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Well, duh: Mininova loses two thirds of its traffic after going legal

Download Squad Dec 06 09

Filed under: News, Web services, P2P

Mininova, once the most popular torrent site on the web, has seen a monumental drop in traffic since it went legal last week. Without the lure of pirated movies, albums and software, folks are turning elsewhere for their torrent fix. (Hint, hint: not that we're condoning piracy, but feel free to use Download Squad's list of Mininova alternatives within the laws of your local jurisdiction.) Just how bad are Mininova's numbers, though? Well, traffic is down 66% in the week since Mininova deleted more than a million torrents and went legal. Mininova was getting around 5 million visitors a day, according to TorrentFreak, but that's now dwindled to 1. Full story...

Tagged: 10 million, 5 million, bump, consolation, content creators, content distribution, distribution channel, Gadgets,

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