Keyword match types are parameters used to control your keywords to trigger ads.
Which
keyword match types are most effective at driving traffic?
There are four basic
keyword match types used in Google AdWords.
To understand how your choice of keywords can affect when your ads will be shown to searchers, you need to know a little about the different
keyword match types that Google uses.
In most cases, clickthrough rates on broad match keywords are much lower than on other
keyword match types too, because many people click to see if the search listing applies to them only to realize that it was not what they were looking for.
One thing I would say about new advertisers that they always do wrong, and this has nothing to do with long tail vs. short tail keywords, is that they have no idea about how
the keyword match types work.
Use
keyword match types for efficiency.
You may want to think of
each keyword match type as a fishing net.
Not exact matches
Proper
keyword selection and
match types work hand in hand with DKI ad copywriting to make DKI ad strategies highly profitable.
Next, click on «Query
Match Type» and then either «broad
match» or «phrase
match» to view the exact
keyword phrases people are searching for and which ones aren't converting well.
Thus, with this example, you would
type «nike running shoes» to add it as a phrase
match keyword.
This is a lot cleaner than adding all three
match types with the same
keyword.
Phrase
match keywords will trigger ads when the exact phrase is part of the
keyword typed into Google.
It usually creates a lot of adgroups to really narrow down on the
match type and
keywords.
Exact
match simply tells Google to display your ad only when the exact
keyword is
typed into Google.
Also, when you're conducting
keyword research for AdWords, I recommend you use the
keyword Match Type setting called «Phrase»
match.
Tip: You should use Google's search query (or
keyword detail) report to identify new negative
keywords, but take care to specify
match type.
I find lots of beginner have not been familiar with negative
keywords and their
match types.
If you're using anything else other than pure exact
matches, arguably the most important
match type in your campaign is the negative
keyword.
A concise guide to the
types of
keyword match options that Google offers and the main advantages and disadvantages to each.
Broad
match keywords can help to sweep up the traffic that you might have missed with other
match types.
If you want to check that
keyword's average monthly searches, we'll show you the same exact
match stats whether you use a broad, phrase, or exact
match type with dark chocolate.
It will be assumed that you wish all of your
keywords to be assigned the broad
match type.
Hence the title... broad
match keyword type.
Of course, there is a lot more strategy to
keyword choices than just the
match types and knowing when to use each.
If for example your broad
match keyword is «book,» users
typing in terms such as «used book» or «latest books» will be shown your ad.
There are three
types of
Keyword Matching you can use.
Review the returned results for irrelevant
keywords, and add them as negative
keywords in the appropriate negative
match type.
This includes features like negative
keywords,
match types, geo - targeting, day - parting, IP exclusion, site exclusion, demographic targeting, and category exclusion.
If used in a Broad or Phrase
match type, its
keyword suggestions are ones that your ads have the potential to be served on.
As for having too many
keywords, a couple other suggestions for refinement include narrowing your
match type from broad to «phrase» or [exact]
matching and adding negative
keywords where appropriate.
Note that I don't count
match types as part of the total number of
keywords in your campaign — in other words, if you have 5000
keywords but you
match each of these three times, your account would have a total of 15,000
keywords, which I still think is acceptable without «overdoing it.»
Google offers three
match types — broad, phrase, and exact — and you should make a point to test
keywords on all of these
match types.
Exact
match restricts your ads from showing unless someone's search term exactly
matches your
keywords (with some slight adjustments), while the other
types allow for increasing variations of this.
For instance, you can
type in «blonde hair» or «bar fun» to find someone who
matches your
keywords.
For example, if you are an avid gold player,
type in «golf» in the
keyword field and it will filter your
matches accordingly.
A few other value - adds are now present in search: Dropbox tracks your recent searches (so you can easily repeat frequent searches), highlights filenames that
match your search criteria, and will try to predict the
keywords you are
typing on the fly.
As you
type out your
keywords, select fonts that are a good
match.
That being said, it's important to realize that Google is no longer trying to
match the
keywords you
type into its search engine to the
keywords of a web page.
Instead, it's trying to understand the intent behind the
keywords you
type so it can
match that intent to relevant, high - quality content.
Where
keywords used to be short and sweet, now Google ratings prefer longer anchor phrases, which better
match the commands people
type (or speak into their smartphones).
Exact
match keywords are those which are
typed into Google exactly like they are entered into your ad campaign.
Not only do you want to target very specific, granular
keywords, you also need to specific the correct
match type.
You can use skills lists to determine whether a certain
type of job is a good
match for you, and you can also use the names of skills as
keywords in your resume or other application materials.
They go to the LinkedIn search engine and
type in various relevant
keywords and phrases that
match the qualifications they're seeking.
One way to accomplish this is to include as many industry
keywords throughout to
match your resume to the
type of job you're applying to.
Include as many industry
keywords throughout this section to
match your resume to the
type of job you're applying to.
In the 8 - second glance, the hiring manager is skimming for relevant
keywords and phrases that may inform him you have the right
type of experience and skills that
match the needs of the job.
Create just 2 resumes for these goals, incorporating different resume presentation (because different audiences will hire for each of these jobs), a unique set of
keywords that
match each job
type, and a value proposition that clearly states qualifications for each target.