It is Search Week in New York City, a bonanza powwow of market researchers gathering at Jacob Javits Center for the Search Marketing Expo:

Market researchers all dressed up and abuzz for Search Week.

The declaration was made official by the Mayor, a prime advocate of business research, the industry in which he made his fortune.

SMX posted the Proclamation of “Search Week” to its website, bedecked with the aegis and seal of City Hall, almost seeming like an article from The Onion.