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Well, duh: Mininova loses two thirds of its traffic after going legal
Just how bad are Mininova's numbers, though? Well, traffic is down 66% in the week since Mininova deleted more than a million torrents and went legal. Mininova was getting around 5 million visitors a day, according to TorrentFreak, but that's now dwindled to 1.8 million, and continues to decrease. Downloads on the site dropped from over 10 million a day to a measly 371,424. Searches took a hit, too, down from 10 million to 3 million. Sure, it was pretty obvious that Mininova was going to lose traffic when it lost the bulk of its content, but it's still shocking to see how far and how quickly the former most-visited torrent source has fallen.
The other side of the story, of course, will be the effect the well-known Mininova name has on legal torrents. It's too early to say, but my guess is that content creators using Mininova in its new role as a content-distribution channel will see at least a small bump in downloads, now that their work isn't lost in a sea of popular illegal content. Still, that's not much consolation to Mininova's many fans.
[via TorrentFreak]
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Subscribe to commentsder_tuxmanDec 6th 2009 1:09PM
Ha, these BitTorrent newbs really think that anyone cares about them. What is the point in a legal BT tracker? There's still contentdb.emule-project.net ...
eMule FTW
kojo87Dec 6th 2009 10:02PM
unless you like accidentally downloading porn riddled with trojans i don't see why you would use eMule
xcvxcvxcvcxvDec 7th 2009 6:54AM
tuxman really must be into S&M or something; that's the only plausible explanation why he keeps coming here, posting emule nonsense on every bittorrent topic, humiliating himself and being humiliated by everyone else.
der_tuxmanDec 7th 2009 10:45AM
feraligatr8:
So eMule is "gay"? So you dislike gays? Well then. But it's not eMule's fault that you are too lazy to configure it.
xcvxcvxcvcxv:
I still hope there's someone with a brain here, being willing to try eMule...
xcvxcvxcvxcvDec 7th 2009 3:33PM
Well the point is: We've all tried Emule. Actually, we've been using it for years. It was okay, but not great. Then, around 2003, BitTorrent came along and killed it. It's not like we aren't aware of the fact that once upon a time there was something called Emule. It just isn't relevant anymore.
der_tuxmanDec 7th 2009 3:40PM
Your assumption that BT had killed eMule is simply not true. It still has a great amount of files and users, and in our days of shutdown BT trackers it is getting more and more relevant again.
techpopsDec 6th 2009 7:18PM
I haven't used torrents for anything that wasn't legal for a long time. Only time I use the protocol at all is within Miro. Some podcasts use it and I don't mind helping distribute those if I like them. That's just one of many legal uses.
Also please stop writing FTW in comments, its more suggestive of being a newb than using torrents or not understanding the importance of the torrent protocol for legal distribution.
AdamDec 7th 2009 12:30AM
FTW
enerGIDec 7th 2009 3:34AM
Ohhhh, ecsem2, please tell me more of your fantastic thoughts, discount batterys, get out of here, no really!!