The first day of SES Japan was a great success. A standing room only crowd heard a keynote from Yahoo in the morning and Google in the afternoon. Over 2500 people registered for the show and we have about 15 exhibitors. While a small show compared to exhibition space sold for the USA SES shows, the number of exhibitors doubled from last year's inaugural event. There were a number of Japanese SEO companies on the floor which is an indicator that search engine marketing in on the map in Japan.

I have a hunch that SES Japan could possibly double again in size in 2006. The enthusiasm of the attendees was invigorating to me and certainly made me feel better about having traveled so far to see the show.

About to take off for Sydney.