Torrents are an efficient way for downloading heavy files and other stuffs. The torrents work on the principle of sharing and hosting the files that are situated across various locations over the Globe. These torrents have also come under the scanner of various anti-piracy systems that conceive them as an efficient means to download and distribute the copyrighted content over the internet. Various anti-piracy and intellectual property violation laws have been made more and stricter to protect the interests of the original owners of the content. We are giving below some of the handpicked torrent sites that offer you the torrent downloads.
1. BitSnoop:
This is a Torrent website that is famous for its music and video torrents. The site has a very simple and to use interface. Simply enter your query and there you go with all the results from the World Wide Web at your fingertips. The following is a sneakpeek into its design and features:
a. This torrent search engine has more than 12 million torrents that are indexed from more 400 sites bringing in data more than 10 Pico Bytes.
b.Increased community support that would help you separate the genuine ones from the fake ones. Always look for the Green ‘verified’ torrent links that are marked by the users who have earlier used it.
c. The site has a minimum amount of advertising that will make its interface clean and attractive. The search results are displayed in a better style and are sorted according to various filter parameters like age, size, user reviews, etc.
2. ISOHunt:
This site was started in 2004 with minimal set of torrents that were related to music and videos only. The growth of this site saw the downfall of Suprnova.com. The website has been sued by many companies for the Copyrights and Intellectual Property infringement, but still this site remains as one of best sites to download torrents. Some of its features are:
a. The site is hosted across three different servers with the name as Isohunt, Lite and Isohunt.hk. It has more than 500 sites in its index with 37 million peers and trackers worldwide.
b.The site is regarded as the Google of torrents and used the similar query syntax as that used in Google
c.The site now has various adult porn and dating service advertisements that can be disturbing to young and sensitive viewers.
d.All the links are well tested and within one week all the user reviews about it will be there for all.
e.The interface is heavily loaded with JavaScript that can pose problems with the older browsers or slower system
3. Torrentz:
Another successful and popular site that has won the hearts of millions all over the world. The site simply advertises the links outside its servers and don’t index any files on its servers. Some of its features are:
a. A simple and easy to use interface that resembles the BitTorrent one requires you to put in relevant keywords or queries and all your results will be retrieved within seconds.
b. This is the only torrent search engine that enables you to search for the files within the torrents. So, if you have a broken download or some files are missing then you know where to get them from!
c. Only those torrent are indexed that have at least one seed will be included in the search results so that quality of search remain optimum
4. Mininova:
This Dutch based site was started in 2005 and was seen as the successor for the Suprnova.org which had to be shut down due to various legal battles.
a. Second most popular site that offers the BitTorrent files. The site came under scrutiny due to its offering of copyrighted material over the internet without the consent of owners.
b. The site only has only one third of the torrents of other sites but still it is preferred over the other mainly due to its speed and highly accurate results.
c. The site also runs a video sharing site Snotr and also offers a toolbar for free download where you can search for the torrents.
d. The interface is simply with necessary JavaScript along with the display of latest torrents that have been added recently to the site. Till now the site claims to have more than 5 billion downloads from its site.
5. Pirate Bay:
Started in 2003, the site is the largest BitTorrent tracker in the world. The site is regarded as the heaven for illegal downloading and has been involved in several cases of intellectual property rights violations.
a.The site has also made an appearance in the documentary ‘Steal this Film’ that highlights the principles of torrents and file sharing.
b.With more than 27 million peers, the site is being offered in several international languages.
c.The interface is made somewhat like Google’s where there are two buttons similar to latters.
d.Due to its involvement in various lawsuits, this site has been banned in several countries. A famous social networking site has also banned all the posts and messages whether public or private that are related to this site.
6. BTJunkie:
This site indexes and crawls the other popular sites for the various torrent files. The site has more than 4 million results in its database and still growing.
a.The site works like Google and uses the services of private and public trackers to scan the Internet for any possible torrent files. The cookie mechanism is used here to keep track of the location and state of the torrent files
b.The user review and rating system also helps in better organizing and improving the search results
c.Torrent Mail feature is another innovation at BTJunkie that will mail you all the newly added torrents so that the users always come back to them for more and more torrents and links.
d.The entire layout of the site is similar to Windows so you feel at home while operating it.
7. Demonoid:
A Canada based BitTorrent tracker and is a leading P2P private community portal.
a. The site has member invite registration system after then only you can upload any torrents. The site is free for download but only registered members can only upload. The registration for the site opens for only certain parts of the year.
b. The interface of the site is heavily loaded with the blog posts and entries that have nothing to do with your searches and queries
c. The site also don’t index any files on its servers, but it advertises only those links which have been submitted and reviewed by its users.
d. The site has unique RSS Feed service so as to keep you updated about various torrents that have been submitted to different categories. But only members are eligible to receive these feeds
8. Kick Ass Torrents:
This is newly founded site that has revolutionized the way in which we use and upload the torrents.
a.The streamlined interface has the color of the earth and is available in a number of international and local languages. The main page shows you the top torrents that are being currently used and uploaded by the user across different categories like TV Shows, Games, Movies, Music, Applications and Software.
b.The results are arranged according to the health and status of the torrent and the variety of options for the download for the users
c.The Ideabox service that is now in its beta version is an interactive system of letting users to have their say on the various issues related to torrents
d.Although not that popular as its other counterparts, the site is gaining popularity and recognition amongst the user mainly because of its user community recommendations and comments
9. Meganova:
The site was started in 2005 and was later named as Seedpeer in 2007. The site is heavily integrated with the Usenext.
a. The site has been closely integrated with Facebook with limited search capabilities across limited categories
b. The site is not able to accommodate the large amount of requests that are being made every day and as a result the torrents that are presented to the users are not up to the mark
c. The index that is maintained is one of the largest on the Internet but they need to work on the incoming torrent submissions
10. YouTorrent:
This site was is a newly formed site that is a BitTorrent search engine that allows multiple searches across various popular search engines on the internet. The domain was earlier held by PirateBay.com and was later sold by them at a price of $20000 USD.
a.The site collects results from different sites and then regroups them according to user reviews and ratings, seeds and peers. More reviews and seed will imply faster download and hence top ranking in the search results
b.The search engine is also held responsible for encouraging the video piracy
c.Share your torrents with your friends using the Social Bookmarking Widgets on the site
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