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[silverado]

There is one basic and simple rule to make your uploads stored as long as possible:

USE MANY DIFFERENT FILE HOSTS!

Your uploads are save as long as you store your files on different hosts using multiple accounts and different nicknames.

Be like the upload guerilla!

Be everywhere and use everything! I use 3 different file hosts a 2 accounts. Be smart and use Online Mass Upload Sites to create multiple mirrors with ONE upload! The time saved for reuploading compensates for all inconvenience (registring multiple accounts on different file hosts). Some file hosts supports account sharing and cloning. Use this feature to create identical accounts with the same files! That's all! Good luck uploaders!

Personal review:

Update: Online Mass Upload Sites:

1) http://www.rapidspread.com

It mirror files on

Uploaded.to | Mediafire | Megaupload | Filefront | Rapidshare | Zippyshare | Zshare | Sendspace | FileFactory | EasyShare | Depositfiles | Imageshack |

It'll probably replace shareonall.com


2) http://www.massmirror.com/

Supports:

fastuploading.com      
fileinsanity.com      
picshome.com      
megaupload.com      
zshare.net      
badongo.com      
rapidshare.com      
4filehosting.com   

Example: http://s1.massmirror.com/43bd444b12ea04f6907fb2d1d62414e3.html

3) http://www.gazup.com

RapidShare.com 200mb
 MegaUpload.com 400mb
 NetLoad.in 400mb
 zShare.net 400mb
 FileFactory.com 300mb
 Uploaded.to 250mb
 Uploading.com 100mb
 Easy-Share.com 100mb
 HideMyAss.com 200mb

One Click Uploaders:

New: http://binload.to/

binload.to supports uploads to 300 MB size and has almost no waiting time. The speed is excellent!

1) http://www.mediafire.com:

MF supports multiple uploads, has no waiting time and the files are stored for an unlimited time. But there has been a number of account bans and deletion and that's why I recommend everyone who use MF:

- To create multiple account clones by copying shared files to multiple mediafire accounts. If one account is deleted the files will stay avaiable as long as the other account is online.

- To not reveal your folder keys publicly otherwise your nickname will be revealed and your account can be deleted quite easily (happend in the past a lot).

- To link each file individually

2) Divshare.com BLOCKS ASIAN COUNTRIES!

DS supports folders, multiple uploads and has no waiting time. On the other hand the download speed is quite low (20-30 KB/s). It has a nice feature: mp3, pdf or txt can be read or played online.

I use it for smaller uploads or unlicensed scanlations.

3) Megaupload.com

There has been a lot of cases where files were deleted or accounts banned. But all in all it's still a reliable file host. As long as your files are under 100 MB you can use MU's creadit system to get a premium account. The speed is good, but the availability very bad. Many countries are unable to connect to MU or suffer from the HIGH WAITING TIME. Use this only for big files and small numbers!

4) zshare.com

Incredible slow download speed but the files last long. Since it's not so popular like other file hosts the risk of getting deleted files are quite low. If you have a lot of volumes and want your files to be stored without worrying whether it gets deleted or not, use this file host.

5) rapidshare.com/.de

Forget it! The high waiting time and IP restriction makes it almost impossible to download without premium account. The only strong point is the speed. Use this filehost for oneshots or specials.

6) Sendspace.com

My personal favourite of the most annoying file hosts. Don't be like those guys on mangahelpers.com and stay away from this file host. It's gross!

silv

[az060693]

what about humyo.com? it seems pretty good

[silverado]

If you suggest something also elaborate its usage and features as well as the risks and your experience with it.

[wiseman]

I use  mediafire & divshare only.

- mediafire
has good in everything except it has problem with  store files.
manytime  when i upload  the files has lost in two or three hour after that.  >> i  have  three account here.
one thing i like mediafire was easy to upload even we can't use ftp.

- divshare
good speed - files never lost - easy to d/l but can't upload exceed 200MB/time  i think it a only huge problem here.

- sendspace
 i hate it most!!!
i never d/l even a single file from here. everytime i found a problem with d/l limit excced.
very suck file hosting.

[Suika-kkuri]

Also, the Mediafire, to prevent people from ratting on you, you can also consider labeling the RAWs in their native language, which is what I do, since I speak two language.

I have it open public and noone ratted so far.  But remember to always close files to private if you feel unsafe.

[6294086]

My vote also go to Mediafire and Divshare ! 

Mediafire - still the easiest way to share as long as you don't use "REAL" file names and to make it more secure use other file extensions than .rar and .zip ! 

Divshare - DL speed is rather slow but file stays for a looong time !   

Other file host(s) :

Zshare : used to be a very fast free host (my favourite in the past) but nowadays got problem with DL speed and lots of times download stopped half-way... 

New host(s) to consider :

MIHD - very fast DL speed and you can use download accelerators (Used by some anime distro websites). Sometimes got some error but most of the times it's OK. As for how long file can last, I'm not sure... 

