Congratulations to our 2023 US Search Awards finalists.
BEST USE OF SEARCH – RETAIL / ECOMMERCE (SEO)
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Logical Position & Cascade Health Care – Improving Visibility & Traffic by 200%
Menerva Digital & Maisonette – eCommerce SEO & Filter Rules
Perrill & Scales Plus – Tipping the Scales with SEO
Tombras & PGA Tour Superstore – A Hole-In-One SEO Partnership
Uproer & Willow – SEO “Mom Journey” Campaign
Victorious & Tarte Cosmetics – SEO Content Drives Revenue
Victorious & UnboxMe – From 3 Keywords to Outranking Amazon
BEST USE OF SEARCH – RETAIL / ECOMMERCE (PPC)
Proudly sponsored by Channable
Collective Measures & EVEREVE – Transformative Paid Search Efforts Deliver Impressive Results
Croud x GE Appliances, a Haier Company – Accelerating the modernization of search
DAC & Brooks – Running the road to revenue
INTREN & Buenospa – Small fish in the biggest pond – Conquering the USA with a rented warehouse
Intuitive Digital & Landry & Acari – How Landry & Arcari’s Search Campaigns Were Stitched Together For Success
iProspect & Anthropologie – Futureproofing Google Paid Search Efforts via AI-Driven Product Adoption
Mad Leads & Aroma360 – The Smell of Success: Scent-sational 325% YoY Growth
The Media Image & Kendo – Fenty Paid Search Restructure
Tombras & Altar’d State – ROAS Couture: Stitching Up Success in a Time of Consumer Uncertainty
BEST USE OF SEARCH – FINANCE (SEO)
CB/I Digital & First Citizens Bank – Excellence in Enterprise SEO
Hennessey Digital – Cashing In On Great SEO
iQuanti – Winning a new audience and a 90% bump in traffic
LOCOMOTIVE & TIPALTI – Pushing Boundaries of Creativity & Efficiency through AI-Powered Calculators
Milestone Inc & U.S. Bank – Improving Digital Customers Interactions
North Star Inbound & Self – Building credibility for the credit builder
NP Digital & Lantern by SoFi – Leveraging SEO & content to help build a brand: How we increased organic search traffic by 561% for Lantern.
Reprise & Nationwide – Increasing brand awareness with SEO in Auto Insurance
BEST USE OF SEARCH – FINANCE (PPC)
Intuitive Digital & Valley Credit Union – Expanding Clientele In A Limited Customer Pool Through Customization and Service
Mad Leads + Tipalti – Driving 20% Revenue Contribution in the EU
Tombras & Ent Credit Union – Refresh & Restructure Towards App-solute Success
BEST USE OF SEARCH – TRAVEL / LEISURE (SEO)
1SEO Digital Agency – Scubadelphia Diveseekers, Breaching the SEO Surface
DAC & Holland America Line – A Cruise to Organic Performance
Milestone Inc & G6 – Bringing customers to the door, using search!
Minty Digital & iVisa – Around the world in 130 links
BEST USE OF SEARCH – TRAVEL / LEISURE (PPC)
AIMCLEAR & Navigating Success – A Social/Search Mashup Propelling Yacht Rental Revenue
Go Fish Digital & Seaside Vacations – Competing With Enterprise Marketplaces For OBX Travel
Intuitive Digital & Alaska Seaplanes – Paid Media Performance Soars To New Heights
iQuanti & A Cruise Company
Publicis Groupe & Marriott International – Innovative Brand Awareness Campaign Drives More Than 2 Million Additional Clicks
Tandem Buzz & Everglades Holiday Park – Everglades – Performance Max – Smart – Test
Workshop Digital & Virginia Tourism Corporation – LOVE campaign
BEST USE OF SEARCH – GAMING
Distinctly & Betting.com – Bias in the Booth
North Star Inbound & Solitaire Bliss – Stacking the deck with 1.2 million visits per month
BEST USE OF SEARCH – THIRD SECTOR / NOT FOR PROFIT
Go Fish Digital & United Way – Strategic Synergy: The Collaborative Force of SEO and Digital PR
Tombras & American Cancer Society – Search for the Cure
Victorious & NAACP – Unique Challenges in a Niche Space
BEST USE OF SEARCH – B2B (SEO)
beMarketing, CCI Consulting – Tried and True SEO Triumph
Critical Mass & Nissan Business & Fleet – Helping Small Business Owners Find the Right Vehicle for the Job
FL Pixel & Chillibyte – RxMile™ Pharmacy Software
Flow SEO & Betterworks – SEO for Enterprise SaaS
Impressive & Base22 – Transformative Organic Growth
Logical Position & Globe Bag Company Inc – Increasing First Page Keywords by over 240%
Menerva Digital & Proofpoint – B2B Content Strategy
Milestone Inc & Hitachi Vantara – Improving Search Visibility
Pan Galactic Digital + AEI Consultants – SEO + CRO + SME + E-A-T = AEI B2B WIN
Thermo Fisher – Applying the science of SEO in the Life Sciences industry
Uproer & IFTTT – How an Overlooked SEO Tactic Drove 33% Traffic Growth
Victorious & Cloud Hosting – Leveraging Content Doubles Organic Traffic
BEST USE OF SEARCH – B2B (PPC)
1SEO Digital Agency, LEM Products, Inc. – Warning: High Voltage PPC Ahead!
