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Meanwhile, being shortlisted for <strong>SEO Agency of the Year<\/strong> reflects the collective effort, creativity, and dedication of the entire Absolute Digital Media team, continuing to push boundaries and redefine what\u2019s possible in search marketing.<\/p>\n<p>Our CEO, <strong>Ben Austin<\/strong>, shared his thoughts on the nominations:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cTo be recognised at both the UK Search Awards and now the European Agency Awards is an incredible achievement and a huge nod to the dedication and innovation of our A-Team. Being shortlisted for both Best SEO Campaign and SEO Agency of the Year reflects how far we\u2019ve come as an agency, and how we continue to evolve, adapt, and deliver real growth for our clients.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Celebrating an Exceptional Year<\/h2>\n<p>The <strong>European Agency Awards 2025<\/strong> will bring together leading agencies from across Europe to celebrate the industry\u2019s most creative and results-driven campaigns. As we look forward to the <strong>ceremony on 6<sup>th<\/sup> November<\/strong>, we\u2019re immensely proud to be finalists alongside so many talented agencies and to see our work recognised at both national and continental levels.<\/p>\n<p>Having already been awarded <a href=\"\/ae\/insights\/absolute-digital-win-at-uk-agency-awards-2025\/\">Best New Business Campaign (Small) at the UK Agency Awards 2025<\/a>, and <a href=\"\/ae\/insights\/weve-won-at-the-uk-digital-excellence-awards-2025\/\">Stand Out Low Budget SEO Campaign of the Year at the UK Digital Excellence Awards 2025<\/a>, here\u2019s hoping we can add to our success when the winners are announced.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about our multi-award-winning\u00a0<a href=\"\/ae\/\">digital marketing agency\u00a0<\/a>and discover how our integrated campaigns can bring results for your business, please contact the team today by calling <a href=\"tel:08000886000\">0800 088 6000<\/a>\u00a0or emailing us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:hello@absolute.digital\">hello@absolute.digital<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re thrilled to announce that we\u2019ve been shortlisted for two incredible categories at the European Agency Awards 2025: Best SEO Campaign SEO Agency of the Year This exciting recognition marks another milestone in what has already been an incredible week for the agency, following our recent finalist nominations at the UK Search Awards 2025, where [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12113,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,10],"tags":[],"sector":[],"class_list":["post-12109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards","category-seo"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Finalists at the European Agency Awards 2025<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We\u2019re finalists at the European Agency Awards 2025 for Best SEO Campaign and SEO Agency of the Year, following success at the UK Search Awards.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/absolute.digital\/ae\/insights\/weve-been-shortlisted-again-this-time-at-the-european-agency-awards-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_AE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Finalists at the European Agency Awards 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We\u2019re finalists at the European Agency Awards 2025 for Best SEO Campaign and SEO Agency of the Year, following success at the UK Search Awards.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/absolute.digital\/ae\/insights\/weve-been-shortlisted-again-this-time-at-the-european-agency-awards-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Absolute Digital Media UAE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-17T14:00:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-10-27T12:56:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/absolute.digital\/ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/EUAA25_Finalist_FullColour-54-1536x1243-1.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1536\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1243\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ben Austin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ben Austin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/absolute.digital\\\/ae\\\/insights\\\/weve-been-shortlisted-again-this-time-at-the-european-agency-awards-2025\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/absolute.digital\\\/ae\\\/insights\\\/weve-been-shortlisted-again-this-time-at-the-european-agency-awards-2025\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ben Austin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/absolute.digital\\\/ae\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1e685f6039e04a229b7383a209ba2a85\"},\"headline\":\"We\u2019ve Been Shortlisted Again! 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