Humyo - good DL speed - looks quite OK. As for how long file can last, I'm also not sure... 

May add more later...

[Kenichi]

And what do you think about badongo? Somehow it wasn’t mentioned before but it has positive qualities like good download and upload speed.

[silverado]

Yep yep, they just sent me a mail a few days ago. They are now limiting the monthly traffic to 50 GB per account. The overall storage capacity is limited to 5 GB per account. This just means that we have to start using multiple divshare accounts

silv

[Animeraider]

I've been relying on megaupload lately - mediafire has been deleting files again and I'm sick of it. I've never had that happen with megaupload, and I have settings set on my account (free) that allow me to extend the length of time a file is on their servers, and forces them to notify me before deleting any files.

[wiseman]

I've been relying on megaupload lately - mediafire has been deleting files again and I'm sick of it. I've never had that happen with megaupload, and I have settings set on my account (free) that allow me to extend the length of time a file is on their servers, and forces them to notify me before deleting any files.

sometime i have a problam with megaupload about files 's name too.

some uploader u/l files with different language like jap or mandarin which doesn't support my download manager (i use flashget).

that make me harder to download files from there moreover limit connection for d/l. 

i suggest to ask for cooperation (don't make tobe a rule, just cooperation) everyone to rename files to english before upload that would be great for everyone to get these files.   

[crazyankan]

I am using http://fuskbugg.se/ for small uploads.
Downloading almost at full speed with my 100/10Mbit broadband and uploading at full speed. A 50MB files takes less then 10 sec to download and about a minute to upload.

Negative; often deletes files and could have a downtime.

[az060693]

Has anyone tested Badongo? it looks pretty good 

limits how much you can download to like 100mb, i think we should try using humyo and mihd

[urhereimnot]

yea, apparently mihd deletes files after a period of inactivity depending on its size.
    *  0 to 10MB - 90 Days after last download
    * 10 to 20MB - 70 Days after last download
    * 20 to 50MB - 60 Days after last download
    * 50 to 100MB - 45 Days after last download
    * 100 to 200MB - 30 Days after last download
Other than that, it has pretty good ul and dl speed (300+kbps), though the interface is pretty basic (ul/dl one file at a time, no upload status bar). i don't see much mentions of restrictions on humyo, so it's definitely one we should check out more.

*sigh* makes me pine for the good ol'days of mediafire

[zephyranthez]

I've been hearing people saying Mediafire deleting stuff with adult content in it. I'm not sure of how precise it is, though.
ZSource uploads the file but deleted the file extension (at least in my case) <- this might help preserving the file longevity. Savefile is good imho but they limits upload to 60MB each file.
Sharebee distributes link to several file hosts. I never used it so I don't know how reliable it is, though.

[wiseman]

from divshare blog


i have nothing to say after i found this bar on divshare  today....

life is suck....

[DarkCless]

from divshare blog


i have nothing to say after i found this bar on divshare  today....

life is suck....

Divshare


By the way  http://mihd.net/ has caught my attention lately ; since after downloading lots of anime.

No download limits ;multiple downloading , not a single link deleted so far.

Reminds me a bit of good old times of turboupload ; but even better not having a countdown on downloading

Seems worth to try

[Martinbk]

Regarding Badongo it's limit is 4.8gb/day for no Non Members and waiting time for think
it's for 25 sec. I don't remember sens I am a member (12gb/day and 15sec for free members).
Inactive Files Deleted for free members is 90 day's I don't now how much they delete
because I don't upload. But http://www.the-evil-empire.net/ uses it a lot so it can't
be to often.
Sorry about my language's I don't writ that good.

http://www.badongo.com/compare

edit* 
forgot one thing, the speed is is good also

[silverado]

I found this new upload service. It was the only service to make rapidshare.com, megaupload.com AND mediafire.com mirrors! check it out:

1) http://www.shareonall.com

Supports:
www.rapidshare.com [max. 100 MB]   
www.megaupload.com [max. 500 MB]
www.filefactory.com [max. 300 MB]   
www.depositfiles.com [max. 300 MB]
www.zshare.net [max. 100 MB]
www.uploaded.to [max. 250 MB]
www.badongo.com [max. 500 MB]
www.netload.in [max. 400 MB]   
www.mediafire.com [max. 100 MB]
ifile.it (mihd.net) [max. 150 MB]

Example: http://www.shareonall.com/S.E.N.S._-_Felitsa_gxqh.MP3

2) http://www.massmirror.com/

Supports:

fastuploading.com     
fileinsanity.com     
picshome.com     
megaupload.com     
zshare.net     
badongo.com     
rapidshare.com     
4filehosting.com   

Example: http://s1.massmirror.com/43bd444b12ea04f6907fb2d1d62414e3.html

[wathiroth]

I've noticed that filefactory is pretty good acctually. No wating time, no download limit, for as far as I know, and servers aren't usually full. Though, I haven't download there long, so I'm not sure if I'm right.

