even have AI features like auto-captions and noise reduction.

Ninja Tips to Make Your Blog Videos More Engaging

• Start with a Hook: Grab your audience’s attention right at the start (5 seconds is all you need to hook them).
• Keep It Short & Sweet: Avoid the fluff; get to the point.
• Use B-Roll: Layer additional footage on top of your primary video to add depth and dimension.
• Add Calls-to-Action (CTAs): Let your viewers know what they should do after watching your video (subscribe, comment, or go to my blog).
• Stick with Your Brand: Use the same fonts, colors, and styles in your blog posts & videos.

How Video Editing Can Improve Blog SEO

Adding a quality video edit to your blog post can:

• Lower Bounce Rate: Readers stay longer, which reduces your bounce rate.
• Increased Dwell Time: Higher engagement lets search engines know your content has value.
• Backlinks: Video content is more likely to be shared and referred to by others.
• Optimizing for Rich Snippets: Video in your blog post can be in the Google video carousel.

Repurposing Blog Content as Video.

One of the biggest benefits of video in blogging is that you can repurpose blog content. You can create a video summary or tuto­rial of your blog post, and distribute across YouTube, Instagram, and LinkedIn, bringing new traffic back to your blog.

Video Content Monetization as a Blogger

Video editing is not only a valuable tech skill – it is also a powerful storytelling capability that opens new doors for you to earn revenue:

• YouTube Monetization
• Sponsored Video Content
• Affiliate Marketing and Video Reviews
• Video Courses / Digital Products

Wrapping it Up

Video editing – is, and has been marketed as, a technical skill—an editing tool for storytelling—and in 2025 it is no longer an optional and add-on skill-set for bloggers who want to attract an audience, grow in ranking value on Google, and have a differentiating brand, they have to embrace this skill-set.

With the basic skills of editing, easy-to-use tools, and an audience in mind, you will be able to bolster your blog as a multimedia entity. Whether you have just started or have an audience, it is time for you to embrace the video! Edit smart and upload consistently, and watch your blog become an important part of the multimedia mix.

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Use Video in 2025: Boost Engagement and Grow Your Audience

More and more, the digital world is changing at breakneck speed in 2025, and video is the front-runner in this shift. From short-form clips to full-fledged tutorials, video content has become a staple for bloggers trying to build their audience, improve search engine optimization (SEO), and ultimately drive conversions. For those bloggers who are still just publishing words (and images) on their blog, it’s time to take things up a notch! This article will expound on why video content is a must-have for blogs in 2025 and how you can begin leveraging it today to attract traffic, shares, and subscribers.

1. 📹 Video Content Increases User Engagement

Today’s readers want their content quickly – and in a visually-rich package. Studies show that video can increase the time spent on a page by up to 88%. That’s a lot!

When you embed videos into your blog:

Readers stay longer on the page. They are more likely to scroll and engage. You reduce your bounce rate (good for SEO!)

Example: A fashion blogger who includes videos from her “Get Ready With Me” posts gets more comments and shares on social media than a blogger who simply posts with photos and text.

💡 Tip: Use short-form videos (30–90 seconds long) as a complete introduction to your post, or as a summary to excite the reader about your content.

2. 📹 Video Establishes Trust and Creates Personal Relationships.

In 2025, authenticity is everything. Video makes your blog more human by adding your face, voice, and personality, which helps build trust, particularly with new visitors.

Whether you are demonstrating a DIY project, reviewing a product, or sharing a personal story, video removes the distance between you and your audience.

🔥 Bonus: Video reinforces your call to action; saying “subscribe to my newsletter!” on video is more powerful and convincing than just writing it.

3. 🌐 Video Is Great for Multi-Platform Sharing.

One video = unlimited options. You can repurpose one blog video on:

• Instagram Reels
• YouTube Shorts
• Tik Tok
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Pinterest Video Pins

This creates awareness and drives additional traffic back to your blog.

✨ Tip: Use vertical formats (9:16) for mobile-first platforms (Instagram and TikTok) as well as horizontal (16:9) for YouTube or like an embed in your blog video.

4 📹 People Remember Video Better.

When viewers watch a video, they retain 95% of a message. If they read it, they remember 10%. If you’re teaching, selling, or storytelling, video is your best option.

If you’d like your brand and message to stick, start using simple how-to or explainer videos in your posts.

5. 💰 Video Drives Conversion and Email Sign-Ups

Bloggers who include videos on their landing pages or blog posts boost conversion rates by up to 80%.

You can add:

• A welcome video at the top of your blog.
• A 1-minute video pitching whatever freebie or lead magnet you have.
• Testimonials in video format.
• An email sign-up after the embedded video.

👉 Action Step: End your video with a strong CTA like: “Enjoyed this? Download my free checklist below!”

