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To those unaware, Rapidshare is one of the most popular of a category of websites used to upload and distribute files over the internet. Because of the popularity of the site, and the fact that it provides free upload space and downloads, it has also been made a repository for all sorts of files.

This kind of massive resource can be very difficult to tap for the inexperienced, but search engines are a valuable tool for accomplishing this task.

By original intents, a file uploading site like Rapidshare would work something like this: A user decides they wish to host a file, and navigate over to the main page, going through the upload dialog.

Once the upload has been completed they get a download link that is pointing to the upload file on the Rapidshare website. The link can then be shared with friends, relatives or other associates. Large scale distribution on the other hand is only possible when dealing with search engines and sites that take advantage of them.

The simplest way to do this, and the most obvious to typical internet users may be to simply type in a Google query to the tune of “Rapidshare [desired file's name]“. However, while this can find some files, it fails for a few reasons. Namely, it requires digging, patience, and skill – things a searcher may not have in great supply.

The other reason? Is that there’s a smorgasbord of specialized sites which actually contribute a lot of the links one finds on Google searches of Rapidshare to begin with. These, we will look at more closely.

There are hundreds of websites that provides links to files that are hosted on Rapidshare. They can be found by search for terms like Rapidshare search on most major search engines. The list will be massive and it definitely takes some time to look through it finding the best sites. These sites use a different strategy than the usual search engines as they concentrate on links that point to one site only.

Their search bots concentrate solely on finding links that are pointing to files on Rapidshare by harvesting search engines and sites that collect those links. These sites then list information like file names about each link discovered and check them to ensure the file is still hosted at Rapidshare before presenting the results to the user.