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Visual Properties founded |
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Visual Properties develops its proprietary
computer system known as OASIS (Online Apartment Search and
Information System), and operates three retail offices in the
Chicago area |
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| Jan 97: |
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After refining its technology for four years
with 20,000 Chicagoland renters, Visual Properties launches
the ApartmentsPlus Web site as a local online extension of its
retail services |
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| Apr 97: |
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ApartmentsPlus site goes national |
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| Jun 97: |
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ApartmentsPlus introduces Video Walk-Around,
enabling apartment hunters to take a virtual tour by pointing
and clicking a mouse |
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| Jun 97: |
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ApartmentsPlus partners with Classifieds2000,
the Internet’s top-rated classifieds service, to distribute
its content on highly trafficked Web sites |
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| Sep 97: |
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ApartmentsPlus launches an exclusive apartment
area in America Online’s Real Estate Channel |
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| Dec 97: |
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ApartmentsPlus is selected by AT&T
WorldNet, the nation’s leading direct Internet access service,
to be the sole content provider for its Real Estate area |
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| Dec 17, 97: |
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The Times Mirror Company, Tribune Company and
The Washington Post Company announce the creation of
Classified Ventures, a partnership to help newspapers expand
their position, using Internet technologies, as the nation's
leading suppliers of classified advertising |
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| Jan 15, 98: |
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CV acquires Visual Properties and its
ApartmentsPlus Web site. ApartmentsPlus is selected to be the
online apartment advertising solution for newspaper affiliates
across the country |
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| Mar 12, 98: |
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ApartmentsPlus changes its name to
Apartments.com and its Internet address to www.apartments.com
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| May 98: |
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Apartments.com launches on the Web site of its
first affiliate, The Washington Post |
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| May 7, 98: |
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Knight Ridder joins CV |
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| May 21, 98: |
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Central Newspapers, Gannett and the McClatchy
Company join CV |
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| Jun 98: |
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Apartments.com introduces v4.0, known as
“Community View,” offering the most comprehensive presentation
of apartment communities online |
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| Jul 98: |
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Apartments.com wins CIO Web Business 50/50
award and named one of top 50 Internet sites |
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| Jul 30, 98: |
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The New York Times Company joins CV |
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| Dec 98: |
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Apartments.com introduces Smart Mail, a free
email notification service to alert apartment hunters to new
listings that meet their search criteria |
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| Dec 98: |
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Apartments.com passes 1 million in monthly
visits for the first time |
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| Feb 99: |
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Apartments.com launched as exclusive provider
of apartment listings on SINANET.com, the largest
Chinese-language portal |
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| Mar 99: |
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Apartments.com launched on USATODAY.com |
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| Apr 99: |
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Apartments.com introduces Bronze Ad package to
affiliates, featuring a limited data set targeting property
managers of smaller apartment communities/buildings |
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| Apr 99: |
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Apartments.com introduces service from E-call,
assigning advertisers a custom 800# number apartment hunters
can call from their online ad |
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| Apr 99: |
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Apartments.com exceeds 1.7 million in monthly
traffic; delivers more than 27,000 e-mail and faxed leads to
advertisers |
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| Apr 99: |
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Monthly Media Metrix traffic report shows
Apartments.com to be the fastest-growing online apartment
site |
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| Sep 29, 99: |
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The Denver Post, the first non-investor
affiliate, joins the CV network |
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| Feb 17, 00: |
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The San Diego Union-Tribune, the second
non-investor affiliate, joins the CV network. |
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| Apr 00: |
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MovingCenter is launched to the affiliate
network. |
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| Jun 5, 00: |
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MovingCenter launches redesigned site. New
features include "My Move Manager" that tracks the progress of
the move through each phase and offers checklists of things to
consider and tasks to accomplish |
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| Oct 00: |
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OneClick Moving debuts on the MovingCenter
allowing consumers a one-step system for evaluating a variety
of moving services |
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| Nov 3, 00: |
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Dan Jauernig is named President and CEO of
Classified Ventures |
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| Dec 00: |
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The Corporate Housing product (addressing a
$2.3 billion industry with more than 76,000 apartments) is
launched with its own separate search accessible from the
Apartments.com homepage |
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| Mar 01: |
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Apartments.com passes 3 million in monthly
visits for the first time and delivers more than 400,000
e-mail and faxed leads to advertisers |
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| Mar 01: |
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The Corporate Housing product is averaging
80,000 searches per month with 350 new advertisers
listed |
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| Apr 01: |
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Apartments.com transitions to CallSource to
provide advertisers a trackable custom 800# number for each
online ad with real time access to reports including the time,
date, duration and location of every Apartments.com phone
lead |
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| Apr 01: |
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Apartments.com launches Property On a Disk
(POD) – enabling advertisers to show their Apartments.com ad
(packaged on a CD-ROM) from any location without maintaining
an Internet connection |
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| May 01: |
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Apartments.com passes the 8,000 mark in total
trade customers |
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| May 01: |
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The Apartments.com Messiest College Apartment
Contest receives several marketing and PR awards: Superior
Achievement in Branding and Reputation Awards (Winner,
Certificate of Excellence, Media Placement, Television);
Public Relations Society of America Skyline Awards (Winner,
Skyline Award, Technology Consumer Marketing); International
Association of Business Communicators Spectra Awards (Winner,
Spectra Award, Marketing/Branding Communication) |
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| Jul 01: |
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Property Online Updater - Updater 2.1.
