Five Most Popular Torrent Trackers
A torrent tracker is a toolkit application that runs on web sites. A tracker maintains information about all the clients utilizing torrents. It identifies the network location of a client and assists in efficient data-sharing between clients.
One popular torrent tracker is TorrentPortal. This tracker links only to .torrent metafile just like Google. No data that is transferred or stored on TorrentPortal is linked to by .torrent. The use of TorrentPortal, however, involves the risk of a lawsuit. When using this tracker, one needs to know this risk if copyrighted materials are to be copied and distributed without regard for copyright laws existing in their own countries. An internet service provider may disclose one’s downloading logs to who may happen to request them. This would mean greater risk of legal infraction the higher the download and sharing activity is.
Another popular torrent tracker is IsoHunt, the most comprehensive torrent engine. It has cross-reference trackers data that you can only find in IsoHunt. This tracker barred American users from connecting to US torrent trackers. IsoHunt stresses protection of torrent trackers’ privacy so that they cannot easily be located. But IsoHunt can still help users in finding torrents through third-party trackers. These may not be direct but are still reliable.
Bitsoup is another tracker that is popular with torrent users. This is a favorite of most P2P users. This tracker requires membership before you can use their website. You need to sign up and be a member. Once you become a member, you must follow the general rules for you not to be banned or lose your download privileges. In Bitsoup’s members’ forums, warnings will be issued when forum rules are not complied. One advantage they give a forum user is that your avatar can be edited for you. You do not need to edit your avatar monthly or even weekly. Torrent comment rules should also be followed, otherwise you will receive a warning. Moreover, the violation of torrent rules may cause the deletion of your files without warning without any chance of getting them back. A user must be aware of and stick to the download ratio in order to avoid errors.
BiteNova is a free site with a fast searching format. You would notice that this site has a spartan look.
The fifth most popular tracker is Torrenscan. This is a meta search engine which allows you to search other search engines – a search engine in search of another search engine. Torrenscan allows you to see the latest news that has been scanned and posted. It also shows the latest files that have been shared, the top downloads and random polls.