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== Clones ==
== Clones ==
Shortly after the shutdown of the official ExtraTorrent website, multiple clones and imitations appeared online.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/810254/ExtraTorrent-CC-Proxy-Mirror-Back|title=ExtraTorrent is BACK, but you might not want to trust the return of this torrent site|last=Brown|first=Aaron|date=2017-05-31|website=Express.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-06-01}}</ref> Initially, the most popular one of these clones was located at '''extratorrent.cd'''. While this was at first speculated to be an official rehosting,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2017/05/22/pristine-copy-extratorrent-cc-online/|title=A Week After Its Death, Extratorrent Is Back Online (Updated)|date=2017-05-22|website=Digital Music News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-01}}</ref> it was later discovered to be a re-skinned [https://gizmeek.com/extratorrent-proxy-list proxy] of The Pirate Bay, serving exact information from their database, under an ExtraTorrent interface.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2017/05/25/extratorrent-the-pirate-bay-clone/|title='Resurrected' Extratorrent Site Turns Out to Be a Scam...|date=2017-05-25|website=Digital Music News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fossbytes.com/extratorrent-still-dead-copycat-tpb-mirror/|title=Extratorrent Is Still Dead — Don't Fall For Copycats And The Pirate Bay Mirrors Like Extratorrent.cd|last=Tiwari|first=Aditya|date=2017-05-24|website=Fossbytes|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-01}}</ref> Despite this however, the website still quickly gained a large userbase, reaching two million unique visitors in May 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2017/06/06/extratorrent-cd-millions-visitors/|title=Extratorrent Clone Extratorrent.cd Is Approaching 10 Million Visitors|date=2017-06-06|website=Digital Music News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-01}}</ref> To date, there are no new "official" ExtraTorrent mirrors as the database for the original was wiped during its shutdown in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://torrentfreak.com/no-extratorrent-has-not-been-resurected-170524/|title=No, ExtraTorrent Has Not Been Resurrected|date=2017-05-24|website=TorrentFreak|language=en|access-date=2019-06-01}}</ref> The site was blocked in Spain in 2019, with the blocking of other similar websites such as Lime Torrents and 1337x.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://torrentfreak.com/court-orders-1337x-limetorrents-and-more-blocked-in-spain-190131/|title=Court Orders 1337x, LimeTorrents, and More Blocked in Spain|date=2019-01-31|website=TorrentFreak|language=en|access-date=2019-06-01}}</ref> Another one of these prominent imitators is '''extratorrent.ag''', a website that has connections to the operator of '''eztv.ag''' (another clone website of the also defunct EZTV release group).
Shortly after the shutdown of the official ExtraTorrent website, multiple clones and imitations appeared online.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/810254/ExtraTorrent-CC-Proxy-Mirror-Back|title=ExtraTorrent is BACK, but you might not want to trust the return of this torrent site|last=Brown|first=Aaron|date=2017-05-31|website=Express.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-06-01}}</ref> Initially, the most popular one of these clones was located at '''extratorrent.cd'''. While this was at first speculated to be an official rehosting,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2017/05/22/pristine-copy-extratorrent-cc-online/|title=A Week After Its Death, Extratorrent Is Back Online (Updated)|date=2017-05-22|website=Digital Music News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-01}}</ref> it was later discovered to be a re-skinned of The Pirate Bay, serving exact information from their database, under an ExtraTorrent interface.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2017/05/25/extratorrent-the-pirate-bay-clone/|title='Resurrected' Extratorrent Site Turns Out to Be a Scam...|date=2017-05-25|website=Digital Music News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fossbytes.com/extratorrent-still-dead-copycat-tpb-mirror/|title=Extratorrent Is Still Dead — Don't Fall For Copycats And The Pirate Bay Mirrors Like Extratorrent.cd|last=Tiwari|first=Aditya|date=2017-05-24|website=Fossbytes|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-01}}</ref> Despite this however, the website still quickly gained a large userbase, reaching two million unique visitors in May 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2017/06/06/extratorrent-cd-millions-visitors/|title=Extratorrent Clone Extratorrent.cd Is Approaching 10 Million Visitors|date=2017-06-06|website=Digital Music News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-01}}</ref> To date, there are no new "official" ExtraTorrent mirrors as the database for the original was wiped during its shutdown in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://torrentfreak.com/no-extratorrent-has-not-been-resurected-170524/|title=No, ExtraTorrent Has Not Been Resurrected|date=2017-05-24|website=TorrentFreak|language=en|access-date=2019-06-01}}</ref> The site was blocked in Spain in 2019, with the blocking of other similar websites such as Lime Torrents and 1337x.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://torrentfreak.com/court-orders-1337x-limetorrents-and-more-blocked-in-spain-190131/|title=Court Orders 1337x, LimeTorrents, and More Blocked in Spain|date=2019-01-31|website=TorrentFreak|language=en|access-date=2019-06-01}}</ref> Another one of these prominent imitators is '''extratorrent.ag''', a website that has connections to the operator of '''eztv.ag''' (another clone website of the also defunct EZTV release group).
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://alltorrentproxy.com/extratorrent-proxy/|title=ExtraTorrent is shutdown|date=2020-05-09|website=Alltorrentproxy|language=en|access-date=2020-05-09}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://alltorrentproxy.com/extratorrent-proxy/|title=ExtraTorrent is shutdown|date=2020-05-09|website=Alltorrentproxy|language=en|access-date=2020-05-09}}</ref>


