If your broad matches are
triggering exact match keywords this is a big no no when it comes to reporting.
Not exact matches
If you have
exact match keywords you should be putting priority on these as they will only
trigger on searches that are exactly what you want the visitor to see.
If you take a second and look at how broad
match works, then you will realize that a broad
match will
trigger phrase
match as well as
exact match.
Phrase
match keywords will
trigger ads when the
exact phrase is part of the keyword typed into Google.
Now,
exact -
match anchor text is an easy
trigger for Google's dreaded Penguin algorithm.
On the ad group level, add negative phrase and
exact matches (embedded) as required, to avoid broad
matches to
trigger where there is an
exact match in another ad group.
A phrase
match works in a similar vein,
triggering your ad for any search query that includes your keyword or phrase in the
exact sequence and form that you specify.
Google offers four options that determine when your keywords
trigger ads to show up in search results:
exact match, phrase
match, modified broad
match and broad
match.