Be Aggressive With Negative Keywords on Your Paid Search Campaigns

Nov 8, 2007 - 10:28 am 0 by
Filed Under Google Ads

AussieWebmaster is a brilliant marketer and has offered the following golden nuggets of wisdom on Search Engine Watch Forums:

The key to really tight spends and high CTR is aggressive use of negative keywords.

Most people forget to negative out the long tail terms they create to improve the accuracy of their campaigns.

And it really helps, he says. Those long tail terms can get a "fighting chance" if you only add the negative keywords to it and are aggressive in your campaign.

Check your reports. Make sure you're getting the biggest bang for your buck. As adamap says, "When you couple the negative keywords with the long tail keywords you can really get some strong CTR."

Forum discussion continues at Search Engine Watch Forums.

 

Popular Categories

The Pulse of the search community

Google Search Volatility

More Details

Search Video Recaps

 
Video Details More Videos Subscribe to Videos

Most Recent Articles

Search Forum Recap

Daily Search Forum Recap: July 27, 2026

Jul 27, 2026 - 10:00 am
Google Search Engine Optimization

Google Review Snippets Prohibits Fake or Undisclosed Incentivized Reviews

Jul 27, 2026 - 7:51 am
Google Maps

Google Business Profile Dashboard In Blue

Jul 27, 2026 - 7:41 am
Google Ads

Google Ads Household Income Exclusions For PMax

Jul 27, 2026 - 7:31 am
Google Ads

Google Ads Conversion Measurement Doc Updated With Timing & Data Sources

Jul 27, 2026 - 7:21 am
Google Search Engine Optimization

Google Request Indexing Issue With Robots.txt Files?

Jul 27, 2026 - 7:16 am
 
Previous Story: Got ASP 2.0? GoogleBot Can Trip a Bug in the Code