6. 🎥 Tools to Get Started Making Video in 2025 (No Experience Needed)

You can create stunning video content in 2025 without expensive equipment or editing skills! Here are the tools that will help:

Tool: What it does

• Canva Video Editor: Use simple drag-and-drop to create intros & tutorials
• InVideo: Make AI-powered videos from text.
• CapCut: A completely free mobile video editor for making Reels and Shorts.
• Descript Edit a video just like you would a Word document.
• Lumen5: Turns blog articles into short videos.
• Pictory: Makes quick, interesting video clips from summaries of blog content

7. Video Ideas for Your Blog

Looking for ideas? Here are some video ideas for blog content:

• How-to: show step-by-step a recipe, craft, or process.
• Vlog: a behind-the-scenes or “a day in the life.”
• Explainers: explain complex topics visually.
• Product Demos: Demonstrate a product in action if you are an affiliate blogger.
• Q&A Sessions: Answer your readers’ questions in a personal way.

You can be a good example with a mobile phone, a basic ring light, and a mic.

8. 🚀 How to Start Making Videos on Your Blog (Beginner Plan)

If you’re just starting on video, start small – Simple.

Week 1–2:

• Select 1 blog post to convert to video
• Using Canva or Lumen5 (30–60 sec)
• Embed the video at the top of the post.

Week 3–4:

• Record a welcome video for your blog.
• Make a 1-minute CTA video about your lead magnet.
• Distribute your video through YouTube Shorts, Instagram, and Pinterest.

Monthly:

• Repurpose the top 3 blog posts as a video summary.
• Look at results (views, shares, bounce rate)

Final Thoughts: Stay on the Cutting Edge

Text will forever have value, but in 2025, video is leading the way for blogging. With attention spans declining and competition increasing, video sets you apart and allows you to leverage a dynamic medium.

You’re not just getting up to speed by having a video in your blog; you’re getting ahead of the curve.

Get started small and be consistent, and let your blog be the vehicle for your audience.

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Title: Zero UI: The Future of Interaction Without Screens

Introduction

Picture a world where you don’t need to tap, swipe, or click. A world where your devices don’t need a screen to assist you. We are now in the era of Zero UI, a concept that changes how humans and computers interact. With voice commands, gestures, AI, and ambient computing, Zero UI is changing the user experience landscape to be more seamless and intuitive. In this blog, we will discuss Zero UI, why it’s important, how it’s influencing design, case studies of using Zero UI concepts, and what it means for designers and developers.

What is Zero UI?

Zero UI (Zero User Interface) represents a design interaction that transcends screens and traditional graphical user interfaces. Rather than rely on buttons or visual components, zero User Interface utilizes voice, gestures, facial recognition, sensors, artificial intelligence (AI), and context-aware data to help create a frictionless experience.

The term Zero User Interface was first coined by Andy Goodman at Fjord and captures the idea that the most effective interface may be no interface at all. Devices and systems that follow zero UI principles do the least to understand the user’s need or intention, with minimal explicit input.

Main Aspects of Zero UI

• Voice Interfaces: Think of devices that can receive vocal input and respond with intelligence at the forefront. Similarly to how Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant allow users to simply speak a command.
• Gestural Interactions: Motion-based inputs like hand gestures or body movements to command devices (e.g., smart TVs, gaming consoles)
• Ambient Interfaces: Sensors and IoT devices that respond depending on contextual or environmental information
• AI and Predictive Technology: Systems will learn user behavior and can then automate or suggest actions and recommendations without users’ manual input
• Haptic Feedback: Non-touch tactile input/responses so that users receive a tactile touchless signal for responding or directing

Why Zero UI Will Be Important in 2025.

With the advances in AI, augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR) technology, and smart devices in 2025, users will seek intuitive, fast, and hands-free experiences. Zero UI will help as follows:

• Faster: Faster to complete actions successfully. No need for sequences of normal navigation. Inclusive.
• Design: Zero UI ends up working well for people with disabilities or those who have issues with advanced technology.
• Natural Experience: Conforms to human interaction, making things work with little chance of learning and frustration.
• Future-Proofing: As technology advances, the screen-based interface will seem more and more limiting. Zero UI enables scalability.

Practical Examples of Zero UI

• Smart Homes: Voice-activated appliances, thermostats, and lighting.
• Healthcare: Wearables that inform caregivers using biometric signals.
• Automotive: Voice assistants and gesture interfaces link you to the dashboard.
• Retail: Smart mirrors and in-store AI-driven assistants.
• Workspaces: Meeting rooms that automatically adjust the lighting/audio based on occupancy detection.

Issues Facing Zero UI Design

• Privacy Issues – Having always-listening devices raises data security concerns.
• Contextual Awareness – Mistaking user intent may result in errors.
• No Visual Feedback – Users may require confirmation without a screen to look at.
• Technical Deficiencies – Require advanced AI and hardware

Zero UI Design Best Practices

• Design for Context: Know how and where the user will interact.
• Feedback is Always Important: Ensure that the design uses either audio, haptic, or visual signals to communicate that an action has been completed.
• Make Accessibility a Priority: Test with various users.
• Be Transparent: Let the user know when and how you will collect their data.
• Test Continuously: For Zero UI design, test with real-life scenarios to limit friction.

