Many times when I wanted to download files from RapidShare links, I get the message “File Not Found“. This always happens when the link is old and unpopular where no one access the link for 90 days. Not everyone prefers to download from the same file host. Some hosts impose limits to countries, so hosting your file on many sites ensures the highest availability of the file. As far as I know, many uploaders are not willing to upload to other different file hosting servers mainly because there are no reward points to convert it to Premium account. It also waste time and bandwidth doing that.
I found a solution about a year ago to solve this problem. There is a utility called FileUploader and is able to upload files or folders to 32 file hoster simultaneously. To think about it, that didn’t really solve the problem because you still need time and bandwidth to upload to other file hoster. FileUploader only SIMPLIFIES the process of uploading without you visiting other websites, browsing the file that you want to upload and waiting for the file to complete uploading.
Today, I found a real solution to this problem. You only need to upload the file ONCE, and it will automatically create mirrors by distribute to a few file hosting servers.
FileBerry is a free service that allows you to easily upload to multiple servers. FileBerry claims that when you upload a file to fileberry, it will upload your file to many top free file hosts (Rapidshare.com, Megaupload.com, Sendspace.com, Zshare.net, Filesend.net) for you. When a visitor clicks one of the links, they then have the option of choosing which host they prefer to download from.
Don’t get it? Here are some graphics for you to understand better how FileBerry works.
1. First, you select the file that you want to upload by clicking the Browse button.
2. When you’re done selecting the file that you want to upload, click the Start Upload button and it will upload your file.
3. Next FileBerry will tell you that your file has been uploaded. You will get a link such as http://fileberry.com/XXXXXXXXXX
4. Visit the link given, and you will 5 links for the file that you uploaded.
I’ve made a table comparing all 5 file hoster (RapidShare, MegaUpload, SendSpace, zSHARE, FileSend). It makes sense why FileBerry has a limit of 100MB per file and it links will remain active for 60 days. As for SendSpace, I think they probably have a sendspace Max account in order to keep the file for 60 days.
Whenever I complete uploading, RapidShare link will immediately be available. Looks like when I upload a file, it is actually uploaded to RapidShare and then it will distribute to MegaUpload, SendSpace, zSHARE and FileSend. Your link will remain active unless it does not receive any visits for 60 days. When a fileberry link is removed, the linked files hosted on external servers may also be removed.
I think FileBerry can earn a lot of RapidShare points because when we upload files to them, they will upload to RapidShare using their Collector’s or Premium account. Well, it’s a win-win situation. They get to earn more points while we get mirrors for our files.
There’s one drawback about FileBerry. Once you’ve uploaded the files, you can’t delete the links yourself. You can try contacting FileBerry to remove them or you can keep the links secret and the links will automatically expire in 60 days.
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