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Negative keywords for Google Ads — by industry

Curated from 144 public PPC agency guides, validated in Google Ads Keyword Planner. Each keyword is labelled HIGH / MED / LOW by search volume — biggest budget wastes surface first. Copy them in, save the spend.

Anton Kapelushny
Compiled by Anton Kapelushny
15+ years in PPC · $10M+ ad spend managed · ex-Madgicx

Plumbers / Plumbing — 44 negative keywords

10 universal · 34 industry-safe · 1 context-sensitive (opt-in)

Universal (apply to every account)

wikipediawikiredditquorayoutubetiktokwhat isdefinitionmeaningmeme

Industry-safe (auto-apply defaults)

sorted by monthly search volume
ebay1M–10M/moJobs1M–10M/moBücher100K–1M/moDownload100K–1M/mokostenlos100K–1M/moAusbildung100K–1M/moFotos10K–100K/mofree10K–100K/moBewerbung10K–100K/moUni10K–100K/mogratis10K–100K/mogebraucht10K–100K/moSale10K–100K/moErfahrung10K–100K/moPraktikum10K–100K/moBewertungen10K–100K/mogünstig10K–100K/morabatt10K–100K/moKarriere10K–100K/moHochschule10K–100K/moCollege10K–100K/moRezension10K–100K/moTutorials10K–100K/moDiagramm10K–100K/moStatistik10K–100K/moZeitarbeit1K–10K/mogebührenfrei1K–10K/moKurs1K–10K/moBildung1K–10K/moLeitfaden1K–10K/moErfahrungsbericht1K–10K/moGebrauchsanleitung1K–10K/moOnline-KursBlog
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These may block money queries depending on your offering (e.g. free consultations, cash-pay patients, rental listings, service categories). Skim them and toggle include only what fits your business.
  • Amazon10M+/mo — Retailer brand

How to add these in Google Ads

  1. Open your Google Ads account → Tools → Shared library → Negative keyword lists.
  2. Create a new list. Paste the copied keywords (one per line).
  3. Apply the list to your Search / Shopping / Performance Max campaigns.
  4. Match type: broad match is the safest default for negatives.

Sources

Compiled from these public PPC guides. Each entry lists which industries + languages it contributed to.

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Last updated: 2026-08-17