EU Search Awards 2025: Five Trophies, One Mountain
We took our haul of this year’s 2025 European Search Awards wins up to the stunning Bannau Brycheiniog / Brecon Beacons National Park.
Not for the Instagram moment – though the view from the diving board ridge is pretty special. We went because it made sense. Some of our best thinking happens in places like this, where the signal-to-noise ratio works in your favour.
Five wins. One silver. Six shortlists across PPC, AI, and search.
Not bad for a year’s work.
Here’s the exact spot, if you need some inspiration.
What We Won
- Best Use of Search – Third Sector / Not-for-Profit (Small) D3 & Lilongwe Wildlife Trust – “Granting Wildlife A Future”
- Best Local Campaign (PPC) (Small) D3 & Slizza – “Local PPC Mastery: Driving Direct Orders & Beating Aggregators”
- Best Low Budget Campaign (PPC) (Small) D3 & Slizza – “Maximising PPC Impact on a Limited Budget with AI & Automation”
- Best Use of AI in PPC D3 & Slizza – “Cutting Out the Middleman: With AI, Automation and Smart Targeting”
- Best Use of Search – B2C (PPC) (Small) D3 & Slizza – “Redefining PPC with AI, Automation, and Smart Targeting”
- Silver: Most Innovative Campaign (PPC) (Small)
Why It Matters
The European Search Awards don’t reward big budgets. They reward sharp thinking. The kind that shows up in real data, efficient automation, and campaigns that actually move numbers and generate results.
Judges look for craft. For clarity. For work that solves real problems without the theatre.
That’s our territory.
What These Wins Say About How We Work
Awards are nice. But what matters most to us is what they say about how we work.
They reflect a data-first approach that values precision over noise. They recognise the power of automation and AI when used with intention, not gimmickry. And they show that impact doesn’t depend on huge budgets – just sharp strategy, lean execution, and relentless iteration.
A Thank You to Everyone Who Made This Happen
- To our clients, who give us the space to do great work.
- To our team, who solve hard problems with curiosity and craft.
- To the collaborators who keep us sharp.
These awards are shared wins.
Over the coming months, we’ll be pulling back the curtain on these campaigns. The strategy. The data moves. The small decisions that compounded.
We’ll also keep doing what got us here: building systems that work, asking better questions, and working with teams who care about results more than vanity metrics.
If you’re solving a hard problem and need a partner who thinks in systems, not services, let’s talk.