2015 UK Search Awards Winners Announced at Fifth Annual Ceremony in London

A prestigious night in search marketing concluded last night with a first class ceremony at the UK Search Awards.

I feel comfortable saying that, because I was there. After having been to both the US and European Search Awards, there is no doubt that the UK awards are in a class of their own.

The fifth annual ceremony drew over 700 attendees to see awards being handed out in 28 categories.

The elegant presentation was befitting of celebrating a year's worth of accomplishments in search. Not to mention that they excelled in one of the most aggressively competitive industries — the UK.

Notable winners included:

Verve Search, taking home the award for best small agency

Stickyeyes, taking home the award for best large agency

Mike Liston, taking home the award for young search professional of the year

Matt Roberts from Linkdex, taking home the award for UK search personality of the year

No expense was spared on celebrating the evening — from the lounge to the ballroom — first class all the way.

Having the opportunity to sit at the judges' table, I picked their brains on what goes in to deciding a winner. Having well-defined objectives, and meeting those objectives, is key to taking home one of these prestigious awards.

With that being said, please see below for a full list of winner's from the 2015 UK Search Awards:

Best Use of Search – Periscopix

Best Use of Search in Finance – Money Supermarket

Best Use of Search in Travel and Leisure – Verve Search

Best use of Search in Gaming – Blueclaw

Best use of Search in the Third Sector – Blueglass

Best Local Campaign – BrainLabs

Best Low Budget Campaign – Found and Randstad Finance and Professionals

Best Use of PR in a Search Campaign – Verve Search

Best Use of Social Media in a Search Campaign – NetBoosterUk

Best Integrated Campaign – Money Supermarket

Best SEO Campaign – Greenlight

Best Use of Content Marketing – LattitudeUK

Most Innovative Campaign – Starcom Media

Best PPC Management Software – Doubleclick Search

Best SEO Software – Searchmetrics

Best In-House Team – Money Supermarket

Best Small PPC Agency – The Media Image

Best Small SEO Agency – Verve Search

Best Large SEO Agency – Stickyeyes

Best Small Integrated Search Agency – Media Vision

Best Large Integrated Search Agency – MediaComUK

Young Search Professional of the Year – Mike Liston

UK Search Personality of the Year – Matt Roberts from Linkdex

Source: 2015 UK Search Awards Winners Announced at Fifth Annual Ceremony in London