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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

[jcm]

Just to let you know a better service than sharebee:


The interface is in french, and there is a program to avoid the web uploader.
Also, it uploads the files on:
DL.free.fr ,RapidShare ,ZShare ,SendSpace ,MegaUpload ,MegaShare ,Easy-Share et FileFactory

[silverado]

you dont need to hide board INTERNAL links in spoilers -_-

[Lucifer]

my new favorite is...... QShare

• $$$ 1 Dollar for every 1.000 downloads of your files
• 1.000 premium points for every 1.000 downloads of your files
• Your own personal file space with file & folder management
• Remote Uploads: Upload files directly from any FTP or Webserver
• Register now - It's completely free

if you get 10.000 premium points and GET 1 YEAR FLATRATE PREMIUM ACC FOR FREE O_o it's worth like 50 euro

btww,, I will upload this for gantz of teh next chapter... SCREEW Mediafireee ..



edit: FORGET ABOUT IT

[Corbs]

An interesting blog post : Top Free Hosts To Store Your Files Online

[jcm]

Pretty useless.

The problem is not to upload on a free hoster, it's to have stable links, that will not disappear if you don't pay $xxx to keep your files online.

The idea is to use massuploaders, like sharebee or superuploader.
These services will mirror your files onto several hosts, so that the files remain online for a longer time.
It also eases the downloads, since the best hosts for you is not the best for me (their server could be very slow in a given country).
So, let's enumerate the multiple upload services !

[silverado]

What would really help us, is not sharebee (which is quite unreliable) but an upload tool for creating mirrors, especially for mediafire, which tends to delete the files. THIS would really rock as it would make our lifes much easier.

We need a tool that can download files from a batch of links, automatically and upload the files on another service on schedule! Mirror links can be generated faster and uploads can be done over night without much attention. There are already tools like rapidup. but maybe someone could improve them and add a support for mediafire. There is yet a tool that can upload on mediafie! We can assign a mirror team who specialises on certain file hosts like zshare and co.

[jcm]

We need a tool that can download files from a batch of links, automatically and upload the files on another service on schedule!

Such a tool already exists !
It's here:
http://superuploader.net/?action=SoftWare

It uploads to the superuploader service, that mirrors onto several services, like MegaUpload, dl.free.fr, ZShare, Rapidshare, etc... (forget Mediafire, it's really MediaShit, especially for the folders).
But the software is not very good, because the files need to be write-enabled, etc...
Also, since superuploader.net can disappear, it's a good idea to keep the original links, so that you don't have to reupload the files later.

Since it's a .NET application, I can probably decompile it and improve it (after I have finished more important things).

Posted on: June 26, 2008, 03:28:16 pm
Just found a program which seems to upload everywhere:

Uniploader
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=165998
(not tested)

Also, SuperUploader is easy to decompile and, thus, modify 

[silverado]

i get a strange error with uniuploader and it doesnt load the server list (if it has one)

[jcm]

I think I can modify the source code too, but no time now.

I have some problems with SuperUploader right now, I get "Too many connections". Since I'm uploading Reira, it's really irritating to lose one hour of upload every time (my connection is super slow, and it takes one hour for one file).

[Corbs]

There's a reason why no tools were made for Mediafire.

They dynamically load the HTML file input with JavaScript after the page was loaded in order for it not to be shown in the page source and both the control name & id are dynamic as well.

It's a bit more complex that making a tool for ex: Rapidshare, who do not hide their controls.

[ZA]

I found a place called MyBloop. 1GB file size limit, unlimited disk space, no file deletions, no waiting time, and they don't even remove your illegal stuff. Lol. Comes with an uploader too. Awesome Absolutely nothing is crippled.

[jcm]

I found a place called MyBloop. 1GB file size limit, unlimited disk space, no file deletions, no waiting time, and they don't even remove your illegal stuff. Lol. Comes with an uploader too. Awesome Absolutely nothing is crippled.

In my opinion, it's a bad idea to rely on a single host.
The reason is that they are very lax at the beginning, when their bandwidth is not used at all.
But when the site becomes a little known, a lot of people download their files, so they have start TOS policy, and remove the illegal files.

Also, a fast speed for you doesn't mean that everybody will have a fast access. The world is large, and a lot of people download around the world (BTW, I'd like to know the geolocations of the visitors).

In short, it will be heaven only for a few amount of time.

I found another mass mirroring site:
http://www.rapidspread.com/

I'll try to build a list of the mass mirroring tools, so that all uploaders use them widely.
More hosts = less chances to get files removed.

[ZA]

I'm serious, they do nothing about cracks and stuff. I mean.... lulz the top users are warez uploaders-.- And their search engine reveals myriads of results on cracks and full versions. And they don't look at the support emails. :S
I don't trust mass uploading tools. The online web ones are OK but they take forever >_<

[jcm]

I'm serious, they do nothing about cracks and stuff. I mean.... lulz the top users are warez uploaders-.- And their search engine reveals myriads of results on cracks and full versions. And they don't look at the support emails. :S
I don't trust mass uploading tools. The online web ones are OK but they take forever >_<

I repeat:

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE SITE IS ATTACKED WITH LAWSUITS AND HAS TO SHUT DOWN ?

