The Yahoo! and Microsoft Search Alliance teams were recently invited to present at the Search Engine Marketing Professionals Organization (SEMPO) meetings in San Francisco (7/26) and New York City (8/2). We all enjoyed great food (loved the bacon-wrapped dates, antipasti!), wine and beer before the commencement of the content. Once we got started, myself and Rob Wilk (National Director, Search Optimization and Strategy, Yahoo!) ran through the vision for the Search Alliance ,