Wretch_(website)

Wretch (website)

Wretch (website)

Former Taiwanese community website

Wretch (Chinese: 無名小站; pinyin: wúmíng xiǎo zhàn) was a Taiwanese community website. In Chinese, its name means Nameless Little Site.

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Wretch provided free photo album, and blog hosting services. Four languages, including English, were available. A more extensive VIP version was offered.

The domain wretch.cc attracted at least 4 million visitors annually by 2008 according to a Compete.com survey.[1]

In July 2007, Yahoo acquired Wretch for $22 million; this became the biggest acquisition of Yahoo in Taiwan since Kimo.[2][3][4]

Wretch.cc has been blocked by the internet censorship in the People's Republic of China since August 2007.[5]

On 30 August 2013, Yahoo announced Wretch would be closed on 26 December, along with Yahoo! Blog.[6]

Yahoo released an iOS mobile app for Wretch.

References

  1. [1]
    "Wretch attracts 4m visitors yearly". Siteanalytics.compete.com. 26 October 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  2. [2]
    "Yahoo to Purchase Taiwan Blog Site Wretch". CIO magazine. 15 December 2006.
  3. [3]
    Lin, Harris (13 May 2008). "Taiwan market: Wretch to push business blogging". DigiTimes.
  4. [4]
    ALI, RAFAT (14 December 2006). "Yahoo Taiwan Buys Local Social Media Site Wretch; Reports At About $22 Million". Gigaom.
  5. [5]
    China blocks public access to Taiwan’s blog portal sites, China Post, 5 January 2008.
  6. [6]
    HONG, KAYLENE (30 August 2013). "Yahoo-owned Taiwanese blogging platform Wretch.cc is shutting down on December 26". The Next Web.


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