DiscoverCars.com is a proud finalist in the Global Search Awards 2026

Another of this year’s awards programs came to a close on the 23rd of September in Dublin, where the Global Search Awards gala ceremony took place. DiscoverCars.com is honored to be named a finalist in the Global Search Awards 2026 in the Best Global In-House Team category, participating with the recent results of our in-house SEO Growth team's goals.

Why is this achievement so special to us?

DiscoverCars.com is honored to have been chosen as one of the best, making it to the shortlist of the European Search Awards earlier this year. The Global Search Awards let us compete on the global stage from the very beginning — meaning that no results from the European Search Awards are involved here. And we are proud to bring DiscoverCars.com's name to the recognized shortlist again.

Two award shortlists from an awards series that is reputable in the search industry clearly show a stable and strong position for the achievements of DiscoverCars.com's SEO team. Our success is driven by a highly motivated in-house team operating in a focused and very supportive environment.

Operating amid the growing impact of LLM-based discovery and Google AI Mode — should you react or should you lead? Every company needs to make a decision. We made ours.

Visibility in all LLMs creates wide opportunities for discussion and work. And while there is a certain area that each of our SEO Growth team members works on, we are highly encouraged to see the bigger picture and be able to express bigger ideas.

As part of the results, we were honored not only to be named finalists but also to get valuable feedback from the judges. We received positive comments on our strategic moves, our demonstration of impact from a genuinely new channel, and ‘fantastic team’s approach to human resource orchestration within the team’. Constructive comments were all structured and well received too — that gave us the ability to see the submission from a different angle.

The entry process and the judging process

The entry consisted of five sections made up of open questions, overall information, and supporting files and links. The teams participating in the Best Global In-House Team category had to provide information on the targets, work examples that would make the team stand out and show a creative approach, the challenges faced, and the ways used to overcome them. Open questions were evaluated using a 1-to-10-point system.

In our category, judges were looking for the best practices that proved to be successful, creative, and innovative. The structure and clarity of each section were also important — not only to help with reading the details, but also because they were considered part of the evaluation.

The first step was a pre-scoring stage, where all judges reviewed and rated each submission by giving each section points. All judges' points were combined for each submission, thereby creating a shortlist of the strongest entries from agencies, teams, and professionals. The judges' session was the second step, where the winners were determined.

The shortlist is published on the awards website about one month after entries close, while the winners are first announced at the gala ceremony.

All remarkable entrants who were shortlisted as finalists are invited to the gala ceremony to celebrate their achievements together.

All entries submitted this year should relate to work carried out between January 2025 and May 2026, with our entry showing the differences in search results metrics between two equivalent periods of time in 2025 and 2026. This comparison allowed us to demonstrate the actual progress in numbers related to the initiatives we’ve shared.

About the Global Search Awards

The Global Search Awards are part of the Search Awards Series organized by Don’t Panic under their We Are Search brand, which celebrates excellence across SEO, PPC, and content marketing on the global stage. Regional search awards from the series operating under the We Are Search umbrella include the previously mentioned European Search Awards, the UK Search Awards, the US Search Awards, the MENA Search Awards, and the APAC Search Awards.

The Global Search Awards bring together the work of agencies, in-house teams, and professionals from all over the world participating with campaigns and achievements at any level — local, national, or international. Nominations are divided into categories for the best use of search, campaigns, content, data, software, teams, and agencies, with industries and small and large agencies separated where relevant.