What is the Internet for? Hm, still. As many will say, for files. Definitely a controversial statement. But only on the one hand - on the other, more than 75% of traffic is spent on downloading files (of course, when they actually download). File storage, torrents and FTP - all these wonderful things are created specifically for the convenience of downloading files (and, of course, transferring them). Many people choose torrent or FTP as a guarantee of stable and error-free downloading. But still, the bulk of the jumps still occur in file storage. This is due to simplicity, as well as simple statistics - a small file is much more convenient to download in this way, which is why file hosting services win - mass downloading of small files covers the rare downloading of large ones.

But nevertheless, the file hosting services themselves still play a secondary role, being repositories for thematic sites. This is one of the reasons that the most popular file hosting services do not provide file search. But in fact, the main reason is different - the lion's share of all content on mass file hosting services is pirated. But there is no search - the owners of the service don’t seem to know that there is something lying around somewhere. This is very sad of course. But is it possible to somehow improve the situation? Of course! There are specialized services on the Internet for searching files on file hosting services (a sort of “external search”). This article lists several of the most popular such resources. For those who like to get to the bottom of how it works, we can say: all these resources use search algorithms Internet like Google or Yahoo, but with specific search parameters. Like special tags for various types files. So, our rating:

First place. The most functional and useful resource for the average user. Works like a clock. It is very easy to set up and use, there are practically no glitches or defects noticed. However, there is only one drawback: it searches only for the most popular file storage services, that is, only for Rapidshare, Megaupload, Depositfiles and Filefactory. Link to the site itself: rapidsharer.org

Second place. Somewhat exotic in nationality, namely Spanish, is a search engine that can search for about a dozen file hosting sites, however, most of them are specific and are not of interest to us. The international ones are still the same: Rapidshare, Megaupload, Depositfiles and Filefactory. However, the “trick” of this resource is also this.

That it is a search engine not only for file hosting sites, but also for video hosting sites. That is, you can download popular clips from Youtube, or at least just have fun surfing it while the main download is in progress. Website link: dayya.com

Third place. This resource is more specialized. He can search for links in the vast rapid ball with the speed of a nimble cockroach. Although the description is full of other names, like Megaupload or Depositfiles, for some reason there is no search for them. But as a specialized tool, the site is very good. Website link: filesbot.com

Fourth place. Interesting thing. One might even say, universal. Whether this is true or not cannot be verified due to some confusing settings, as well as annoying suggestions for installing a specialized toolbar in the browser. The main file hosting services work well, but the rest could not be checked. However, perhaps for some it will be ideal option. Website link: sharingengines.com

As you know, most file hosting services do not provide for searching files on their servers, citing privacy principles, etc. And although not all resources are capable of protecting the user’s personal data, the fact remains that the largest foreign and domestic giants, even for money, will not provide you with a list of files of other users of the system.

But this does not mean that you can give up searching for files and use standard means. For such cases, specialized resources are provided that perform searches on file hosting services at the user’s request. Such services are no longer hot new product, and despite the dominance of torrent trackers, they are used by many Internet users. The operating principle of such sites is as follows: the search robot tracks links on popular resources and adds them to its database; After a certain time, the information is updated. Let's take a closer look at the example of popular resources.

One of the largest and active “search engines” to this day remains FilesTube.com, which supports Rapidshare, Depositfiles, Letitbit, Mediafire, Uploaded and many other file hosting services. Distinctive feature This service is that any user can enter into the database links to files or a website on which music, films, games and other content are periodically added. In addition, he is also given the opportunity to report a broken link. The main advantage of FilesTube over its competitors is that it is simple, functional and at the same time convenient interface(there is even support for the Russian language!). The user can sort by file hosting service, size, popularity of the file; advanced search is also supported, indicating the file extension, date of possible download, etc. I put this service first because... at one time he helped me download many unique video files that are not even on RuTracker (please don’t be surprised, but this is true).

Second place can be safely given to the FileCrop.Com service, whose databases are updated daily. It provides a search for files on Rapidshare, Mediafire and Hotfile, in addition, it is possible to set search parameters by file size. However, in functional terms, it is still noticeably inferior to FilesTube. But I still don’t recommend writing him off!

Third place... Some kind of hit parade! In general, these two services are far from the only ones that allow you to quickly and freely find files on popular file hosting services. There are others, albeit less popular and less advanced in functional terms. Therefore, I will only list their names and will not go into details. These are RapidshareSearcher, Rapidog, JDG, SearchShared, LinkZilla, FilesDigger (the last two are domestic).

