15 File Search Engines - Search from RapidShare, Megaupload and Others

7 weeks ago

Millions of people upload their files on hundreds of file hosting services on the web and people search those files on popular search engines like Google, Yahoo, Ask and Bing; but those search engines are designed to crawls web pages more efficiently. Although they can search for files but those search results are very restricted as they fetch files from all the websites in their huge index.

To search for files specifically uploaded or hosted on those file hosting and sharing services you need to search through specially designed dedicated search engines that crawls and build their index composed only of files, like movies, music, games and documents. There are literally thousands of file search engines right now, from which I'm sharing some of them that I've used and personally reviewed.

1. FileCrop.com

A fast search engine that searches in both megaupload and rapidshare. Recent and popular searches can be seen on home page. You can also add the search box to your site and also submit your link to add in search engine's index.

2. SearchShared.com

Based on custom Google search engines with fetches links from almost all popular files sharing and hosting websites.

3. MegaDownload.com

Another custom Google search engine searches in rapidshare, megaupload and also mininova. You can search for all types of files.

4. FileFab.com

FileFab is a search engine for content hosted on file sharing sites. Using FileFab you can search in Rapidshare, Megaupload, Uploading.com and many others uploading sites and file hosting services.

5. SharingEngines.com

A very customizable search engine with advance and customized search results. Gets results from all major file hosting services.

6. SearchRapidShare.com

Search for files hosted at Rapidshare.com, megaupload.com, Yousendit.com, Depositfiles.com, Badongo.com all at the same time! you can add firefox addon to quick searching.

7. JQD.org

Very clean interface. You can search for all types of files with torrents. Supports all major file hosting services.

8. UVRX.com

Powered by Google custom search engine, uvrx searches from all popular file hosting service. You can either choose to search from all popular sites or choose to search from anyone by clicking on individual links.

9. FilesBay.net

One of the most beautiful interfaces of any file search engine. Popular terms are easy to find from the cloudy moving tags clouds. Can search from all popular file hosting services.

10. RapidZearch.com

RapidZearch.com searches on almost all file hosting sites, forums, message boards for shared file links. You can add this in your search engines list of your browser for quick searching.

11. FilesHunt.com

A dedicated Rapidshare search Engine with simplest interface of all. Top 200 searches all available on home page and clicking them will open the direct links to all those popular search terms.

12. RapidShareMegaUpload.com

A dedicated search engine for both rapidshare and megaupload. Advance search option is missing but recent downloaded files can be seen on the home page.

13. Gappon.com

Gappon is a file search engine, which allows you to find links hosted on rapidshare, megashares, megaupload and other file hosting sites like mediafire. You can find audio & video files, applications, games and other kind of files - and download them from the providers.

14. ShareMiner.com

A very customizable search engine that not only find common file formats but also find compressed (.zip/.rar) formats for more results. Popular searches and popular terms with their tags can be found on its home page.

15. Shufs.com

Shufs searches on Rapidshare, bandago, megaupload, mediafire and zshare. You can customize your results but can install browser plugin and widgets to display on your site.