Amsive Digital & Ansys – Mastering the Art of Digital Engineering, Unleashing 43% Conversion Lift!
Comcast Paid Search Team (Comcast Business) – Activating Results-Driven, AI-powered Search Campaigns with Value Based Bidding
Forthea & Cemex – Concrete PPC Growth for Ready-Mix
LeadLab Media & RedRover – Mahaffey Fabric Structures
Search Warrant & Kinaxis – Persuading Planners in the USA
Semrush – Localization and Geo Scaling in Paid Search
Stella Rising & Optimizely – Driving DXP Globally
BEST USE OF SEARCH – B2C (SEO)
Deezer with Semrush – Optimizing billions of pages to grow traffic by 100%
Forthea & Paul Davis – Scalable SEO for Multi-Location Franchise
Intuitive Digital & Jacobs Heating and Air Conditioning – Cool Strategy, Hot Results!
Logical Position & Cascade Health Care – Improving Visibility & Increasing Traffic Over 200%
Logical Position & Jil Goorman Beauty – Increasing New Users by almost 400%
Mannix Marketing, Haddad & Sherwin – Best in Search B2C
Menerva Digital & Blurb – B2C Blog Content Strategy
North Star Inbound & Preply – Establishing category leadership in plain English
Razorfish & Grey Goose Vodka – Strategic FAQs Answer Cocktail & Vodka Questions
Victorious & Tarte Cosmetics – SEO Content Drives Revenue
Victorious & UnboxMe – From 3 Keywords to Outranking Amazon
BEST USE OF SEARCH – B2C (PPC)
beMarketing, Raynor Services – Electrical Wins in PPC Campaign
Block & Tam & Jean Dousset – Leveraging Google’s full-funnel product suite to stimulate all consumer touch points and increase ecom sales during a major rebrand
Go Fish Digital & Hudson’s Furniture – ZIP Code Targeting Drives Store Visits for Furniture Retailer
Intuitive Digital & Jacobs Heating and Air Conditioning – Turning Up The Heat For Search Ads
Megethos & GoHealth Urgent Care – Urgent Care Bookings Growth
Search Influence & Tulane School of Professional Advancement – Google Paid Search for Graduate Certificates
Socium Media & Modern Age – Driving Conversions for a Healthier Future
SSDM + SPG – Consolidated Website + Search Campaign
Tandem Buzz & Odyssey Group LLC – Porta Potty After Hours
Tombras & Altar’d State – ROAS Couture: Stitching Up Success in a Time of Consumer Uncertainty
BEST USE OF SEARCH – HEALTH
AIMCLEAR & Action Behavior Centers – Truly Serving Autistic Children & Generating $ Millions
CMI Media Group & ADC Therapeutics – Utilizing Search Behavior to Optimize a Rx Campaign
EVERSANA INTOUCH & AUSTEDO® XR – Organic Improvement for Secondary Indication
Forthea & Pure Dental Brands – Rebuilding after a Pandemic
Growth Skills & BetterVet – Dominating Mobile Veterinarian Searches with 2,230% increase in Google First Page Rankings
Hearts & Science & Reckitt – Driving Sales Increases as Measured by New Closed Loop Solution
Incubeta, Squared.io & Healthcare Brand – Pushing Performance for Healthcare Practices
Megethos & GoHealth Urgent Care – Urgent Care Bookings Growth
Pan Galactic Digital + CompleteRx – Growing Search Engine Visibility through Thought Leadership
Stella Rising & CCRM – Expanding Incredible Fertility Care
The Loop Marketing & CORE Orthopedics – “Resilience in Motion: Building E-A-T for a Small Healthcare Provider”
Tombras & Atrium Health – The Right Prescription for Search Growth
BEST USE OF SEARCH – AUTOMOTIVE
Critical Mass & Nissan Business & Fleet – Helping Small Business Owners Find the Right Vehicle for the Job
Milestone Inc & Nissan Mexicana – Automotive Omnichannel Dealership Platform
Milestone Inc & Renault Americas – Driving Digital Presence and Organic Growth on Search
Synergize & Gulf States Toyota – Lead Form Integration
BEST USE OF SEARCH – REAL ESTATE & PROPERTY
Red Shark Digital & The Woodland Group – Conquering Mountains of Search Results
