Shutterstock Announces Search Upgrades, Including Real-Time Search

Innovations make Shutterstock a superior choice for image buyers and photographers

NEW YORK, June 7, 2010 - Shutterstock, the leading global provider of stock images and footage by
subscription, is investing aggressively in search technology with a series of
innovations in the first half of 2010.

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Offering more than 11 million images and 180,000 footage clips, with
search supported in 10 languages, Shutterstock helps busy professionals
quickly find the right royalty-free content for any project.

Shutterstock's recent search enhancements include:

    - Saved Search and Search Alerts, features that empower image buyers to
      track topics of interest easily and automatically. Customers can
      receive free e-mail notifications when new images match a saved search.
    - People Search, which identifies images based on the number of people in
      a photograph, as well as their gender, age, and ethnicity.
    - An improved Similar Images Search, which recommends other images based
      on qualities such as keywords, image colors and models.
    - A Real-Time Search engine, which indexes new images within seconds,
      rather than hours. Image and footage buyers will see fresh content
      faster, including up-to-the-minute editorial images.

Additionally, Shutterstock continues to refine its proprietary "Most
Popular" results algorithm, which weighs keyword relevance, image download
frequency, and other customer behavior. The search engine produces more
accurate results than competing stock sites, and is especially precise with
searches involving multiple words.

Search improvements benefit artists as well. Shutterstock crowdsources
the talents of photographers, illustrators and videographers around the world
who earn money when customers download their content. Real-Time Search means
approved images and footage will appear on Shutterstock faster, and a "Newest
First" search results page will always display fresher and more varied
content.

About Shutterstock(R)

Founded in 2003, Shutterstock is an innovative global e-commerce company
and a leading provider of stock photos, illustrations, and footage.
Shutterstock provides royalty-free content to creative professionals
worldwide, specializing in subscription products that are simple and
user-friendly. For more information, visit shutterstock.com.

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