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A Textual Analysis of Digits Used for Designing Yahoo-Group Identifiers

Dr. Jatinderkumar R. SainiApurva A. Desai

出版	SSRN, 2010
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=MjbczwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋A tremendous increase in the use of the Internet for online communication is witnessed worldwide. Yahoo! Inc., provides one such service in the form of Yahoo! Groups. Each such group is identified and accessed using a unique group identifier. This paper presents digit-wise statistics and a detailed analysis of the usage of digits based on the study of nearly 1,400 unique Yahoo group identifiers containing digits. The results show that one-fourth of the total usage of digits is contributed by the digit 0, whereas the three digits 0, 1 and 2 collectively contribute more than 50% of the total digit usage. A number of areas that influence the selection of a digit or digits by the users in the design process have also been identified. To the best of our knowledge this is the first attempt to study online user behavior based on the usage of digits for designing a unique online identifier.