Filed under: Internet, P2P, Search
TorrentFly enters the multi-site torrent search fray
There are several options out now for users that want to search several engines at once for torrrent downloads. My current favorite is still uSniff, but I'm always on the lookout for something newer and better.
Thanks to a persistent commenter, I found out about TorrentFly this morning and decided to check it out.
TorrentFly will search up to twelve sites at once (Sumotorrent, Mininova, PirateBay, Monova, NewTorrents, SeedPeer, Fenopy, TorrentZ, MyBitTorrent, BtJunkie, TorrentHound, Idealtorrent) and you can select which engines you'd like to search.
You're also able to set your preferred column to sort and number of results per page. Clicking any column heading will re-sort your results by health, name, size, seeds, peers, or engine.
I did have a few problems with Sumotorrent results linking to a 404 page, but that may be more to do with Sumo than TorrentFly. Other engines all worked very well, directing me to the corrent torrent download page.
Users that had a beef with uSniff's weird, orange search bar will no doubt prefer TorrentFly's more traditional white version.
There's also a realtime filter (for operations like weeding out just "2009" torrents from my original Mandriva search). It works in an instant, and is very helpful when sifting through large numbers of results. Category tabs are also presented to help you pinpoint a specific type of file.
Torrentfly's clean interface, speed, and customization options may just be enough to make me switch. Give it a try, and let your fellow DS readers know what you think!