GOODWILL

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by operating segment consist of the following (in thousands):



	North America		International			Total
Goodwill, December 31, 2016	$	1,227,777	$	27,089		$	1,254,866
Acquisition	25,717		—			25,717
Effect of foreign currency translation	—		2,874			2,874
Goodwill, December 31, 2017	1,253,494		29,963			1,283,457
Acquisitions	319,594		10,344			329,938
Effect of foreign currency translation	—		(1,860		)	(1,860		)
Goodwill, December 31, 2018	$	1,573,088	$	38,447		$	1,611,535

The Company recorded goodwill of approximately $8 million in connection with the January 31, 2017 acquisition of Koa Lei, Inc. (doing business as Westside Rentals^® and now known as Westside Rentals, LLC), an online marketplace specializing in Southern California real estate rentals, and its affiliated entity Westside Credit Services, LLC, a provider of credit checks and tenant screening for landlords in the Southern California real estate rental market. The Company recorded goodwill of approximately $15 million in connection with the May 10, 2017 acquisition of certain assets and assumption of certain liabilities from Datasphere Technologies, Inc., in each case, related to the LandWatch.com^® business (collectively referred to as “LandWatch”), a leading listing site dedicated to land and rural properties. The Company recorded goodwill of approximately $2 million in connection with the July 18, 2017 acquisition of The Screening Pros, LLC, an online apartment leasing platform that includes tenant screening services, rental applications and payments processing and lease renewals.

The Company recorded goodwill of approximately $267 million in connection with the February 21, 2018 acquisition of ForRent, a digital advertising service provided through a network of four multifamily websites. The Company recorded goodwill of approximately $10 million in connection with the October 12, 2018 acquisition of Realla, the operator of a commercial property listings and data management platform in the U.K., including a free-to-list search engine for commercial property listings. The company recorded goodwill of approximately $53 million in connection with the November 8, 2018 acquisition of Cozy, a leading provider of online rental solutions that provides a broad spectrum of services to both landlords and tenants, including property listings, rent estimates, rental applications, tenant screening, online rent payments and expense tracking.

The total amount of goodwill that is expected to be deductible for tax purposes is approximately $16 million as of December 31, 2018.

No impairments of the Company's goodwill were recognized during the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016.