Negative broad match: Definition

A keyword setting that allows you to exclude your ad for searches where every word of your keyword phrase, in any order, appears in the search. Your ad may still show for situations where some of the keywords appear.

Example

Negative broad-match keyword: running shoes

Search Could an ad show?
blue tennis shoes Yes
running shoe Yes
blue running shoes No
shoes running No
running shoes No

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