In conclusion, I would like to note that you should not be surprised if for some reason you were unable to find the files you needed. Firstly, no one can give you any guarantees; secondly, the copyright holder is not asleep (well, you know what I mean). Happy searching everyone!

Firstly, it’s worth remembering that whatever you want to find and download can be found absolutely free. There are a lot of such services on the network, which inexperienced users most often stumble upon - where you need to pay for access to a download link, send an SMS, pay via Webmoney or some other method. This happens very often when you are looking for a movie or program. This is where the most important thing lies: if there is a place where you can get the file you need for a fee, there is almost always a place where you can get the same file for free. In this article we will figure out how to properly search through file hosting services.

You are not the first who needed this file. Someone has already downloaded this file, even purchased it. And there is more than a 90% chance that more than one person did this. There is more than a 90% chance that one of them posted this file somewhere for free. Well, since this file is somewhere on the Internet for free, all that remains is to find it.

Where to look for the necessary files first?

How and where should I search for the necessary files (books, software, films, etc.)? Firstly, you need to know where you can find it, that is, you need a place where you can put the file. And look there. That's all, elementary.

Torrents. Now about where to look. Very a good place, where you can find almost any file you might need - torrent trackers. This is a very interesting and useful thing, although there are some inconveniences. But about torrents in another article.

File sharing services. The second place where you can get what you need is file hosting services. These are specialized services that allow any network user to upload or download files there, either free or for a fee. Moreover, you don’t even need to register anywhere for this if you use the file hosting service for free. You can also read more about file hosting services in another article.

File hosting services are a treasure trove of information

So, file hosting services. There are a great many of these services, but only a few are the most popular. The file you need can be located on any of them, or only on some, or on one of them. Moreover, it all depends on the popularity and usefulness of the file. Let's say the same film can be found in different versions, formats and sizes, whichever is more convenient for you. And even download from any file hosting service that you like best, since file hosting services differ from each other - some may not be to your liking, but popular files can be found on any of them.

The most popular file hosting services

Which file hosting services (often called FOs for short) are the most popular? It is enough to know only their names. These are ifolder.ru, depositfiles.com, rapidshare.com, letitbit.net, narod.disk.ru, turbobit.net, hotfile.com. The favorites here are the first four from this list. You need to look for them first.

How to find the required file in the FO?

The catch is that all financial institutions are closed and there are no search tools for them. Any user who uploads a file there receives a link from which you can download this file. Therefore, our goal is to find such links on the Internet. Because if someone uploaded a certain file somewhere, it means that they also left a link to this file somewhere. Moreover, most often this is done in order to make money, because the file hosting service pays you a certain amount depending on the conditions if someone downloads your file. At the same time, downloading for the downloader most often occurs free of charge, although with some waiting (usually about a minute) and viewing of advertising. This is also a very big topic; there is a whole industry and a system of making money on file sharing services.

This means you need to find a place where these links can be found. There are a lot of such places. In fact, the link to the file you need can be anywhere, but most often these are various forums and special sites called warezniks (warez - software, from softWARE). These sites are collections of links to files. You may have already seen such sites. Some of them require you to register to see the link to the file you need, but again, we don't need that. If there is a place where registration is required in order to see the link, there is a very high probability that the same link is somewhere, and in a place where registration is not required. Same principle as with paid services. You should register only as a last resort if you cannot find this link anywhere else.

Well, finally, the search algorithm itself, which is incredibly simple. A search engine is a system that only understands text. And links are text. Therefore, he can find them for us. Take the name of your file (book, movie, musical composition, program) and enter it into search bar Google. If you try to search like this, then most likely Google will give you places from which it will be inconvenient for you to download, these will be primarily sites where you have to pay for downloading, since such sites are specially optimized to be first in search results. What you need in the search engine results is far from being on the first page. This means we simply add the name of the file hosting service to your request. That is, your request will now look like this: “request + file sharing service”.

How to create a query in a search engine?

Let's say I need a film called "Vasya Pupkin - War Hero." And I want to download it from the file sharing service letitbit.net. So I’ll ask the request “Vasya Pupkin - war hero + letitbit.” (It should be noted that in the line Google search this query will be without quotation marks, because the quotation marks have a special meaning, and nothing will be found for such a query.) Here, in the results of this query you will find what you need on the very first page of the search results. If, of course, such a link exists and is indexed by Google, but there is no need to worry about this: if it doesn’t find it, nothing will find it.