Stella Rising & Coldwell Banker – Dream Campaign
Verve Search & Online Mortgage Advisor – Building authority with expertise and creativity
BEST USE OF SEARCH – FMCG
Go Fish Digital & Future Method – Crafting A Consumer-Centric Approach To Search
J.M. Smucker & Digitas/Publicis – Integrated FMCG Search Strategy Drove Omni-Channel Growth
Reprise & Zyrtec – Scratching an Itch with Fresh Content in Partnership with Zyrtec
Stella Rising & MaryRuth Organics – Maximizing Wellness Momentum
Stella Rising & Persil® – Increasing Nonbrand Awareness with Creative Implementation
BEST USE OF SEARCH – FASHION
Accelerated Digital Media & johnnie-O – Finding New Insights in PMax to Grow Revenue
Block & Tam & Veronica Beard – Hybrid Standard Shopping + PMax approach delivering unprecedented results during BFCM 2022
Rise at Seven & PrettyLittleThing – flying to the top of the SERPS
Stella Rising & Gudrun Sjödén – Widening the World of Gudrun Sjödén
Victorious & Tarte Cosmetics – SEO Content Drives Revenue
BEST LOCAL CAMPAIGN (SEO)
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Logical Position & Pershing Square Law Firm – Increasing First Page Keywords by Over 450%
On the Map Marketing & Hipskind & McAninch, LLC – Best Local Campaign (SEO)
Practice Cafe and Bethea Family Dentistry – Local Dental SEO Campaign
SEM Dynamics – Organic Search Campaign
Tandem Buzz & All My Sons – Local SEO
Webspec & Springer Floor Care – Website Content Refresh
Xfinity Residential SEO team – Chris Countey, Eric Regan, Karen Ramon – Xfinity Local SEO
BEST LOCAL CAMPAIGN (PPC)
DAC & The Fresh Market – the anti-inflation recipe
Go Fish Digital & ZIPS Dry Cleaners – Creating Personalized Local Campaigns At Scale
Practice Cafe and Alder Trails Dental – Local Dental PPC Campaign
Tandem Buzz & Executive One Catering – Miami Dade
BEST LOW BUDGET CAMPAIGN (SEO)
1SEO Digital Agency – EP Electric LLC, Shocking the SEO System
FL Pixel & Chillibyte – RxMile™ Pharmacy Software
Go Fish Digital & Myriad – Myriad <3’s NY
Logical Position & Jil Goorman Beauty – Increasing First Page Keywords by over 2,800%
Menerva Digital & Intelligence of Nature – People Also Ask
The Loop Marketing & CORE Orthopedics – “Resilience in Motion: How to Conquer Pain and Resume the Activities that Ignite Your Soul”
BEST LOW BUDGET CAMPAIGN (PPC)
beMarketing, AREI – Better Business on a Budget
On the Map Marketing & Angelika Film Center – Best Low Budget Campaign (PPC)
The Loop Marketing & MARTOR USA – “Safe Cuts, Trusted Knives”
BEST INTEGRATED CAMPAIGN
1SEO Digital Agency – Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey, A Winning Hand, No Matter the Odds
AIMCLEAR & Midsized Trucking Co. – Integrated Driver Recruitment Earns High Double Digit Millions
Amsive Digital & Surgent – From Ledger to Legend: Dominating International Accounting Day with 25% Higher ROAS
Digital Third Coast & Renowned Children’s Hospital – Reaching the Right Audience
Flow SEO & ELM Learning – High-Intent Content Hubs Across Paid and Organic Search
Hearts & Science & Reckitt – Driving Sales Increases as Measured by New Closed Loop Solution
Impressive & Top Fitness – Crushing Revenue Goals Together
Marketwake & LeaseCrunch – Simplified Lease Accounting
Socium Media & TUSHY – An Integrated Campaign for a Hole-iday Win
Tombras & Orangetheory Fitness – Revolutionizing Reach: Full-Funnel Success via Innovative Funding
Xfinity Residential SEO team – Chris Countey, Eric Regan, Karen Ramon – Xfinity 10G
MOST INNOVATIVE CAMPAIGN (SEO)
Go Fish Digital & BroBible – Technical SEO Results In Millions Of Clicks From Discover & Top Stories
LOCOMOTIVE and StreamSafely – Redefining the Landscape of Safe Streaming
