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Business Combination Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired And Liabilities Assumed Other Tangible Assets

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Business Combination Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired And Liabilities Assumed Total Net Tangible Assets

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Amount of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions, acquired at the acquisition date. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates.

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Amount of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards that are expected to be realized or consumed after one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer, acquired at the acquisition date.

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Amount of intangible assets, excluding goodwill, acquired at the acquisition date.

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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Business Combinations, Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Summary of Preliminary Purchase Price Allocation for Acquisition) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Apr. 08, 2014	Dec. 15, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill	$ 65,577us-gaap_Goodwill	$ 68,829us-gaap_Goodwill	$ 55,101us-gaap_Goodwill
Chile [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill	18,522	19,101	6,520
Mexico [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill	15,167	15,719	11,376
Online Classifieds Advertisement Companies in Chile and Mexico [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents				1,021
Other net tangible assets / (liabilities)				(421)
Deferred tax assets and liabilities				(2,430)
Goodwill				20,783
Purchase Price				37,990
Online Classifieds Advertisement Companies in Chile and Mexico [Member] \| Chile [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents				547
Other net tangible assets / (liabilities)				2,306
Deferred tax assets and liabilities				(2,644)
Goodwill				14,709
Purchase Price				31,478
Online Classifieds Advertisement Companies in Chile and Mexico [Member] \| Mexico [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents				474
Other net tangible assets / (liabilities)				(2,727)
Deferred tax assets and liabilities				214
Goodwill				6,074
Purchase Price				6,512
Online Classifieds Advertisement Companies in Chile and Mexico [Member] \| Customer Lists [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets				10,426
Online Classifieds Advertisement Companies in Chile and Mexico [Member] \| Customer Lists [Member] \| Chile [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets				10,104
Online Classifieds Advertisement Companies in Chile and Mexico [Member] \| Customer Lists [Member] \| Mexico [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets				322
Online Classifieds Advertisement Companies in Chile and Mexico [Member] \| Software [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets				447
Online Classifieds Advertisement Companies in Chile and Mexico [Member] \| Software [Member] \| Chile [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets				447
Online Classifieds Advertisement Companies in Chile and Mexico [Member] \| Non Solicitation Agreement [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets				587
Online Classifieds Advertisement Companies in Chile and Mexico [Member] \| Non Solicitation Agreement [Member] \| Chile [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets				587
Business Vision S.A. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents					81
Other net tangible assets / (liabilities)					857
Total net tangible assets acquired					938
Deferred tax assets and liabilities					(300)
Goodwill					3,139
Purchase Price					4,768
Business Vision S.A. [Member] \| Customer Lists [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets					563
Business Vision S.A. [Member] \| Non Solicitation Agreement [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets					428
Trademarks [Member] \| Online Classifieds Advertisement Companies in Chile and Mexico [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets				7,577
Trademarks [Member] \| Online Classifieds Advertisement Companies in Chile and Mexico [Member] \| Chile [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets				5,422
Trademarks [Member] \| Online Classifieds Advertisement Companies in Chile and Mexico [Member] \| Mexico [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Intangible assets				$ 2,155