Search Term Report
The Google Ads report showing the actual search queries that triggered your ads. It helps uncover wasted spend, identify new converting queries, and build stronger negative keyword lists.
How Search Term Report works in practice
The Search Term Report is where paid search accounts usually reveal both their biggest waste and their biggest opportunities. Broad and phrase match campaigns often gather irrelevant queries that look close to your target intent but never convert, quietly absorbing budget until someone reviews the data. At the same time, the report can expose profitable long-tail queries that deserve to be promoted into tighter ad groups or exact-match keywords. Teams that review search terms weekly in active accounts usually outperform teams that trust keyword targeting blindly because the real query language of users is always messier than the planned keyword list.
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Google's online advertising platform allowing businesses to display ads on Google Search, YouTube, Gmail, and the Google Display Network. Advertisers bid in real-time auctions where Ad Rank determines placement.
Keywords added to a campaign to prevent ads from showing for irrelevant searches. A well-maintained negative keyword list reduces wasted spend, improves CTR and Quality Score, and is foundational to a profitable Google Ads account.
The process of discovering the search queries your target audience uses and evaluating them by search volume, keyword difficulty, and intent. Keyword research underpins both SEO content strategy and paid search campaign structure.
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