It has been a while since there have been a reputable place offering "Awards" in the search community. Now, we have the US Search Awards backed by PubCon, Majestic SEO, SEMPO, and some other companies.
There is a long list of winners in several categories, but I am proud to be part of the Search Engine Land team that won for best search blog.
Here is a picture from Shane Borelli of Elisabeth Osmeloski and Greg Finn, representing Search Engine Land by accepting the award the other night:
- Grand Prix: Catalyst Canada on behalf of HSBC CMB USA - Out of Home Search - Airports
- Best Blog: Search Engine Land
- Best Use of Search, Retail: Mannix Marketing - Rover Parts SEO
- Best Use of Search, Finance: Havas Media - Aggressively Tackling the Competitive Financial Landscape
- Best Use of Search, Travel/Leisure: Havas Media - Driving Growth in the Competitive Travel Market
- Best Use of Search, Third Sector: Google Grants University: Matt Cardoni of Performics with the Marketing Academy of University of Iowa MBA program help 9 non-profits with free traffic and consulting
- Best Local Campaign: Kenshoo - SIM Partners Velocity and Kenshoo Local Improve SEM ROI for Sonus Hearing Care Professionals
- Best Low Budget Campaign: Advice Interactive Group - TryMunity - A Social Network for Traumatic Brain Injury Survivors
- Best Use of PR in a Search Campaign: SEO-PR - SEO-PR / Get City Dealz / Business Wire Multimedia Press Releases
- Best Use of Social Media in a Search Campaign: Nebo - P.L.A.Y. Rescue Pledge
- Best Integrated Campaign: Overit - KnowTheOdds
- Best PPC Campaign: Catalyst Canada on behalf of HSBC CMB USA - Out of Home Search - Airports
- Best SEO Campaign: Geary LSF - MegaPath SEO Campaign
- Innovation: Catalyst Canada on behalf of HSBC CMB USA - Out of Home Search - Airports
- Best PPC Management Software: Kenshoo Search
- Best SEO Software: Linkdex - Enterprise SEO Software for 2014 and beyond
- Best In House Team: Rasmussen College
- Best Agency: Elite SEM
- Young Search Professional of the Year: Fil Lourenco - Catalyst
- US Search Personality of the Year: Marty Weintraub - aimClear
Here is a classic picture of Marty Weintraub with his new Google Glass accepting his award from Dixon Jones, photo by Nicky Wake:
Congrats to all the winners.
