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Negative Keyword Tool

Generate, clean, and optimize your negative keyword lists to improve campaign performance and reduce wasted ad spend.

Generate Negative Keywords

Select your industry or campaign type to generate recommended negative keywords.

3. Enter Your Competitors (Optional)

Enter competitor brand names that should be added as negative keywords, one per line.

competitors added

4. Universal Negatives

Add common negative keywords that apply to almost any campaign (free, youtube, wikipedia, etc.)

Location-Based Targeting

Add your service location to generate location-specific negative keywords and exclude irrelevant areas.

Preview Selection

Selected Industry
No industry selected
Campaign Goal
No campaign goal selected
Universal Negatives
Included
Selected Categories
No additional categories selected
Location Targeting
+ additional service areas
Excluding other major locations
No location targeting configured
Match Type
Broad Match
Estimated Negatives
25

Negative Keyword Best Practices

Be Specific, Not Broad

Add specific negative keywords that are clearly irrelevant. Avoid broad terms that might block relevant traffic and potential conversions.

Review Search Term Reports

Regularly analyze your search term reports to identify non-converting search queries that should be added to your negative keyword lists.

Use Shared Lists

Create shared negative keyword lists for categories like competitors, job seekers, and free content to apply consistently across multiple campaigns.

Clean Keyword Lists

Paste your keyword list and negative keywords to identify and remove unwanted terms. The tool will also deduplicate your list.

Upload Search Term Report

Upload a Google Ads search term report to analyze for negative keywords.

Drag and drop your file here, or click to browse

CSV or TXT files only

Processing search terms...
20 unique keywords
0 negative keywords generated
0 negative keywords

Keyword Stats

Original Keywords
20
unique keywords
Duplicate Keywords
0
Negative Keyword Matches
0
Cleaned Keywords
0
Kept
Duplicates
Removed

Insights

Clean Keyword List

Your keyword list doesn't contain any duplicates or negative keywords.

Duplicate Keywords Found

We found 0 duplicate keywords in your list. Duplicates can waste your campaign budget and skew performance metrics.

Negative Matches Found

We found 0 keywords that match your negative keyword list. Removing these can improve your campaign performance and reduce wasted spend.

Review & Export

Review your cleaned keyword list and negative keywords. Export for use in your PPC campaigns.

0 keywords
0 keywords

Next Steps

Import Negatives to Ad Platform

Add your negative keywords to your Google Ads or Microsoft Ads account. You can upload directly or copy/paste them into your campaign or ad group.

Create Shared Negative Lists

Group your negative keywords into themed lists (e.g., competitors, jobs, irrelevant locations) that can be applied across multiple campaigns.

Monitor Performance

Regularly check your search term reports to identify new irrelevant keywords. PPC optimization is an ongoing process of refinement.

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