It’s been ages since I launched what is commonly called a P2P. I won’t say I have stopped downloading stuff that probably shouldn’t be available freely. It’s another debate. But I have realized that if you know where and how to look in the web, you can have everything you need just be using your favorite browser.
The first step I take when I "need" something is launching Google of course. By typing few lines in Google I usually always find what I want. Let’s take an example: I want to listen to a song called "What Sarah Said" from "Death Cab For A Cutie". I want it fast with a minimum of clicks. So, ideally I’m looking for a website that has no html nor htm page and only contains files. Technically it’s not really a website is it? well, it’s more like a repository of files somewhere in someone’s computer accessible through http. Let’s type this in a language understandable by the google search engine
-inurl:htm -inurl:html intitle:"index.of" (mp3) death cab what sarah said
As you can see I only put 5 keywords for my song. It’s always interesting to consider having some file with a bad spelling. The result is plenty of pages full of MP3 containing my requested song. Of course same goes with any other types of files. I usually find what I want using that. Sometimes though nothing comes up. The second step is then to look through Google blog search and type similar keywords adding something like "Rapideshare" or any other file deposite website. There are a whole bunch of blogs sharing all types of files using those sites. Those 2 things never failed. I find really nice to avoid crappy P2P softwares full of spywares and having what you want faster, not mentioning the multi sources system easily traceable by your provider for instance.
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