Torrent websites are much like Linux distributions, there are so many out there that it is easy to lose the track. Torrent search engines can be divided into two categories: Site search engines and meta search engines. Site search engines obviously only search the torrents that are hosted on one selected website while meta search engines crawl the databases of several torrent websites which often leads to better results.
The best way to search for torrents is therefor in my opinion to use meta search engines unless you are on a private tracker or prefer to use only one torrent search engine and no other.
Meta torrent search engines can only be effective if they are fast and update their database regularly, real time updates being the optimum. The selection of torrent websites that are crawled is the second criteria for a good torrent meta search engine.
1. Youtorrent
Youtorrent came to light only recently. It currently supports ten torrent websites with the option to add another six in the preferences. The search is pretty fast and the related search terms are aiding the user in his search. Offers a Firefox plugin.
2. Pizzatorrent
Pizzatorrent supports 15 Bittorrent websites right out of the box. The search seems just a tad faster than that of Youtorrent and they divide the results in categories which is great if you are searching for broad terms. Offers a Firefox and Internet Explorer plugin plus a Facebook application.
Torrent Finder is the most comprehensive Bittorrent search engine which crawls more than a hundred torrent sites during a search. It is slower than the other two engines mentioned already and does not list all results in one frame but separates each torrent site in their own frame which means that users will have to click through dozens of sites which makes a comparison difficulty.
4. Multitorrent
Multitorrent is not really a meta crawler. It provides access to the database of several torrent websites but it is only possible to search one at a time. It does offer category searches though which the other engines don’t.
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very helpful thanks
hey try torrent harvester for a torrent search app, have been using it for a while and it saves a bunch of time.
its available on softpedia at:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/File-Sharing/Torrent-Harvester.shtml
Very good list but first two are probably better for general use. It is strange however that no one talks about http://www.torrentz.com/ which has more “precise” search results than most.
One problem I encounter with most torrents is that they only search few known torrent sites and sometimes torrents aren’t release on those sites..
anyways, thanks for this cool list.
The new NowTorrents site is excellent. Real time seeder/peer updating. It’s only limitation is that it will only search about 12 torrent sites.
http://www.nowtorrents.com/
this site is great http:\www.MeTorrents.com , I just found it and subscribe to it everyday.
Good list! But why my favorite torrentvalley.com isn’t on the list? There is alot of music torrents usually i get my music from there.
Visit 12 Torrent Search
http://www.dodici12.it/torrent.htm
You’ve got to check out http://TorrentZEN.com/
It searches 18 of the best torrent sites in real-time, with plenty of powerful features.