Our sales team reports regularly on image buyers' suggestions for search engine features that can help them do their jobs. This week we replaced the Jupiterimages.com search engine with a new one that let us incorporate some of those suggestions. And less than a week after launch we're already getting great feedback from our customers that they like the new features.

Jupiterimages search now makes it easier for customers to find images with and without people and by gender, age and ethnicity. It also incorporates the subjects' emotions (whether they're angry, content, frustrated, happy, laughing, sad, serious or worried), whether the images is shot indoors or outdoors and whether the subject is looking at the camera or looking away. That last one, according to our sales team, is a common request from clients that we're happy we could incorporate.

Other new search filters let customers find images with no nudity, images available on CDs and images that are 50 MB or larger, which are better for those who specialize in print production.

And a new tabbed layout lets customers jump quickly between royalty-free and rights-managed search results.

Finally, a particularly intriguing feature of the new Jupiterimages.com is a new way to zero in on the best imagery by browsing through the various filters. This new browse capability lets users include and exclude various choices and see the results change dynamically.

Stay tuned for even more exciting enhancements in weeks to come as we work to show image buyers that -- to paraphrase our tagline -- their "search ends here."