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TIME LINE

Feb 3, 1995	Becky Swann creates Internet Real Estate Directory
June, 1995	Start of rating directory links
Aug, 1995	Joann Chokrach assumes role of Webmaster and site developer
Nov, 1995	Inman News Features & IRED form IRED NEWS
Dec, 1995	IRED Directories reach 3000 entries IRED Begins Enhanced Links Program
Feb 3, 1996	IRED Directories reach 5000 entries
Mar, 1996	IRED News Disbands
Apr 6, 1996	IRED.COM goes on-line Later in the month, IRED.Com, Inc. is formed
May, 1996	First Mirror site ired-europe goes on-line
Aug, 1996	First IRED employee hired for U.S. reviews
Nov, 1996	2nd Mirror site, IRED-ASIA goes on-line
Dec, 1996	IRED logs more than 2 million hits & more than 38,000 Home Page views per month
Feb 3, 1997	IRED Directories reach 14,000 entries in 52 countries
Mar, 1997	Easter Egg Hunt results in 4,059,023 "hits" and 78,463 Home Page views - the most traffic for any month of the year
Jul, 1997	IRED redesigns to include separate tracks for consumers and professionals Name is changed to International Real Estate Digest New logo is added
Aug, 1997	Exclusive Commercial Real Estate sites are transferred from the IRED directories to PikeNet All "billboard" sites are removed from the IRED directories
Nov, 1997	The Int'l Section of IRED & NAR Int'l Operations form alliance IRED forms partnership with New Homes Co-ordinate to bring architectural plans and new construction listings to consumers
Dec, 1997	IRED counts a total of 56 awards for the last 3 years, and is nominated for the 1998 WEB MAGAZINE WEBBY Award
Jan, 1998	IRED logs 5,054,604 "hits" and 81,953 Home Page views for the month
Feb 3, 1998	IRED Directories exceed 18,000 entries in 102 countries, and over 1000 pages of content.
Mar 15 1998	IRED Directories exceed 20,000 entries in 109 countries, and over 1500 pages of content.
Sep 15 1998	Entries in the IRED Directories top 25,000 entries in 112 countries.
Nov 05 1998	Having outgrown our server, IRED relocates site to Verio Hosting
Dec 01 1998	Verio proves a much faster server.Additional tweaks to the site and optimizing the HTML code improve speed even more.
January 01 1999	Joann Chokrach resigns. Domestic and International directories are merged.