Torrentz
Encyclopedia
Torrentz is a Finland-based meta-search engine for BitTorrent that is run by an individual known as Flippy. It indexes torrents from various major torrent sites such as Mininova
, BTJunkie
, and The Pirate Bay
, and offers compilations of various trackers per torrent that are not necessarily present in the default .torrent file, so that when a tracker is down, other trackers can do the work. It was the second most popular torrent website after The Pirate Bay
in 2010, and it currently has a traffic rank of 145 on Alexa.
is simple and minimalistic. It basically consists of two blocks: user menu and search panel. Special effect works with JavaScript
. Users are not required to register before searching the files.
Mininova
Mininova is a website offering BitTorrent downloads. Mininova was once one of the largest sites offering torrents of copyrighted material, but in November 2009, following legal action in the Dutch courts, the site operators deleted all torrent files uploaded by regular users including torrents that...
, BTJunkie
BTJunkie
BTJunkie is an advanced BitTorrent search engine. It uses a web crawler to search for torrent files from other torrent sites and store it in its database. It has nearly 4,000,000 active torrents and about 4,200 torrents added daily , making it the largest torrent site indexer on the web...
, and The Pirate Bay
The Pirate Bay
The Pirate Bay is a Swedish website which hosts magnet links and .torrent files, which allow users to share electronic files, including multimedia, computer games and software via BitTorrent...
, and offers compilations of various trackers per torrent that are not necessarily present in the default .torrent file, so that when a tracker is down, other trackers can do the work. It was the second most popular torrent website after The Pirate Bay
The Pirate Bay
The Pirate Bay is a Swedish website which hosts magnet links and .torrent files, which allow users to share electronic files, including multimedia, computer games and software via BitTorrent...
in 2010, and it currently has a traffic rank of 145 on Alexa.
Usage
The user interfaceUser interface
The user interface, in the industrial design field of human–machine interaction, is the space where interaction between humans and machines occurs. The goal of interaction between a human and a machine at the user interface is effective operation and control of the machine, and feedback from the...
is simple and minimalistic. It basically consists of two blocks: user menu and search panel. Special effect works with JavaScript
JavaScript
JavaScript is a prototype-based scripting language that is dynamic, weakly typed and has first-class functions. It is a multi-paradigm language, supporting object-oriented, imperative, and functional programming styles....
. Users are not required to register before searching the files.