released. Property managers enabled to change portions
of their ad online at Apartments.com |
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| Aug 01: |
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Apartments.com is completely redesigned to
fully integrated Moving Center into the Apartments.com design
and navigational structure. Enhanced search results with
expanded sorting abilities. A redesigned, rebuilt, and
expanded Property Manager Center launched for the trade |
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| Sep 01: |
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Apartments.com donates $5,000 to the American
Red Cross through the National Apartment Association in
support of the September 11th Relief Fund |
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| Mar 02: |
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Apartments.com celebrates its 4th year in
strong fashion – during only a 10-day period in February it
sent advertisers more leads than in all of 1998 |
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| Apr 02: |
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The 3rd Annual Apartments.com Messiest College
Apartment Contest once again gains national attention via
NBC’s Today Show and Last Call with Carson Daly as well as
being nominated for additional PR industry
awards.
Apartments.com achieves 40mm page views – the
biggest month ever |
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Apartments.com launches its newest version of
Property Listing Updater giving select users the ability to
use one username and password to view and access all
properties managed by the same management company |
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| Jun 02: |
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Apartments.com welcomes its 100 millionth
visitor and adds its 10,000 customer |
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| Oct 02: |
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Apartments.com sends its 10 millionth lead to
advertising properties |
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| Dec 02: |
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Apartments.com conducts the first
Apartments.com University in Dallas, TX |
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| May 03: |
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Apartments.com launches its first co-branded,
Spanish language site with La Opinion |
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| Sep 03: |
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Apartments.com introduces new search features
that make apartment searching easier and more efficient:
Property Name Search, Zip Code Search and Printable
Brochure |
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| Dec 03: |
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Apartments.com launches PropShop, the first
free mystery shopper tool offered by any Internet listing
service. |
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| Jan 04 : |
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Apartments.com direct market sales team grows
to include local service in 90 markets |
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| Feb 04: |
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Apartments.com launches first annual
Apartments.com Room to Move Contest |
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| May 04: |
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Apartments.com sends record number of leads to
advertisers with more than 400,000 leads sent in one month and
holds the #1 position among top rental sites for the greatest
number of unique visitors |
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| Mar 05 : |
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Apartments.com launches Online Reporting giving
advertisers 24/7 access to lead data |
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| Apr 05: |
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Apartments.com and Ronald McDonald House of
Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana partner for Green Giving
charity campaign |
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Apartments.com launches Featured Community
Listings |
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| Jun 05: |
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Apartments.com receives the Webby Awards
People’s Voice Award for Best Real Estate Site |
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| Sep 05: |
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Apartments.com launches redesigned home page
and search results pages and moves to .NET platform |
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| Nov 05: |
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Apartments.com launches ApartmentsPlus |
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| Dec 05: |
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Apartments.com finishes up the year with record
breaking metrics – driving more than 34 million visitors to
the site and sending more than 7 million leads to advertisers
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| Jan 06: |
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Apartments.com launches RentalHomesPlus |
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| Apr 06: |
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Apartments.com moves to 6th Floor of 175 West
Jackson building. Tim Fagan is promoted to President of
Classified Ventures’ Real Estate division |
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| May 06: |
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Apartments.com names Kevin Doyle senior vice
president and general manager of
Apartments.com |
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| Feb 07: |
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Apartments.com announces the addition of Apartment Living, a new interactive lifestyle center, to its Web site |