TYPES OF SITES

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When exploring FTP sites and websites, you’re likely to run across three different types:

Leech sites These provide free, unlimited access to all the files you want. They’re also extremely rare.

Ratio sites These force users to upload a certain number or size of files before the FTP or website administrator will allow you to download anything. A typical ratio might be 1:10, which means you need to upload 1MB of files, and in return, you’ll be able to download up to 10MB of files.

Banner sites These display banner ads (sometimes many obnoxious ones) that you must click before you can get access to the FTP site or website. Web and FTP site administrators get a certain amount of money for each banner ad their site displays, so these sites tend to force users to view dozens of such ads, usually offering pornography. The worst part is that many of these are themselves scams; even if you click all the banners, there’s no guarantee that you’ll ever get access to the desired site or that it has anything other than banners. In fact, we estimate that close to 99 percent of these sites are scams.

Note

Many banner sites do nothing but display an endless series of banner ads at you without ever giving you access to anything useful.



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Steal This File Sharing Book
Steal This File Sharing Book: What They Wont Tell You About File Sharing
ISBN: 159327050X
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 98
Authors: Wallace Wang

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