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There are so many factors that will influence the success of your Google Ads campaign. Many people believe that by throwing dollars at their campaigns, they’ll start to work better and outperform their competitors.
Others believe in targeting the low hanging fruit to lead more website visitors to their website. While both strategies are effective, reaching as many qualified prospects without sacrificing your marketing dollars is the true way to grow your campaign.
Are you wasting money on irrelevant impressions that aren’t leading to conversions for your business? If so, then you may want to consider creating a negative keyword list in Google Ads.
Below, you’ll learn what negative keywords are, how they can impact your campaign, and how to create the perfect list.
A negative exact match keyword is a relatively simple concept. It’s basically a keyword that you don’t want one of your ads to show up for. Naturally, you’ll want your ads to show up for as many keywords as possible, despite its search volume and competition.
Many people believe that covering a lot of search volume in their campaign will help it grow and yield to more conversions. The opposite is actually true. Efficient campaigns can both save and make you more money.
Here’s an example — let’s say that you want to target people looking for “men’s athletic gear”. You already have a landing page and you don’t want to ruin your ad quality score by targeting irrelevant keywords/negative keyword.
Also, you don’t want to waste money on clicks that won’t mean anything. So, you add negative keywords “women’s running shoes”. This way, you aren’t wasting money, and your campaign is hyper-focused on your real target audience.
These are negative phrase match keyword, and they have been used since the dawn of Google Ads. In addition, they are still used in both marginal and expensive campaigns.
Using exact match negative keywords isn’t like turning on a setting that will optimize your campaign and save a few bucks. Likewise, creating a list of negative keywords for your campaign isn’t even optional.
Creating a list of negative keywords is an essential part of any campaign, because it provides all of the following benefits:
As you can see, there is no reason to ignore setting up a list of negative keywords for your campaign. Below, you’ll learn a few effective ways in finding negative keywords for your campaign.
Finding negative keywords isn’t as simple as it sounds. In fact, it’s pretty time-consuming and tricky. When creating your negative keyword list, begin by discovering keywords that are similar to your target keywords, but may cater to people who are looking for an entirely different product or service.
This includes keywords that relate to products and services that can be mistaken for your target keywords. The first step in finding negative keywords for your campaign is seeing what types of search terms are prospects using to find your ads in the first place.
By using Google’s search term report, you can identify the specific keywords people are using to find the ads in your campaign:
This report can list high-performance keywords that are generating meaningful traffic for your campaign and website. It can also show you irrelevant/negative keyword that aren’t synonymous with your products or services.
As such, these keywords should be added to your negative keyword list. If you’re ambitious, there are other ways to identify negative keyword opportunities. For example, you can perform a manual search for them using Google search.
To begin, create a list of 10 target keywords you’re bidding on. Go to Google and search for these keywords. What shows up? Do you see any paid search results that are irrelevant?
Why are these results irrelevant? Let’s use an example for the negative keyword “heater repair”:
Let’s say that residential HVAC companies are showing up for this keyword. Here are some things to consider:
Once you have your list of keywords, adding them to your campaign is pretty simple. If you ran a Google search terms report, you can:
Alternatively, you can add negative keywords manually by:
Creating a negative keyword list in Google Ads isn’t too difficult. However, if you’re running numerous campaigns, the task can be a bit too tedious and time-consuming. This is where we come in and help.
At PPC.co, we specialize in delivering top-notch PPC management services. When you call us, we’ll set up a list of negative keywords and create a more productive campaign for your business.
Contact us today to speak to a member of our team about your PPC campaign.
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