2020 Winners

The Event

The 2020 Global Search Awards, in association with OnCrawl, took place virtually on September 8, 2020.

 
 

Social Wall kindly sponsored by Semrush

Remember to use the hashtag #GlobalSearchAwards to join in on social.

2020 Winners

BEST USE OF SEARCH – RETAIL / ECOMMERCE (SEO)

Sponsored by SEMrush

NOVOS & Bloom & Wild – Blooming Organic Growth

 

BEST USE OF SEARCH – RETAIL / ECOMMERCE (PPC)

ForwardPMX & Tommy Hilfiger -Success Beyond Search: How We Fuelled Growth Across the Entire Tommy Hilfiger Business

 

BEST USE OF SEARCH – FINANCE (SEO)

Re:signal & WorldRemit – A better way to send money

 

BEST USE OF SEARCH – FINANCE (PPC)

Refinitiv – A Star is Born

 

BEST USE OF SEARCH – TRAVEL / LEISURE (SEO)

Crafted & Eurotunnel Le Shuttle – Opening up Europe with Content

 

BEST USE OF SEARCH – TRAVEL / LEISURE (PPC)

Adobe & Cunard – Staying Afloat Amidst COVID

 

BEST USE OF SEARCH – GAMING

Serpact – Betenemy: SEO Penalty Recovery in 3 Months

 

BEST USE OF SEARCH – THIRD SECTOR / NOT FOR PROFIT

Crafted & Médecins Sans Frontières – Supporting the frontline of humanitarian care.

 

BEST USE OF SEARCH – B2B (SEO)

Traffic Builders & Pon Business Mobility – Low Budget, High Impact

 

BEST USE OF SEARCH – B2B (PPC)

Refinitiv – A Star is Born

 

BEST USE OF SEARCH – B2C (SEO)

Winner – Re:signal & ASICS Europe – Running the SERPs marathon!

Silver Award – Peak Ace & kartenmacherei – How Data Tells Wedding Stories

 

BEST USE OF SEARCH – B2C (PPC)

Rise Interactive & Stanley Steemer – Hyper-Local Strategy Improves ROI 5X

 

BEST USE OF SEARCH – HEALTH (SEO)

Victorious & Blink Health – The Perfect Prescription

 

BEST USE OF SEARCH – HEALTH (PPC)

Stand Out Digital & RB&HH Specialist Care – Private Patient recruitment campaign

 

BEST USE OF SEARCH – AUTOMOTIVE (SEO)

Digitaloft & Veygo – Driving SEO Success with Digital PR

 

BEST USE OF SEARCH – AUTOMOTIVE (PPC)

Traffic Builders & CarNext.com – Conquering the Automotive Market

 

BEST USE OF SEARCH – REAL ESTATE & PROPERTY

Altura Interactive – Real Estate Pivot

 

BEST USE OF SEARCH – FMCG

Zenith & Nomad Foods – Using SEO to influence consumers food choices

 

BEST LOCAL CAMPAIGN (SEO)

Merkle NL & Europcar – A local SEO centered strategy

 

BEST LOCAL CAMPAIGN (PPC)

Winner – Rise Interactive & Stanley Steemer -Hyper-Local Strategy Improves ROI 5X

Silver Award – Goodway Group & Kubota Farmbelt Equipment – Creating Local Impact for a National Brand

 

BEST LOW BUDGET CAMPAIGN (SEO)

Grupa TENSE & Allecco.pl – How we found a prescription for an online pharmacy

 

BEST LOW BUDGET CAMPAIGN (PPC)

WebDigital & E-Acumulatori.ro -Promoting sustainable energy by increasing the revenue 16 times with 11% less budget in less than 1 month

 

BEST INTEGRATED CAMPAIGN

Crafted & Médecins Sans Frontières – Supporting the frontline of humanitarian care

 

MOST INNOVATIVE CAMPAIGN

Rise Interactive & Stanley Steemer – Hyper-Local Strategy Improves ROI 5X

 

