SES New York closed today with all kinds of financial and attendance records. Ironically last week the investment firm RBC published a research report stating that Paid Search listings were weak in the first quarter. I wonder if the writer of that report attended SES New York?

Wild enthusiasm would have confronted the RBC analyst. Total attendance was about 6000 (50% greater than 2004). Paid attendance was 1734 (52% greater than 2004). Exhibiting companies liked what they saw as 70% of them booked space for the 2006 show.

The excitement and energy on the show floor was equivalent to any of the Internet World shows of the 1990s. I never thought I would ever again see Internet World energy at a trade show in this century, but SES New York proved me wrong. It was truly a great trade show week for our industry and for Jupitermedia.