[az060693]

Ifile.it, the new revamped version of mihd.net, is pretty good, very good download speed, and a nice no wait download page.

[wiseman]

please anywhere but don't use divshare.

i can't dl any damn files from there!!!


I'm in Asia you know.

[az060693]

this could hurt- http://gizmodo.com/368341/japanese-isps-plan-to-cut-off-p2p-pirates

[Animeraider]

I've heard this so many times that I ignore it now.

[greenstuff]

So in order for me to download from the uploads at winny club I need to attain a higher status through posting???  Because I cant seem to download anything as it is...

[ZA]

http://boxstr.com/ I have found out about a few weeks ago. I haven't uploaded anything manga or anime related, but the service is awesome. You can hotlink your files (but only 1GB bandwidth a day, and you can reset it after), they offer 5GB free storage, and I don't think they delete anything. They also provide you with 50 zip functionality, and the PRO plans are pretty good.

[az060693]

These filehosts are great-
http://filedropper.com, http://drop.io, http://eatlime.com. Drop.io even lets you choose when your files expire; up to a year from last view, and it lets you name the "drop", ex: drop.io/whateveryouwant. And eatlime lets people download when you're uploading, so that's cool. Also, filedropper lets you upload files of up to 5gb. All of these have almost no ads, and so far as I know, no wait time.

[silverado]

I found a new webhost called http://binload.to/

300 MB, 1s waiting time and very fast download speed! 

[az060693]

lol, another foreign one, how'd u find it?

[gumgumpower]

I perosnally use mediafire and badongo a lot
also sharebee
when you upload it, it gives you few links like rapidshare, badongo, megaup, and someothers

[silverado]

I think I forgot to mention that binload.to pays money!

1000 downloads = 6,5 €

silv

[urhereimnot]

so apparently filedropper has this deal goin on where if you're a blogger/digger/del.icio.user, you can get a "gold account" (250gb folder) for free. the thing is, there's nothing stopping everybody from signing up for this. my biggest problem with the site is that it uses some stupid flash interface, and there's no multi-upload form

[ZA]

Nice!
I think almost all the major sites (MediaFire, MegaUpload, etc) use a flash interface. And FileDropper was made to let you up to 1GB, I think. The site server timed out so I can't tell.
So if you were multi-uploading files that are about 1GB each, imagine how strained your and their connections will be. Not to mention the absurd loading time.

[urhereimnot]

specifically, the flash interface won't let me drag-and-drop the files i want to upload onto the browse... bar, which i can do almost everywhere else thx to this firefox plugin. it's a huge time-saver if you upload files often

[ZA]

:OOO Really? Which FireFox plugin?
Things are rarely perfect and just the way you want them ;D

[urhereimnot]

dragdropuload

[ZA]

Thanks

[tomoeayanami]

I found a new webhost called http://binload.to/

300 MB, 1s waiting time and very fast download speed! 

this 300mb are limit for total upload (per account) or size of arquive?

[silverado]

300 mb per file of course

[tomoeayanami]

300 mb per file of course

tnks

[az060693]

I think I forgot to mention that binload.to pays money!

1000 downloads = 6,5 €

silv

do you have to sign up for something to get that? I didn't see it in their FAQ

[ZA]

so apparently filedropper has this deal goin on where if you're a blogger/digger/del.icio.user, you can get a "gold account" (250gb folder) for free. the thing is, there's nothing stopping everybody from signing up for this. my biggest problem with the site is that it uses some stupid flash interface, and there's no multi-upload form

Your link doesn't work... :(

[urhereimnot]

it looks like they've already ended the promotion

[ZA]

Awww. Ah wells.

[az060693]

the promotion ended, but urhereimnot typed the wrong link, http://www.filedropper.com/special.php, he added an l at the end before

[silverado]

I read the news on binload and it seems that they arent accepting the ad exchange anymore. Means no cash for us :(

[ZA]

Sites rarely keep promises like that anyway.
And MediaMax looks pretty good. 25GB FREE MEDIA STORAGE!!!

[silverado]

I found a nice way to hide your links, use this site!

http://linkin.ws/index.php

[jcm]

Maybe we should hide the referrer with:

http://anonym.to/

We simply need to append the URL, like:

http://anonym.to/?http://www.google.com

Note: The referrer is the URL of the site where you click the link. The referrer is sent every time you browse.
So megaupload and mediafire track the sites and can kick a lot of files when a file is declared illegal.

[silverado]

I'm ahead of you and have aleady taken actions. Uploaders can live a carefree live now. Also it looks like linki.ws does pay for your uploads. We could create a common Winny Club account and use the number of downloads to buy raws. What do you think?

[guill666]

THE question is : who will scan all those raw ?^^