Thermo Fisher – Applying the science of SEO in the Life Sciences industry
Victorious & Tarte Cosmetics – SEO Content Drives Revenue
MOST INNOVATIVE CAMPAIGN (PPC)
Comcast Paid Search Team (Residential Internet) – Delivering a Blockbuster Brand Moment for Xfinity 10G with Omni-Channel Media Strategies
Reprise & Ring (Amazon) – Using Generative AI to Ideate Winning Ad Copy
Search Warrant & Kinaxis – Persuading Planners in the USA
BEST PPC CAMPAIGN
AIMCLEAR & Action Behavior Centers – Truly Serving Autistic Children & Generating $ Millions
Amsive Digital & Ansys – Mastering the Art of Digital Engineering, Unleashing 43% Conversion Lift!
Amsive Digital & Surgent – From Ledger to Legend: Dominating International Accounting Day with 25% Higher ROAS
Block & Tam & La Ligne – Solving 2023’s Top PPC Challenge: Over-reliance on Automation
Forthea & Cemex – Concrete PPC Growth for Ready-Mix
Forthea & Pure Dental Brands – Rebuilding after a Pandemic
Megethos & GoHealth Urgent Care – Urgent Care Bookings Growth
Publicis Media & Haleon – Owning Click Growth: Delivering $22m In Incremental Click Value
Search Warrant & Kinaxis – Persuading Planners in the USA
Tandem Buzz @ National Van Lines – Long Distance Moving 01/2023
Tombras & Orangetheory Fitness – Fiscal Fitness: New Year, New Strategy, New Approach
Wpromote & REEF – Full-Funnel Paid Search & Performance Max
BEST SEO CAMPAIGN
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1SEO Digital Agency – Painting Pups, A Pawsitively Brilliant SEO Campaign
AIMCLEAR & Midsized Trucking Co. – SEO Driver Recruitment Earns Double Digit Millions
Block & Tam & Oak Street Health – Bringing ecommerce tactics to the health industry, to drive exponential SEO growth in under 12 months
Forthea & Paul Davis – Scalable SEO for Multi-Location Franchise
Go Fish Digital & BroBible – Technical SEO Results In Millions Of Clicks From Discover & Top Stories
HigherVisibility & HOTWORX – Fueling the Fire to Organic Growth
Hive Digital & Octopart – Crawl Budget Hurdles
Jan Kelley & Dörken Systems Inc. – DELTA® ACADEMY SEO
North Star Inbound & Preply – Establishing category leadership in plain English
Victorious & NAACP – Unique Challenges in a Niche Space
Victorious & Tarte Cosmetics – SEO Content Drives Revenue
Victorious & UnboxMe – From 3 Keywords to Outranking Amazon
BEST USE OF CONTENT MARKETING
1SEO Digital Agency – Colonial Marble & Granite, From Quarry to Countertop, to First Page Domination
DEPT® + Mailchimp – Strategic Content Acceleration
Dreamscape Marketing & Harmony Hills – Behavioral Healthcare Pivot Campaign
Flow SEO & MailCharts – Scalable Product-led Content Marketing
Go Fish Digital & United Way NCA – The State of Affordable Housing in Cities Across America
LOCOMOTIVE and StreamSafely – Redefining the Landscape of Safe Streaming
North Star Inbound & Preply – Establishing category leadership in plain English
On The Map Inc. & Simplex Group – Content Marketing
Reprise & Zyrtec – Scratching an Itch with Fresh Content in Partnership with Zyrtec
Tombras & RealTruck – Truckin’ Along to Greatness through Content Marketing
Victorious & Cloud Hosting – Leveraging Content Doubles Organic Traffic
Victorious & Tarte Cosmetics – SEO Content Drives Revenue
BEST USE OF PR IN A SEARCH CAMPAIGN
Go Fish Digital & The Loupe – Alleviating First Date Fears With Digital PR
GR0 & Winona – Increasing Domain Authority to Boost Website Traffic
Legacy Communications & Ubiquitous – “The Dream Job With Dream Results”
North Star Inbound & Preply – Establishing category leadership in plain English
Verve Search & Online Mortgage Advisor – Building authority with expertise and creativity
WhistleOut.com & Clearlink – What Is My Phone Number?