How Designers Should Be Preparing for Zero UI

• Learn how to do conversational UX and voice interface design.
• Get more familiar with AI, machine learning, and natural language processing.
• Work with hardware developers and AI engineers.
• Try and shift thinking from layout to user intent and behavior.
• Keep abreast of ambient tech advances and new tools.

Conclusion

Zero UI is not simply a trend — it is the next frontier of human-computer interaction. As we move forward in a screenless future, UX/UI designers will have to rethink the foundations of interaction design. By thinking like a Zero UI designer today, you are doing more than securing the future of your work. You are also helping to shape smarter, more intuitive, and more human-centered technology.

The time has come to design for a world where the interface no longer exists, and the experience takes priority.

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AI in UX Design: Transforming User Experience

1st, we will understand what AI UX ( User Experience)

AI UX (Artificial Intelligence User Experience) is the terminology used to describe the user experience design of products or systems. That includes artificial intelligence, which combines regular UX design methodologies and processes and incorporates the behavior and characteristics of the AI process.

What is AI UX ( User Experience)

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing the UX design world in a fast-paced digital context. With automation, personalization, and data analysis. It is giving designers the tools they need to create interfaces that are much more intuitive and efficient. This article examines how AI is transforming UX design and why designers need to recognize and embrace this transformation

Key Characteristics of AI UX:

User-Focused AI

• It should adjust to users, not the reverse. Designers support that an AI should add to or help the human task, not hinder it.

Transparency & Trust

• It makes many decisions for users (e.g., recommendations, automation). So the design must indicate what the AI does and why for decision making and trust.

Personalization

• AI can deliver bespoke content/content handling/content layouts/experiences for individual users. UX designers deliver interfaces that react to user behaviors in real-time.

Feedback Loops

• Users should be able to provide feedback to the AI. Correcting a recommendation or a preference change, for learning and improvement of the system.

Error States & Expectations

• Systems will never be perfect for what they do, and therefore, UX design will consider rich error messaging or fallback strategies, and realistic expectations of the user.

For example:

• Spotify makes music recommendations based on your use.
• ChatGPT adjusts tone and responses based on your prompt.
• Smart assistants like Siri and Alexa understand voice-based commands.

To sum it up, AI UX is about getting intelligent systems into the hands of real people in a way that is understandable, usable, and trustworthy.

AI in UX Design: Revolutionizing the Future of User Experience

The digital landscape is continuously evolving, and as technology progresses. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing User Experience (UX) design. AI helps designers leverage automation, enhance personalization, and provide real-time data-driven insights, enabling designers to create intuitive and more efficient user interfaces. This article will discuss how AI is changing UX design and why designers should explore the change.

Speeding Up Design Workflow

AI tools are creating efficiencies in different parts of the UX design workflow:

• Automated Prototyping – Programs like Figma have added AI tools to make prototyping happen faster, saving designers time from the idea stage to the testing stage.
• Automated Copy and Content – AI can help with generating placeholder text, images, and other content, allowing designers to put the majority of their focus on layout and functionality.
• Automated Design Suggestions – AI can analyze user behavior and make suggestions to improve designs, making them more usable and more satisfying for users.

Increasing Personalization

Personalized experiences are essential when it comes to engaging users. It can enable personalization through.

• Behavior Analysis: AI monitors user interaction and can serve content & interface elements that suit an individual.
• Predictive Design: By predicting user needs. AI can help design an interface that accommodates user preferences dynamically, improving the overall user journey

Data-Driven Decision Making

With the help of artificial intelligence, designers can develop useful insights:

• User Testing: AI-driven software can create test-user scenarios to uncover potential roadblocks before launching the product.
• Analytics Integration: AI applications integrate with analytical platforms, evaluating user engagement and notifying designers in real-time, which may allow them to enhance their design during a process of negotiated improvement.

Challenges and Considerations

Even though AI offers opportunities for designers, designers need to be conscientious about:

• Ethical Considerations: In addition to valuable analysis. It is important to ensure that AI-driven designs are ethically sound, use of user data, and do not produce biased outcomes.
• Over Reliance on Automation: A designer should be cautious that reliance on AI must be balanced with human creativity to preserve originality and empathy when designing.

Augmented Reality (A.R.) and Virtual Reality (V.R.): AI will be a core part of creating experiences in A.R. and V.R.

Conclusion:

It will not replace UX designers; it will extend their design process. Indeed, AI will enable UX designers to become more efficient, deliver more personalized insights and experiences, and rely on data-driven processes. As technology develops, the future of user experience design will be defined by the relationship between artificial intelligence and human creativity. AI in UX Design: Transforming User Experience

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