This document discusses using brand protection and competitive monitoring to provide strategic value. It covers the foundations of trademark protection, examples of competitors bidding on branded keywords, and how to monitor brands using paid search tools. Real-world cases show how competitors responded to brand issues, and how affiliates can help or hurt the customer journey. The document emphasizes monitoring trademarks, affiliates, and competitors to protect brands and ensure quality experiences for customers.
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1. Using Brand Protection
& Competitive Monitoring
to Deliver Strategic Value
for your Business
By Mark Cann
Director
Climb Digital
2. 1) Foundations of brand trademark protection."
2) Real world examples of paid search brand adverts."
3) How to monitor your brand through paid search
monitoring tools?
3. Foundations of trademarks and
brand keyword bidding
≒ What is a trademark and how is it classi鍖ed online?
≒ What are the brand keyword rules across the search
engines?
≒ What can you do if these are breached?
6. We will not disable keywords in response to a trademark complaint
Google wont
Protect your
Brand?
Countries listed
Where Google
will investigate
ad text only
8. Yahoo wont let competitors
bid on branded keywords if
the only reference is other
advertisers.
14. Take responsive action
≒ Eurostar example of not responding quick enough.
≒ P&0 ferries responded by using af鍖liate paid search
partners to bid on Eurostar brand terms
≒ P&0 offered distressed Eurostar customers a solution.
15. Competitor trademark bidding
≒ Competitors will bid on your brand accept it and
monitor it.
≒ Take responsive action
≒ Brand exposure vs conversion
20. Af鍖liate example
- Af鍖liates can add value
through bidding on
generics.
- Less and less direct
to site af鍖liates as
brands require the
af鍖liate to produce
Quality landing pages.
- Quality landing page
Increases brand
presence.
21. Ask bid on
keywords on
Google, which
can redirect traf鍖c
Does arbitrage
add value to the
customer
journey?
Does user know
where they are
going?
22. How to use paid search monitoring tools
(and what to look for)
≒ Competitor trademark bidding
≒ Af鍖liate brand bidding
23. Select the brand keyword in
this case a sub brand tesco
car insurance
24. Instances
recorded once
an hour to
effectively track
the Af鍖liate
redirecting
traf鍖c.
Af鍖liate advert directing
traf鍖c to competitor
confused.com
28. Recap:
1) Foundations of brand trademark protection.
2) Real world examples of paid search brand adverts.
3) How to monitor your brand through paid search monitoring
tools?