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People Finder: I do "pogosticking" all the time when using search engines.
SEO by the Sea 2008
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Selecting a unique username, for example, often involves pogosticking: no one can know beforehand which usernames a website has available, so they guess, click "create account," find out the username they want is taken, guess again, click "create account," again, and so on.
Boagworld recommends 2010
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Submitting and resubmitting forms to check answers can lead to a form of the frustrating and often unsuccessful behavior sometimes called "pogosticking."
Boagworld recommends 2010
erinmckean commented on the word pogosticking
Submitting and resubmitting forms to check answers can lead to a form of the frustrating and often unsuccessful behavior sometimes called “pogosticking.” http://alistapart.com/article/inline-validation-in-web-forms
May 18, 2015