We have updated this post: Negative keywords are no longer just a periodic cleanup tactic—they now play a key role in shaping and controlling traffic. For a more current, strategic approach to using negatives beyond filtering, read: “Negative Keywords in Google Ads (2026): Are You Using Them to Filter Traffic or Control It?”
Posts By: Amita
PPCChat | Digital Advertising & Privacy – Can They Coexist? | 25th January 2022
Greetings Happy Readers! In this week’s PPCChat session, host Julie F Bacchini discussed experts concerns about user privacy, their views on users’ privacy as a marketer, any plans to take active steps with regard to data privacy and more. Here is the screencap of this week’s philosophical discussion.
Google Ads Benchmark Report by Tinuiti | Q4 2021 | Key Highlights
Tinuiti, a US-based digital marketing agency, shared the Google Ads Benchmark Report for Q4, 2021. Here are some of the study’s significant conclusions, which were based on anonymized performance data from Google programmes.
PPCChat | What to Expect from Google Ads in 2022 | 18th January 2022
This week’s PPCChat session was inspired by the Google Ads Expert Series “Welcome to 2022” presentation. Host Julie F Bacchini sought PPCers reactions about this presentation, what are their thoughts about having only 1 RSA per ad group, opinion about enhanced conversion and more.
PPCChat | Ad Targeting In PPC | 11th January 2022
Welcome Happy Readers! Host Julie F Bacchini sought PPCers thoughts on the complexity of targeting in PPC, how specific their targeting is in paid search and paid social, do they have any criteria which help them to decide who should they be targeting and more. Here is the screencap of this week’s PPCChat session.


