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114 Chapter 6 • Sites
Speed is often the biggest governing factor of a site’s success; the more
bandwidth a site has, the faster a courier can upload a release to it.
Popularity depends on speed; like every other aspect of piracy, it is all just
one big race.
The features and types of warez that a site holds will determine
whether or not the site is successful. Everyone in the scene wants some-
thing different, and a site that caters to everyone will be more popular
than one that does not.
Figure 6.1 shows a diagram of different sites and explains how they
rank.
Figure 6.1 Types of Sites and Their Ranking
Each type of site has a distinct ...