FilesTube
Encyclopedia
FilesTube is a web search engine
established in 2007 and specializing in searching files in various file sharing and uploading sites such as RapidShare
or Megaupload
, but now also has sections for Video, Games, Lyrics and Software. It is owned by Polish company Red-Sky.
FilesTube removes illegal content from its search results on request.
. While the old logo looked almost identical to the YouTube logo (with "Files" replacing "You" and the logo color being blue), slight changes have been made to the current logo.
called the website "a dedicated search site to find downloadable files such as audio, video and documents".
Web search engine
A web search engine is designed to search for information on the World Wide Web and FTP servers. The search results are generally presented in a list of results often referred to as SERPS, or "search engine results pages". The information may consist of web pages, images, information and other...
established in 2007 and specializing in searching files in various file sharing and uploading sites such as RapidShare
RapidShare
RapidShare is a one-click hosting service that offers both free and commercial services. Operating from Switzerland, it is financed by the subscriptions of paying users...
or Megaupload
Megaupload
Megaupload is an online Hong Kong-based company established in 2005 for the use of uploading and downloading files. It includes a video browsing section in the site Megavideo, MegaLive, MegaPix and Megabox as well as a sister company called Megaporn which hosts user uploaded pornographic content...
, but now also has sections for Video, Games, Lyrics and Software. It is owned by Polish company Red-Sky.
FilesTube removes illegal content from its search results on request.
Name and logo
The name and logo of the website are in the style of the video-sharing website YouTubeYouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
. While the old logo looked almost identical to the YouTube logo (with "Files" replacing "You" and the logo color being blue), slight changes have been made to the current logo.
Reception
Donnie Jenkins of Chattanooga Times Free PressChattanooga Times Free Press
The Chattanooga Times Free Press is a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and is distributed in the metro Chattanooga region of Tennessee and Northwest Georgia...
called the website "a dedicated search site to find downloadable files such as audio, video and documents".