We launched a new Blog today which is devoted to our Search Engine Strategies trade shows. We now have three USA SES shows (New York, Chicago and San Jose). We are about to announce a SES for Paris, France (this November) to go along with Canada, England, Germany, Japan and Sweden). Also expect announcements of launches in 2006 in Italy, China, Australia and more.

All of the above combined with our clickz network of Web sites makes Jupitermedia the dominant company covering interactive marketing and Search. It is quite amazing to me how this all came together over the previous 8 years -- starting with the acquisition of searchenginewatch.com in 1997. We had no idea back then that Search would be the killer application of the Internet. Nor did we have such an inkling back in 2001 when we launched the first SES show or when we purchased clickz.com in September of 2000.

Think of all the traditional print media companies that missed the boat in covering this area ranging from Ziff Davis, CMP Media, IDG, VNU and Crains. Reliance on print is the factor of why these guys missed the boat and we hit the jackpot. People want such news online and not in print.

By the way I am writing this late at night in Paris, France. I am on the road once again hitting several European cities for the remainder of the week. It is Bastille Day in France tomorrow (today). Should be quite an experience to have a work day in the middle of wild celebration.