Wretch () was a Taiwanese community website. In Chinese, its name means ''Nameless Little Site''.
Wretch provided free photo
album
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, and
blog
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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
Compete.com was a web traffic analysis service. The company was founded in 2000, and ceased operations in December 2016.
Services
Compete.com provided two categories of information:
*Site Analytics, a free service, where the user can enter a ...
survey.
In July 2007, Yahoo acquired Wretch for $22 million; this became the biggest acquisition of Yahoo in Taiwan since Kimo.
Wretch.cc has been blocked by the
internet censorship in the People's Republic of China
The People's Republic of China (PRC) internet censorship, censors both the publishing and viewing of online material. Many controversial events are censored from news coverage, preventing many Chinese citizens from knowing about the actions of ...
since August 2007.
On 30 August 2013, Yahoo announced Wretch would be closed on 26 December, along with
Yahoo! Blog.
Yahoo
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released an
iOS
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mobile app
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for Wretch.
References
Blog hosting services
Yahoo! international
Yahoo! acquisitions
Defunct social networking services
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