A number of Irish agencies took home awards at the annual 2026 Global Search Awards this week in Dublin with Wolfgang Digital leading the pack with six awards, including the Best Global Large SEO Agency.
The Dublin-based agency picked up five campaign awards for its work with Brown Thomas Arno Rounding out its haul, Wolfgang’s SEO team was named Best Global Large SEO Agency.
In picking up the Best Global Large SEO Agency, the judges singled out Wolfgang’s commercial performance, investment in its own technology, employee ownership model and commitment to charity.
According Sean Markey, head of SEO, Wolfgang Digital: “Being recognised as a top SEO agency on a global stage is something we’ll cherish forever. From the pandemic to the ongoing AI revolution, it’s been a crazy few years in the world of organic search, but our team has shown extraordinary determination, ingenuity and courage, taking on these challenges in their stride, to the point where they can genuinely call themselves world champs.
“It is a testament to Wolfgang Digital’s Employee Ownership model that a company such as ours can thrive in a constantly evolving industry and go that extra mile on behalf of our clients and our people.”
It was also a good night for dentsu Ireland and Ignition Digital with the former picking up two awards for its work with Allianz Partners, including its “SEO Health Coverage Programme.”
Elsewhere, Ignition Digital was another Irish winner, taking home two awards on the night for its work with Double In Darts and the online platform Powered Now. The agency was also shortlisted in six other categories.
According to Richie O’Sullivan, founder of Ignition Digital: “To be recognised on an international stage for exactly that, less than a year in, is a proud moment for all of us. It belongs to our clients as much as to us. They trusted a new agency with their budgets, and this is what that trust has produced.”
There was also an Irish connection among the major agency awards, with LOCOMOTIVE winning Best Global Large Integrated Search Agency. The international agency has its European headquarters in Galway, following the integration and rebranding of Irish agency IMS Marketing as LOCOMOTIVE Europe.
