For many years now, Rapidshare has been the file-hosting site of choice. Rapidshare’s popularity is primarily due to the fact that it is one of the first sites of its kind that ever appeared on the Internet.
Rapidshare is not without its disappointments, the major one being that there is no way for you to find a specific file that you are looking for. This is where all the Rapidshare file search engines come in. There are a variety of search engines that claim to be the best when it comes to searching for files on Rapidshare.
One of the better search engines I’ve seen is Rapidlibrary. Not only does it look good but it’s pretty effective as well. The initial interface of Rapidlibrary looks a lot like most of the torrent multi-search engines. You can type in your query and select if you you’re your search results in a specific category. The last 200 searches are also displayed on the site in case you’re just browsing around.
Search results can be sorted by size or in alphabetical order. Each result shows the full name of the file, the download link, search tags, and the size of the file. Files that have been deleted recently are also listed but they are grayed out so you don’t need to click on a file just to check if it’s still available for download.
I’m quite happy with Rapidlibrary. I liked the overall look and feel of the site and the search results were pretty impressive, even for some obscure files that I searched for. I don’t usually use Rapidshare but if I do, I’ll definitely use Rapidlibrary to search for my files.
How do you find Rapidlibrary? Is it better than the other sites you’ve used? What’s your favorite Rapidshare search engine? Let me know in the comments.
Update: Link to Rapidlibrary has been removed because of connection to Zango. Check out the list of Rapidshare search engines that I reviewed before to search Rapidshare safely and efficiently.
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I tried a search and when I clicked on Download, it took me to some creepy place which asks me to click Start. When I do so, it tries to install some malware. So, that’s it.
x2. It prompts you to install, of all things, ZANGO crapware with toolbar etc etc. No shit.
This couldn’t have been checked beforehand. Can’t imagine a site advocating installing ZANGO. Especially one that I recently bookmarked for having cool content. Say it ain’t so!
Hmm. At any rate, don’t bother (read: run as fast as you fucking can from rapidlibrary). They even have three dots in the links so you can’t circumvent the crapware install either. Cute.
In short, for shame. Care to mention those “other searches” without obligatory adware installs? Sorry if my tone sucks, but this is pretty inexcusable, for obvious reasons.
Justin, Dwarf: Sorry for that. That should have been checked before posting a link to that website. I removed it immediately after reading your comments.
Get adblock plus and save yourself an argument with the webmaster, + just join a warez forum, faster updates + more links
@darkkosmos: what does it have to do with adblock plus?
“x2. It prompts you to install, of all things, ZANGO crapware with toolbar etc etc. No shit.”
From dwarf_toss
@darkkosmos: it will still ask you to do so even if you have adblock plus. Adblock Plus only blocks the display and text ads. This is not a case where an ad on a page asks you to install Zango; rather it takes you to a page which prompts you to do so.
I’m really sorry for the mix-up. I went to the Rapidlibrary page myself and did some searches and I never got any link asking me to download or install Zango. I’m not sure how I bypassed it.
Honest mistakes happen. Besides, raising awareness about ZANGO ain’t a bad thing; an ounce of prevention and all that. Thanks for the correction and links to decent searches!
@cheryl: No worries. Hell, someone may have allowed your IP addy to bypass the install component, who knows (“knew you were coming” scenario, inapplicable if you stumbled upon it). I was allowed to search as well. It was when I went to actually click the link(s) provided that the not-so-fast ZANGO bouncer spoiled the party.
@darkkosmos: It was never about arguing with anyone. It’s about preventing novices from getting a crash course in “hijack this!” usage. Even if you’d learn alot from it.
One more thing, you may want to carefully moderate comments by this nickie guy. He is spamming the sister site 4megaupload with same ill intent. Couldn’t help but notice he mentioned rapidlibrary as well in your linked thread above (same sentence, no less).
I wanna know how he keeps getting first comment. http://www.kucau.net/wp/2007/10/18/ultimate-list-of-37-search-engines-to-hunt-files-on-rapidshare-and-other-filesharing-sites/#comment-31992 <— see?
Fairly obvious by now he works for them and can’t be trusted as far as you can throw him..
a simple google search is very effective at finding files on hosting sites. try this to search the ‘big three’:
“SEARCH TERMS HERE” intext:( rapidshare.com/files/ | megaupload.com/?d= | sendspace.com/file/ )
i have this mapped to the keyword ‘find’ in Executor to quickly locate whatever i happen to need.
of course, i only resort to this when my favourite warez forum doesn’t have what i’m looking for, which doesn’t happen very often!
@garbanzo: I agree. I do use it as a last resort. But, not every url has a descriptive name of the content.
yes that’s true Justin, but more often than not, a non-descriptive link is posted right below a very descriptive bit of text! notice i’m not looking for full strings, just search terms that are on the same page with file hosting URLs.
in the end, this search works extremely well. i have found probably 95% of everything i have ever tried to find between this and my warez forum. the rest, i just post a request on my warez forum and more often than not it turns up in a few hours :)
i just want to clarify one thing
the ZANGO thing appears only if you have MS Windows installed
Mac and Linux users (one is sitting right here) don’t see that thing, so they can actually USE rapidlibrary freely
the same case is with RSFind or several more rapidshare searches (I think they are all owned by the same guy btw), all shows zango, but only to windows users
you can also use opera.
www.filecrop.com removed zango, it is a great rapidshare search
rapidlibrary removed Zango software from their pages
Guys,
Believe me, when I 1st heard about rapidlibrary (somewhere in Apr or May ’08), it seemed to work fine. Nothing interrupted it between clicking the link that I want until download was complete. It was like a gift from Wonderland.
Along the way (somewhere in Aug ’08), suddenly this Zango thingy started popping up when you click on the link. Even then, sometimes, you could get through without the Zango pop-up. Nowadays, nothing goes through without the Zango installation. I’ve a phobia about installing unknown software, so I’m stopped using it now.
Guys it’s ok to use rapidlibrary again, no more adware yay
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