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.