Revision as of 23:11, 4 March 2022

ExtraTorrent
ExtraTorrent logo, as of November 2016
Type of site
p2p
Available inEnglish
RevenueAdvertisements, donations
URLextratorrent.cc
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional, free
Launched2006
Current statusClosed
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File sharing
Technologies
Video on demand sites
BitTorrent sites
Academic/scholarly
File sharing networks
P2P clients
Streaming programs
Anonymous file sharing
Development and societal aspects
By country or region
Comparisons

ExtraTorrent (commonly abbreviated ET) was an online index of digital content of entertainment media and software. Until its shut down it was among the top 5 BitTorrent indexes in the world, where visitors could search, download and contribute magnet links and torrent files, which facilitate peer-to-peer file sharing among users of the BitTorrent protocol.

History

ExtraTorrent was founded in 2006 by the administrator who acted under the alias "SaM".[1]

In November 2016, the website celebrated its 10-year anniversary. The website briefly changed their logo with a celebratory theme and launched a contest for users to guess the most downloaded movies on the site in exchange for prizes.[2]

Shutdown

ExtraTorrent shutdown message on website

On 17 May 2017, ExtraTorrent voluntarily ceased operations out of the blue. The entire website was replaced with a message from the administrator, stating that the website was to shut down permanently (as well as all mirror domains), and wipe all data relating to the website and its content.[3] The website was already down for days due to an emergency maintenance situation, just two days before the website shut down permanently.[4]

At the time of its shutdown, ExtraTorrent's primary domain name was the 291st most viewed website globally, according to statistics from Alexa Internet.[5]

Clones

Shortly after the shutdown of the official ExtraTorrent website, multiple clones and imitations appeared online.[6] Initially, the most popular one of these clones was located at extratorrent.cd. While this was at first speculated to be an official rehosting,[7] it was later discovered to be a re-skinned of The Pirate Bay, serving exact information from their database, under an ExtraTorrent interface.[8][9] Despite this however, the website still quickly gained a large userbase, reaching two million unique visitors in May 2017.[10] To date, there are no new "official" ExtraTorrent mirrors as the database for the original was wiped during its shutdown in 2017.[11] The site was blocked in Spain in 2019, with the blocking of other similar websites such as Lime Torrents and 1337x.[12] Another one of these prominent imitators is extratorrent.ag, a website that has connections to the operator of eztv.ag (another clone website of the also defunct EZTV release group). [13]

References

  1. ^ "ExtraTorrent website shuts down". The Asian Age. 2017-05-19. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  2. ^ "Torrent Icon ExtraTorrent Turns Ten Years old Today". TorrentFreak. 2016-11-15. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  3. ^ "ExtraTorrent Shuts Down For Good". TorrentFreak. 2017-05-17. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
  4. ^ "ExtraTorrent Suffers Extended Downtime (Updated)". TorrentFreak. 2017-05-15. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  5. ^ "Extratorrent.cc Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". 2017-05-17. Archived from the original on 2017-05-17. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  6. ^ Brown, Aaron (2017-05-31). "ExtraTorrent is BACK, but you might not want to trust the return of this torrent site". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  7. ^ "A Week After Its Death, Extratorrent Is Back Online (Updated)". Digital Music News. 2017-05-22. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  8. ^ "'Resurrected' Extratorrent Site Turns Out to Be a Scam..." Digital Music News. 2017-05-25. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  9. ^ Tiwari, Aditya (2017-05-24). "Extratorrent Is Still Dead — Don't Fall For Copycats And The Pirate Bay Mirrors Like Extratorrent.cd". Fossbytes. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  10. ^ "Extratorrent Clone Extratorrent.cd Is Approaching 10 Million Visitors". Digital Music News. 2017-06-06. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  11. ^ "No, ExtraTorrent Has Not Been Resurrected". TorrentFreak. 2017-05-24. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  12. ^ "Court Orders 1337x, LimeTorrents, and More Blocked in Spain". TorrentFreak. 2019-01-31. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  13. ^ "ExtraTorrent is shutdown". Alltorrentproxy. 2020-05-09. Retrieved 2020-05-09.
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