Mangas are NOT movies, in the sense that movies don't need to be archived.
Frankly, do you believe that we'll reupload all the mangas somewhere else if they are all gone ?

Using mirroring tools (as shitty as they are) reduce the probability to maintain the uploads.
If your file is uploaded on 8 or more free hosting files, it can be removed by 7 of the hosts and still be valid on one mirror.

Your site is only useful for short-term uploads.
As I'm working to revive the dead uploads section, I absolutely not recommend uploading on a single host, and mediafire is the worst, although it was the best one 6 months ago.

[ZA]

Following your logic, MegaUpload and RapidShare should go down the drain too. They are probably the biggest 2 sites people use for copyrighted material and warez. If a small site like MyBloop were to fall for copyright reasons, why can't these big monsters? They have a bigger share in warez distribution.
The only reason I don't use the mass mirrors is a) they are slow and in case my mom shuts down the internet they'll take anywhere from half an hour to a few hours and b) the sites usually has expiry limits. If after 90 days or so and no one downloads, it's gone.

[jcm]

Following your logic, MegaUpload and RapidShare should go down the drain too. They are probably the biggest 2 sites people use for copyrighted material and warez. If a small site like MyBloop were to fall for copyright reasons, why can't these big monsters? They have a bigger share in warez distribution.
The only reason I don't use the mass mirrors is a) they are slow and in case my mom shuts down the internet they'll take anywhere from half an hour to a few hours and b) the sites usually has expiry limits. If after 90 days or so and no one downloads, it's gone.

Rapidshare lost a case a few weeks ago, and they had to change a lot of things.

If a mass mirroring site could upload to 100+ site, I'd use it immediately, since I would never have to manage their revival (I speak about not popular series, since popular series are easy to find).

Today, you can get most of the raws with the links, but in 3 months, what will happen ?
Of course Megaupload and Rapidshare could remove the links, but it's less likely to happen than mybloop.
Also, they have tons of bandwidth, and can easily upgrade their servers, since they have paying members.

MyBloop may have the best policy RIGHT NOW, but I doubt they'll be able to maintain it.
As a new company, they need to attract users, since they probably try to attract investors.
So it's free for all, as long as they need money.
Having a lot of users mean that the investors may want to invest, but when they'll do that, a massive cleaning will happen, since they'll need to have a faithful (and legal) user base.
Note also that the plan may backfire, that is: nobody wants to put money in. So the site will die by itself (remember the first Internet crash ?).

The uploading tools are what they are, that is: mostly shitty.
Mybloop could probably be hosted in your city, that's why you have terrific bandwidth, but it may be super shitty with somebody else a few miles away (or worse: in another country !).

In my case, my upload speed is 60kb/s.
Making several mirrors is impossible for me, so I have to rely on mass mirroring tools.
I upload the file once, and I wait for the mirrors to be available.

I use superuploader, because it's hosted in France, so it's super fast for me (at 60kb/s that is), and another reason is that I can modify the client program (and I'll do it when the next version will be out  ).

We don't care about warez, we do raws. The problem is to keep the links alive, not to upload a movie on a site so that a lot of people grab it before it dies.

Posted on: July 04, 2008, 11:26:12 pm
Answer to:
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE SITE IS ATTACKED WITH LAWSUITS AND HAS TO SHUT DOWN ?

From http://www.fhlisting.com

07/01/2008 - Xirror.com is gone!
Xirror.com, one of the most used metaupload services, is not online anymore. The toFour Gmbh, who owns xirror, wrote that they needed to close the service due to legal reasons. We removed xirror from our list, too.

Here is a list of existing services (mybloop is not listed):
http://www.fhlisting.com/list.php?type=1&sort=rating&desc=1

[Lucifer]

new rapidshare is awesome I like it alot

[jcm]

If you have trouble with Megaupload, try this Firefox 2.0 plugin:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3843

[silverado]

uploaded.to is really really fast!

[jcm]

Just discovered http://cryptload.info/

It's a download tool that is able to queue your downloads and download automatically from:
netload.in, rapidshare.com, rapidshare.de, uploaded.to, megaupload.com and shareplace.com (plus a few other services).

It waits for the timeouts, and seems to bypass the captcha.

At this moment, I tested it on rapidshare, and it's really cool

Posted on: July 23, 2008, 01:08:44 am

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

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

binload.to is dead.

Shareonall is dead too.
superuploader.net has problems too.

[ZA]

My great grandmother died D: Haven't been back until now.
Anyways, yeah. jcm, I finally agree with you. Well... sigh <_< There's no permanent solution unless you make yourself a personal server. Then there's bandwidth issues.
In the end, there's no real solution. We just will have to continue finding new places and just HOPE they survive long enough.
FileCows has been pretty good. Ignore the thing on Firefox 3 about it hosting malware, they deleted (most so far) the malware ads, should be fine now. 150MB size limit. Not sure about the file life, but I tried a file with the last file over 6 months ago, and those were still there. Remote uploading supported too :D Some of their servers are full, just pick a link with available next to it.
UploadPedia has 50MB filesize limit. They only delete password protected files, and nonprotected apparently stay on forever. However, good idea to make the filename weird so their public search doesn't find anything offensive. I see top files related to anime/manga though.

