{"id":3608,"date":"2026-09-17T16:00:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T08:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kesato.com\/blog\/?p=3608"},"modified":"2026-09-17T16:00:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T08:00:35","slug":"google-ads-for-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kesato.com\/blog\/advertising\/google-ads-for-business\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Run Google Ads for Business vs OTA Bidding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Running Google Ads for a hospitality business today often means competing against a platform the business already partners with. Listing a hotel or villa on an online travel agency like Booking.com, Agoda, or Expedia is a normal, mutually beneficial arrangement. It puts the property in front of travelers who are still comparing options. Brand bidding is a separate issue entirely: it&#8217;s when that same OTA also bids on Google Ads for the property&#8217;s exact name, so someone who already knows exactly where they want to stay and searches for it by name sees the OTA&#8217;s ad above the hotel&#8217;s own website. This guide covers the fundamentals of running Google Ads for business, and one blind spot most businesses never check: whether their own brand name is being bid on by someone else.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Why This Is Different From a Normal OTA Listing<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3609\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kesato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Why-This-Is-Different-From-a-Normal-OTA-Listing.png\" alt=\"Why This Is Different From a Normal OTA Listing\" width=\"1731\" height=\"909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kesato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Why-This-Is-Different-From-a-Normal-OTA-Listing.png 1731w, https:\/\/www.kesato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Why-This-Is-Different-From-a-Normal-OTA-Listing-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kesato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Why-This-Is-Different-From-a-Normal-OTA-Listing-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kesato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Why-This-Is-Different-From-a-Normal-OTA-Listing-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/www.kesato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Why-This-Is-Different-From-a-Normal-OTA-Listing-1536x807.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1731px) 100vw, 1731px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being listed on an OTA doesn&#8217;t cost a business anything upfront. It&#8217;s a revenue share: the OTA brings in bookings from people still browsing and comparing, and takes a commission when a booking closes through its platform. That part is a fair trade for the exposure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brand bidding is a different transaction entirely. It targets people who have already made up their mind, someone typing a hotel&#8217;s exact name into Google because they specifically want to book there. That search has zero acquisition cost for the hotel if it lands on the hotel&#8217;s own site. When an OTA&#8217;s ad appears above it instead, the hotel ends up paying a commission on a booking it would have gotten for free. This tactic is sometimes called competitor bidding, and it isn&#8217;t unique to hospitality, though it shows up there constantly because OTAs already have a property&#8217;s inventory, pricing, and photos ready to advertise.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Is It Legal for an OTA to Bid on My Brand Name?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In most cases, yes. Google&#8217;s trademark policy allows advertisers to bid on any keyword, including someone else&#8217;s brand name, as long as the ad text itself doesn&#8217;t misuse the trademark, for example by falsely implying the OTA is the official website. This means a hotel generally can&#8217;t stop an OTA from bidding on its name entirely, but it can restrict how that name appears in the OTA&#8217;s ad copy through a trademark complaint filed with Google.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to LocaliQ&#8217;s 2026 Google Ads benchmark report, the average business earns 2 dollars in revenue for every 1 dollar spent on Google Ads, a 200% return on investment across all industries (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rudys.ai\/google-ads-benchmarks\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">source: Rudys.AI, citing Focus Digital, Triple Whale, Varos, and WebFX<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). Branded keywords, meaning a business bidding on its own name, typically perform far above that average, since intent is already high and Quality Score tends to be strongest when the ad, keyword, and landing page all match exactly.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>How to Protect Direct Bookings From OTA Bidding<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3610\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kesato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/How-to-Protect-Direct-Bookings-From-OTA-Bidding.png\" alt=\"How to Protect Direct Bookings From OTA Bidding\" width=\"1731\" height=\"909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kesato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/How-to-Protect-Direct-Bookings-From-OTA-Bidding.png 1731w, https:\/\/www.kesato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/How-to-Protect-Direct-Bookings-From-OTA-Bidding-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kesato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/How-to-Protect-Direct-Bookings-From-OTA-Bidding-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kesato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/How-to-Protect-Direct-Bookings-From-OTA-Bidding-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/www.kesato.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/How-to-Protect-Direct-Bookings-From-OTA-Bidding-1536x807.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1731px) 100vw, 1731px\" \/><br \/>\n1: Run a branded campaign of your own:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> bidding on your own brand name is usually inexpensive and highly effective, since no one else can match an exact brand keyword with an official landing page the way the business itself can.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>2: Check Auction Insights regularly:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Google Ads Auction Insights shows exactly which advertisers, including OTAs, are appearing alongside a business&#8217;s branded searches and how often they&#8217;re outranking the business&#8217;s own ad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>3: File a trademark complaint if the ad text crosses a line:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Google allows trademark owners to restrict use of their brand name inside an advertiser&#8217;s ad copy, even though the underlying keyword generally can&#8217;t be blocked from being bid on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>4: Make the direct offer clearly better:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a price match guarantee, a free upgrade, or a loyalty perk available only through the business&#8217;s own website gives a searcher a reason to choose the direct listing over an OTA, even if the OTA&#8217;s ad appears first.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>5: Strengthen the landing page experience:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a branded search should land on a page built specifically for booking directly, not a generic homepage, since landing page relevance directly affects both Quality Score and conversion rate.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What This Costs If Left Unmanaged<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every booking that goes through an OTA instead of direct usually costs a business a commission between 15 and 30 percent, on top of the ad spend the OTA is already paying to intercept that customer. Left unmanaged, brand bidding by an OTA effectively taxes a business twice: once through commission, and once through lost control over the customer relationship and future remarketing. This is a common blind spot in hospitality marketing budgets, where spend is tracked by channel but rarely audited for who is actually winning the branded auction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not every rupiah spent on business ads returns equally. Conversion rates fell across most industries tracked in Google Ads benchmarks for 2026, even as clickthrough rates rose, pointing to a landing page and offer problem more than an ad problem (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/foundrycro.com\/blog\/google-ads-benchmarks-by-industry-2026\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">source: Foundry CRO<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). For a hospitality brand fighting an OTA on its own name, that gap is exactly where direct bookings are won or lost.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Ready to Take Back Your Direct Bookings<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Competing against an OTA on your own brand name isn&#8217;t about winning every click. It&#8217;s about making sure a business&#8217;s own website is never the second option for someone who already wants to book there. A branded campaign, a monitored auction, and a genuinely better direct offer are usually enough to close most of that gap and protect hotel direct booking revenue that would otherwise leak to commission. This is the same groundwork covered by<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kesato.com\/services\/seo-sem\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kesato&#8217;s search and Google Ads team<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, from campaign setup to ongoing evaluation, if setting this up feels like more than a team already stretched thin can manage alongside everything else.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Frequently Asked Questions<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><b>Can I stop an OTA from bidding on my hotel&#8217;s name?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not entirely. Google generally allows bidding on any keyword, including a competitor&#8217;s or partner&#8217;s brand name, but a trademark complaint can restrict how that name is used inside the ad text itself.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Is it worth running ads on my own brand name if I already rank organically?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Usually yes. Even with a strong organic ranking, an ad occupies extra space at the top of the results and blocks an OTA from having that position uncontested.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>How do I know if an OTA is bidding on my brand name?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Ads Auction Insights shows which advertisers appear alongside a business&#8217;s own branded searches, including how often they outrank the business&#8217;s own listing.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Running Google Ads for a hospitality business today often means competing against a platform the business already partners with. Listing a hotel or villa on an online travel agency like Booking.com, Agoda, or Expedia is a normal, mutually beneficial arrangement. It puts the property in front of travelers who are still comparing options. 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