DocumentCode
569052
Title
Content Sharing Dynamics in the Global File Hosting Landscape
Author
Mahanti, Aniket ; Carlsson, Niklas ; Williamson, Carey
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
fYear
2012
fDate
7-9 Aug. 2012
Firstpage
219
Lastpage
228
Abstract
We present a comprehensive longitudinal characterization study of the dynamics of content sharing in the global file hosting landscape. We leverage datasets collected from multiple vantage points that allow us to understand how usage of these services evolve over time and how traffic is directed into and out of these sites. We analyze the characteristics of hosted content in the public domain, and investigate the dissemination mechanisms of links. To the best of our knowledge, this is the largest detailed characterization study of the file hosting landscape from a global viewpoint.
Keywords
peer-to-peer computing; comprehensive longitudinal characterization; content sharing dynamics; global file hosting landscape; Ecosystems; Indexes; Internet; Market research; Media; Search engines; YouTube; Measurement; file hosting services; peer-to-peer; traffic characterization;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Modeling, Analysis & Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS), 2012 IEEE 20th International Symposium on
Conference_Location
Washington, DC
ISSN
1526-7539
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-2453-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MASCOTS.2012.34
Filename
6298182
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