{"id":254,"date":"2024-06-03T11:39:36","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T11:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mahanacorp.co.jp\/insight\/?p=254"},"modified":"2024-08-28T00:27:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T00:27:20","slug":"excluding-your-rivals-brand-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mahanacorp.co.jp\/insight\/excluding-your-rivals-brand-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Excluding Your Rival&#8217;s Brand Name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">This gets a bit technical.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When you search on Google, the links labeled &#8220;sponsored&#8221; at the top are paid ads that we pay Google to show. It works like this: you choose a keyword when placing an ad, and your ad appears when someone searches for that keyword. You get charged when someone clicks on your ad. 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