August 16, 2008 by sharky
Now anyone can easily set up and run their own BitTorrent search engine website - thanks to the owner of ReleasePirate.com who has been tirelessly working on a Torrent Search Engine script, and has now made it freely available to the public for the first time.
The script is a mere 150 KB in size, and consumes very little server/system resources, since it relies entirely on the search engines of the BitTorrent sites (it’s not a database script). It’s also very customizable - you’ll be able to throw in Google AdSense or any other monetizing solution to the site theme, and add your own images, affiliates, links or anything else. Other features include:
- — A pre-configured Hit Counter to track how many visitors you’ve had.
- — A ‘Contact Page’ for visitors to email you - you’ll need to edit the send_contact.php page, and enter in your own email address.
- — A ‘Search Cloud’ page that links (by default) to the most popular searches on www.torrentdownloads.net.
- — The Plugin, Help and Blog links can easily be edited or configured.
Installation:
Obviously, you’ll need your own web domain first, and access to the root directory. You can also create a subdomain and install it there, if preferred.
The file is called ‘search engine.rar‘. Extract and upload all files to your root (or subdomain root). (look for the "Download Now" link at this URL:)
http://releasepirate.com/2008/08/14/free-torrent-search-engine-script-download/
The Example:
We installed it effortlessly at FileShareFreak - take a look at the example below:
http://btsearch.filesharefreak.com
(Note that ‘SumoTorrent’ searching doesn’t work - not that it would anyways, the site has been down all day).
Customization:
You’ll need to know a little bit about HTML and PHP if you want to get fancy. New torrent sites can be added through the search.php page, although you’ll require the exact URLs of trackers’ search strings.
Contact webmaster[at]releasepirate[dot]com for further information - they’d like to hear your feedback.
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