[jcm]

My great grandmother died D: Haven't been back until now.
Anyways, yeah. jcm, I finally agree with you. Well... sigh <_< There's no permanent solution unless you make yourself a personal server. Then there's bandwidth issues.

Sorry for your grandmother.

I tested mybloop, but got a pitiful 10 kbytes/s. So, no mybloop for me (I'm in France).
From my tests, I strongly recommend rapidspread, which uploads to 10 hosts (!).
BUT, you should provide the links too, since rapidspread might die as well as shareonall, which killed all of their links

[ZA]

Well it was on a steady 200kb/s for me. Was 300kb/s with FlashGet.
RapidSpread seems to have link issues. None of their blog, faq, or contact us work. But in case it's of any interest, they're almost exactly like Shareonall and massmirror.
Uploaded.to [250 MB max]
Mediafire [100 MB max]
Rapidshare [100 MB max]
Zippyshare [100 MB max]
Zshare [100 MB max]
Sendspace [300 MB max]
Badongo [1000 MB max]
FileFactory [300 MB max]
EasyShare [100 MB max]
Depositfiles [4000 MB max]
Imageshack [2 MB max]

[mono]

i have been using mediafire for most of my uploads since i started helping on MU. have just created a new account as i just learnt about cloning files from one account to another...

nothing has been deleted yet from my orig account though.... touch wood. and i do share the folder links...
also i reccomend rapidspread, although the upload speed is slow (for me anyway), it mirrors on 10 hosts i think. and there are no ads to go through like massmirror

[jcm]

Here is a site that lists all mirroring services:

http://forum.ru-board.com/topic.cgi?forum=11&topic=4276

My favourite is still superuploader, since the remote tool to upload is very nice, and I intend to update it 
Also, they list the links of the files, so you just have to copy/paste them.
This is very important, see below.
Their major problem is that they have frequent database connections problem, and you encounter them once you have uploaded a file 

ShareOnAll is dead, so I think we should be careful and post the direct links too.

For example, rapidspread doesn't provide the list of the links, so it's pretty useless once you have uploaded a file, you need to click on every link.

[silverado]

[dragonspell]

[jcm]

New rule on rapidshare:

a file uploaded by a non premium user cannot be downloaded more than 10 times.

And yes, I encountered such problems, so please avoid uploading to rapidshare if you are not a premium user !

Posted on: November 03, 2008, 11:39:04 am
Oups, not sure, but the problem happens when you create a shared folder.
I didn't encounter the problem with single files, so I'm not sure if it exists too...

[dragonspell]

O_o  That would be quite silly if they implemented that rule.  Kind of like shooting themselves in the foot, really...  Just like Livejournal.  Sure the paid members are where you make your money, but ultimately the paid members are there for the content.  Much of which is provided by free users.

[jcm]

From the page:

http://rapidshare.com/faq.html

How often can my files be downloaded?

* For Collector's and Premium Accounts there is no limitation. Files uploaded by free users can be downloaded 10 times, but can be easily transferred to a free Collector's or a Premium Account.

[ZA]

From the page:

http://rapidshare.com/faq.html

How often can my files be downloaded?

* For Collector's and Premium Accounts there is no limitation. Files uploaded by free users can be downloaded 10 times, but can be easily transferred to a free Collector's or a Premium Account.

So from my understanding you need to "sign up" for a free collector's accont. ._.
That's not really a problem since the main uploaders already have an account... but mehhh ._.

[jcm]

So from my understanding you need to "sign up" for a free collector's accont. ._.
That's not really a problem since the main uploaders already have an account... but mehhh ._.

No, for example NfKira did a lot of uploads on rapidshare, without any account.
BTW, I don't know what happens to uploads from rapidspread or superuploader, since they are probably not using any account...

[ZA]

No, for example NfKira did a lot of uploads on rapidshare, without any account.
BTW, I don't know what happens to uploads from rapidspread or superuploader, since they are probably not using any account...

They probably do since the only way they can track the downloads is if they're using an account.

[jcm]

They probably do since the only way they can track the downloads is if they're using an account.

Not really, they already store the IP and date of upload.
I guess it's because they lost a lawsuit, and need to have a quick way to delete all uploads from certain uploaders.

[frozenflame]

There are so many errors in the filemanager of filefactory since the updating of this month.
Although it is none of downloader's buniness,it has made me mad

[jcm]

If you download files on filefactory, I strongly recommend:

It is much better than USD and also works fine even with the filefactory restrictions (when files cannot be downloaded for a few hours).

[mahouneko]

ShareOnAll recently got axed.

[jcm]

ShareOnAll recently got axed.

Recently ? It was at least 3 months ago !

[silverado]

I've tested a new multi uploader

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

[jcm]

Hmmm, rapidspread is not very new. I suggested it some months ago.

Here is a new one:

http://www.gazup.com

which handles well large uploads