BEST GLOBAL PPC CAMPAIGN

Sponsored by Optmyzr

Winner – Rise Interactive & Stanley Steemer – Hyper-Local Strategy Improves ROI 5X

Silver Award – Barve Digital and Urbanista – Global PPC Campaign

 

BEST GLOBAL SEO CAMPAIGN

Sponsored by OnCrawl

Zenith & Nomad Foods – Using SEO to influence consumers food choices

 

BEST USE OF CONTENT MARKETING

Upswing & Mega Image – When Content Drives ROI

 

BEST USE OF PR IN A SEARCH CAMPAIGN

Digitaloft & Veygo – Driving SEO Success with Digital PR

 

BEST USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN A SEARCH CAMPAIGN

Traffic Builders & CarNext.com – Conquering The Automotive Market

 

BEST USE OF DATA

Sponsored by SEMrush

Upswing & Mega Image – When Content Drives ROI

 

BEST SOFTWARE INNOVATION

Yext – Yext Answers

 

BEST GLOBAL PPC MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE SUITE

Optmyzr -Software that improves the lives of the world’s best search marketers

 

BEST GLOBAL SEO SOFTWARE SUITE

OnCrawl SEO & Data Science Platform

 

BEST GLOBAL SEARCH SOFTWARE TOOL

Back Azimuth Consulting‘s HREFLang Builder

 

BEST GLOBAL IN-HOUSE TEAM

Trader Interactive – Audience Growth Team

 

BEST GLOBAL SMALL PPC AGENCY

Docklin Digital

 

BEST GLOBAL LARGE PPC AGENCY

ForwardPMX

 

BEST GLOBAL SMALL SEO AGENCY

Sponsored by Majestic

Winner – NOVOS

Silver Award – Re:signal

 

BEST GLOBAL LARGE SEO AGENCY

Sponsored by SEMrush

Peak Ace AG

 

BEST GLOBAL LARGE INTEGRATED SEARCH AGENCY

Winner – Peak Ace AG

Silver Award – ForwardPMX

 

GLOBAL SEARCH PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR

John Mueller, Webmaster Trends Analyst, Google

Testimonials

Radu Mărcușu | CEO, Upswing
“Ever since we started our business, 13 years ago, our strategies have been appreciated as a benchmark by brands eager to perform in search engines. From the SEOmonitor application, to the current Upswing COVID-19 Trends, we have always been looking for data-driven solutions. And we have offered them, through products and methodologies, to the whole world. And winning these awards comes as a recognition of our efforts and of our capacity for innovation.”

COMPETITION - SPONSORED BY MAJESTIC

The Best Team Photo competition was kindly been sponsored by Majestic.

Our winner is… @thisisnovos 📸🌟 Congrats on scooping up the final prize of the #GlobalSearchAwards!!

Your Host - Connor Phillips

Connor Phillips is a multi-award-winning television and radio presenter as well as a live event host with all the experience and the personality to match! Having worked with MTV, across Ireland with RTE and UTV television as well as hosting the biggest breakfast radio show in Northern Ireland, Connor made the move to the UK. Within a short space of time, Connor has worked with ITV, BBC, Sky TV, and is becoming one of the most recognisable presenters across England.

You may know his voice from commercial radio stations int he UK like Key 103, Radio Aire, Metro Radio or Radio City where he worked across the Bauer City Network. Connor can now be heard on BBC Radio in Manchester, on Merseyside, Cambridge, Coventry & Warwickshire and Northampton plus you can often hear Connor presenting on all 41 BBC local stations at any one time as a Network Presenter. Described as an upbeat easy listen, Connor has his own unique style. Connor, who is a two-time winner of the Radio / TV Presenter of the Year Award is also a presenter on BBC television, working with programmes like The One Show on BBC 1.

Connor is currently the pre and post-match host at Hotel Football, Old Trafford working alongside Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville, and Paul Scholes as well as being the co-host to the North West Football Awards.