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BTJunkie
BTJunkie Homepage in 2008
Type of site
Torrent index, magnet links provider
Available inMultilingual, primarily English
URLBTjunkie.org
CommercialYes
RegistrationFree

BTJunkie was an advanced BitTorrent search engine. It used a web crawler (similar to Google) to search for torrent files from other torrent sites and store it in its database. It had nearly 4,000,000 active torrents and about 4,200 torrents added daily (compared to runner-up Torrent Portal with 1,500), making it the largest torrent site indexer on the web.[2] During 2011, BTJunkie was the 5th most popular BitTorrent site.[3] However on 5 February 2012, BTJunkie decided to voluntarily shut down.

Features

BTJunkie indexed both private and public trackers using an automatic web crawler that scanned the Internet for torrent files. Cookies were used to track what one download so that the person doesn't need to register in order to rate the torrent. The ratings and feedback were given by the person were used to help properly filter and flag malicious torrents uploaded onto the website.

Closure

On 5 February 2012, BTJunkie decided to voluntarily shut down.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Btjunkie.org Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
  2. ^ Ten Most Used BitTorrent Sites Compared (stats from Alexa)
  3. ^ Top 10 Most Popular Torrent Sites of 2011 (stats from Alexa and Compete)
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