www.4Shared.com is a popular file hosting website like Rapidshare.com and is used to upload and download files like Video, Music, Mp3 and more.

Unlike Rapidshare the 4Shared.com has a search box on their homepage which can be used to search for files on 4Shared for free. Search box is what made 4Shared.com popular because Rapidshare could never implement one and people started to search for all the file 4Shared has. That was 1 major factor why 4Shared took over the file storage market from Rapidshare.

Though Rapidshare never released a search box there are number of unofficial websites where you can search files on Rapidshare. Check out 11 Rapidshare Search Engines here to download music, video, apps etc.

4Shared mp3 download also has a similar streaming feature without downloading you can listen to music. So altogether 4Shared Music, 4Shared Video and 4Shared MP3 Download is what made 4Shared the most popular upload site on the Internet.

If you register a free account with 4Shared.com then you get to upload up to 10 GB of data. 4Shared is a 1 click upload site as well so just click the Select file button on the Homepage and choose what you want to upload and click Upload. Your files will now be saved on 4Shared.com and you can access and share the 4Shared.com link with anyone you want.

You can not only select just files but you can upload an entire folder on to 4Shared.com for free!

4Shared.com App is available for Symbian, Android and Blackberry users as of now:

http://www.4shared.com/m/symbian.jsp

http://www.4shared.com/m/android.jsp

http://www.4shared.com/m/blackberry.jsp

You can also download the 4Shared desktop for free:

http://www.4shared.com/desktop/

By using the 4Shared desktop you can simultaneously upload and download multiple files. Resume interrupted downloads and best of all its totally free. 4Shared Desktop is currently available for Windows, MAC and Linux.

Watch this video about 4Shared Desktop on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWvd-kGy7_A

4Shared.com boasts of having more than 33 Million files on its server that are ready to be downloaded. If you are into toolbars then here is something for you, 4Shared.com toolbar (official):

http://www.4shared.com/toolbar/

4Shared.com Premium accounts are not free (obviously) and you have to pay about 9.95$ for a single month account. The advantages of a 4Shared.com premium account are:

* Premium traffic – 100 GB
* Instant Download
* Ad-free Download
* Max File Size – 5GB
* Storage Space – 100 GB
* Direct Links for Download – Yes

With 4Shared.com Search you can find Files, Video, Music, Photos and Books online. 4Shared does receive a lot of complaints everyday to remove copyrighted content and it does a good job in doing that. This is a common issue with free upload sites where legality is always a big concern

Anyways I hope you liked this topic about 4Shared.com, visit them at http://www.4shared.com/ now.