Danny Sullivan's keynote at Search Engine Strategies filled the grand ballroom at the New York Hilton to capacity (and then some!). More than 1,400 people packed into the ballroom.

Danny started things off with a take-off on the Billy Crystal opening at the Oscars with terrific footage of a spaceship battle between a "Google craft" and a "Yahoo spaceship."

I cannot go into all that Danny said. However I came away with with a few salient points:

1. While Google is number one and Yahoo is number two, vertical and or specialized search services can thrive.

2. We ain't seen nuthin' yet in terms of where the search field is going and growing.

The exhibit hall is about to open. More later.