File sharing services are websites that allow you to upload heavy files (up to 1 GB) and provide you with a link that you can share with your friends and they can download that file from anywhere. So, in simple words File Sharing services are nothing but your online storage place for your files which you want to share with someone.
Do I have to pay for these services?
Yes and No.
Yes, if you want to store your files for a longer time and want to upload files in GB. They provide you free service with certain conditions such as.
- Restriction on No. of days your file will get stored.
- No. of times your file can be downloaded.
- Size of file you can upload
And certain more conditions like these. But in most of the cases free service is more than enough.
Is it safe to put file on these websites?
Not if you have very sensitive information. They do assure of privacy but you can never be sure. This service is essential of files like movies, softwares etc.
Which is the best Service available out there?
There are numerous services providing you with file sharing facilities but Rapidshare is unarguably the best service available out there and it is worth having a premium account of this service. Some other popular services are
Can I search for files available on these services?
Yes and No again.
No, because these services don't provide any search facility.
Yes, because there are several ways which can help you search for the files and one of the most important sources is Google.
You can use sites like rslinks, rapidlibrary which act a directory for rapidshare files.
You can also use Shareminer which essentially uses Google to provide you with results of files available but the good thing is that you can search from all the popular services in on go.