Now, if you need to search on several file hosting services at the same time, we can build a query as follows:

your request+»file sharing1″|»file sharing2″|»file sharing3″

Here, quotes play a role such that what is in quotes must be present on the page you are looking for, in this case, a link to a file hosting service. A vertical slash means "or", that is, any of these three. Let’s say I want to search for “Vasya Pupkin” on several of the most popular file hosting services, which means my request will be like this:

Vasya Pupkin - war hero+»ifolder.ru»|»letitbit.net»|»rapidshare.com»|»depositfiles.com»|»narod.disk.ru»

By the way, there are services that allow you to search on file hosting services, but they don’t use anything new - the same algorithm, the same Google. Why do you need them when you can ask the query directly in the search bar of your browser.

That’s the whole trick, this search allows you to find and download what you need in a matter of seconds.

Many online storage services, like Rapidshare and Megaupload, fundamentally lack file search for survival reasons. However, it is still possible to carry out search activities on file hosting services.

Many online storage services, like Rapidshare and Megaupload, which are good alternatives to torrents, fundamentally lack file search. He’s gone, and that’s it. This was done not so much for ethical reasons as for survival: Internet users themselves upload and distribute links to files, and the organization providing hosting services does not bear any responsibility for the contents of the files and the actions of other people. An ideal cover from ardent fighters against piracy, isn’t it?

But not everything is as bad as it seems at first glance. Thanks to the efforts of numerous enthusiasts who tirelessly fight for the freedom and comfort of using file hosting services, there are many services on the Internet that provide searches through online storage facilities. It is these online bloodhounds that make life easier for completely lazy “freebie lovers” that will be discussed in today’s article. We will not describe each search engine in detail (they are all similar to each other like twin brothers and, as a rule, universally use the capabilities of Google, Yahoo and other services), we will only focus on brief description each service and the number of indexed file hosting services.

Sharing Engines. A service that claims to be universal. Allows you to expertly navigate through a dozen network storages and search by file type (images, music, videos, documents of a certain format, books, mobile content, etc.). In addition, Sharing Engines searches for torrents, eMule links and data stored on FTP servers. For search experts, there is a special toolbar installed in the browser.

FileSearch. A Greek service that searches only by “rapidshare” - there is no other option. For convenience, you can click on the RapidShare Search Extension link to add the site to the list of search services used in your web browser.

rapidshare.org. A search engine whose capabilities are limited to the file services Rapidshare, Megaupload, Depositfiles and Filefactory. As they say, simple and tasteful.

Avun. A network sniffer that “sniffs” 18 file hosting services, or rather, searches the Internet for records that refer to them. Can keep a history of user requests and display search phrases, introduced by other people, many of whom, it can be inferred, have a special interest in the “strawberry”. Spring is just around the corner, and there’s nothing you can do about it.

DaleYa. A Spanish service that is friends with Rapidshare, Megaupload and dozens of other file hosting services. It can search for files of a certain format and look for videos in various video hosting sites, such as YouTube, Google Video, Metacafe and others. Convenient: while files are downloaded from the Internet, you can keep yourself busy watching online videos.

FilesBot.com. A search engine that works with Rapidshare, Megaupload, Uploading.com and many other file storage sites, it is not said which ones exactly. For any request, FilesBot provides only RapidShare links, however, it does this surprisingly quickly.

FileCrop. Service interacting with two leaders network storage data - with the sites Rapidshare and Megaupload. Provides the user with the opportunity to clarify the size of files hidden in the depths of the Network, plus check the “survivability” of the links found. In the search results, FileCrop displays the name of the sites where a particular link was found, the size of the files and the number of downloads performed. Overall, a damn nice search engine.

Search Files. Judging by the domain zone, it is a German network snoop. In essence, it is an add-on to Google that wraps queries in certain tags and feeds them to the famous search engine. Search Files can carry out investigative activities on almost all file hosting services (including domestic ones), and also allows you to exclude from the search objects whose creation date does not correspond to the user-selected criterion. The service interface is replete advertising inserts and using it, to put it mildly, is not very convenient.

ShareMiner. Another online service that uses custom search from Google. Just like the above service, it searches for all network storage immediately and can work with various categories of files. According to the developers, the ShareMiner site processes more than 5 million search queries per month. An impressive figure.

Rapidshare Search Shared Files. An online tool that provides selective search of network storages, of which we counted as many as 64 in the list. In addition, the service is equipped with a powerful search system for torrent files and movie trailers. For connoisseurs of subtle nuances in the search for freebies, browser plugins are provided Internet Explorer and Firefox.

Gappon. A service that supposedly knows what is where and searches the sites Rapidshare, Megaupload, Badongo, Sendspace, MediaFire and zShare. Why "supposedly"? Yes, because in our case he was unable to find a single RapidShare link. Such a strange search engine, full of secrets and mysteries. We didn’t exclude it from our list - who knows, what if it works for you?