BEST USE OF DATA (PPC)
Found Search Marketing & Healthcare Partner – Integrating Paid Media and SEO to Generate High-Quality Leads
Horizon Media & United Healthcare – Caliper Measures Up
Matterkind & Terminix – Offline Sales Integrations Drive Revenue Growth
NP Digital & ConnectWise – A mid-funnel mindshift: How ConnectWise and NP Digital increased ROAS of paid search by 100%.
BEST SOFTWARE INNOVATION
Adthena’s Brand Activator – saving marketers up to 20% on brand search ads
Dragon Metrics – Report Builder 2.0
Gddash by NewzDash – Gddash Google Discover & Search Optimization
LinkGraph – OTTO – SEO AI by SearchAtlas
NewzDash – Innovation / NewzDash SEO Platform for News
Rio SEO – Local Experience Platform
Semrush AI tools
Squared.Io – Google Ads. Automated.
Trisolute News Dashboard – Action View 2.0
TrueClicks – Never miss an issue or opportunity again
Uberall – Uberall Messages
BEST PPC MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE SUITE
Adpulse – adpulse.app
Adthena’s Brand Activator – saving marketers up to 20% on brand search ads
Optmyzr: PPC Automation For All
Squared.Io – Google Ads. Automated.
TrueClicks – Never miss an issue or opportunity again
BEST SEO SOFTWARE SUITE
LinkGraph – SearchAtlas Software Suite
Lumar Website Intelligence Platform
Milestone Inc. – Milestone Presence Cloud
NewzDash – NewzDash SEO Platform for News
SE Ranking – the One-Stop Shop for SEO Pros and Agencies
Semrush – Search Marketing Powerhouse, Enhanced by AI
BEST SEARCH SOFTWARE TOOL
Adpulse – adpulse.app
Adthena’s Brand Activator – saving marketers up to 20% on brand search ads
Gddash by NewzDash – Gddash Google Discover & Search Optimization
LinkGraph – SEO Content Assistant by SearchAtlas
Milestone Inc – Schema Manager
NewzDash – NewzDash SEO Platform for News
SE Ranking – the One-Stop Shop for SEO Pros and Agencies
Semrush Local – A Single Tool Empowering Agencies & SMBs to Get More Local Customers to the Door
Squared.Io – Google Ads. Automated.
Swydo – Swydo Reporting & Monitoring Platform
Trisolute News Dashboard – The all-in-one powerful and innovative SEO tool for news publishers
TrueClicks – Never miss an issue or opportunity again
BEST IN-HOUSE TEAM
The judges’ have decided not to announce the shortlist for this category. The winner will be announced at the awards ceremony on Wednesday 18th October 2023.
BEST SMALL PPC AGENCY
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Hive Digital
LeadLab Media, INC
Mad Leads
BEST LARGE PPC AGENCY
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Block & Tam
Go Fish Digital
Synergize
BEST SMALL SEO AGENCY
Growth Skills
Hive Digital
LOCOMOTIVE Agency
North Star Inbound
Pan Galactic Digital
BEST LARGE SEO AGENCY
HigherVisibility
Razorfish
Victorious
BEST SMALL INTEGRATED SEARCH AGENCY
AIMCLEAR – Accomplished Humans Helping Clients Earn Truckloads of Money (SRSLY)
Digital Third Coast
Red Shark Digital
BEST LARGE INTEGRATED SEARCH AGENCY
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1SEO Digital Agency
Croud
DAC – driving transformational outcomes for 50 years
Digitas Integrated Search
NP Digital
The Media Image
VMLY&R