New to Google Ads? One of the most important things you should have in your campaign check list is making sure you have a Negative Keyword List and that its attached to your campaign.

Here’s a general negative keyword list I’ve used in the past to get the ball rolling on a campaign, making sure my ads don’t show up for searches with these words in them in the least.

125 Amazing Negative Keywords for Beginners

Here’s a list and alternatively, you can download the file. If there are more general keywords that have worked for you in the past, please leave a comment.

books
samples
book
downloads
forum
guides
diagram
association
school
freeware
shareware
example
employment
history
university
consulting
training
classes
desktop
send
file
map
make
homemade
games
recruiting
hiring
examples
tip
bargain
burn
associations
hack
hacks
liquidation
closeout
definition
making
recruiter
course
discounted
career
create
developer
close out
code
experiment
salary
statistics
error
stats
salaries
crafts
metrics
internship
overstock
what is
public domain
white paper
shortcut
success stories
sending
interns
what are
sample
job
jobs
download
news
guide
college
game
education
tutorial
magazine
magazines
windows
how to
resumes
disk
cd
research
library
community
photograph
tips
class
clubs
schools
files
template
templates
maps
club
journal
photographs
closeouts
creating
tutorials
resume
intern
developers
handmade
consultants
courses
careers
craft
colleges
burner
hand made
journals
how
about
open source
case studies
internships
universities
libraries
white papers
shortcuts
case study
success story
close outs
remainder
remainders
odd lots