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Google Ads  ·  5 min

Google ads and the brand term question

Should you pay to appear above your own name? Usually yes, and the reason has nothing to do with clicks.

December 2025

Google ads and the brand term question

The argument against bidding on your own brand is straightforward. Those guests were coming anyway, so you are paying for traffic you already had.

The argument for it is that you are almost certainly not the only advert on that page, and the platforms have deeper pockets than you do.

Run the test properly, with a clean two week pause, and let the direct booking numbers rather than the click cost make the decision.