Brand bidding is an effective way to control company reputation and avoid a great loss in traffic.
Anyone can bid on your brand name, there is nothing stopping it anymore. If you don’t bid on your brand name, there is a decent chance that one of your competitors will appear at the top of the search results when someone is looking for you. It’s like driving past Sainsburys to get to Tesco; it’s inevitable that you’ll lose some customers, it’s just a question of how many.
Depending on brand objectives, playing ignorant to bidding on your own brand presents an opportunity for resellers and affiliates to use your brand name to encourage your traffic towards to their desired destination.
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