Best for
- B2B search programs with broad or phrase match exposure
- Teams wasting spend on consumer, support, education, or hiring queries
- Advertisers managing shared negative lists across campaigns
Classify irrelevant, consumer, job-seeker, support, research, competitor, and low-value queries, then create an approval-ready negative-keyword plan without blocking legitimate demand.
A search-term classification ledger, negative-keyword candidates with match guidance, and a monitored change set.
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Why this works
Negative keywords can save budget or accidentally remove valuable demand. This workflow forces every candidate to carry query evidence, intent class, match recommendation, affected campaigns, and a false-positive risk. Claude accelerates classification, while humans approve every applied negative.
Expected results
Audit coverage
100% of the approved in-scope population
The workflow begins with a frozen scope and reconciles the analyzed row count to the platform control report, so coverage can be verified rather than estimated.
Evidence traceability
Every approved finding linked to a source evidence key
The data dictionary and evidence-key convention require each factual conclusion to point to a specific record, field, and as-of date.
Controlled execution
No source-system change without recorded approval and rollback data
Recommendations, approvals, and writes are separated into different steps, with pre-change exports and pilot validation before broader application.
Reusable operating cadence
A repeatable weekly review system
The Claude Skill, rule register, acceptance tests, run manifest, and closeout process turn the work into a maintained operating system rather than a one-time analysis.
Step-by-step workflow
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30-45 min
30-45 min
Write a one-page operating charter for search-term waste and negative-keyword governance before exporting any data. State the exact decision this workflow supports: which search terms should become negatives, remain monitored, or be promoted into intentional keyword coverage. Define the in-scope business units, pipelines, regions, date window, record types, and exclusions, then name one analysis owner, one Google Ads data owner, and one final approver. Record the review cadence as weekly and specify where evidence, approvals, and exceptions will be stored. Review the charter with the approver and do not proceed until the scope and decision rights are accepted.
An approved operating charter with scope, owners, cadence, and decision rights.
A narrow decision produces better analysis than a broad request to “find insights”; keep out-of-scope questions in a separate backlog.
45-75 min
45-75 min
Convert the operating policy into a rule register that can be checked against Google Ads campaigns, search terms, assets, and conversion actions. Create one row per rule with rule_id, rule_name, business_reason, required_fields, calculation_or_test, pass_condition, exception_code, severity, owner, and policy_version. Start with these minimum checks: terms are reviewed in context of the triggering keyword and campaign, conversion and value data are checked before exclusion, match type is chosen to minimize false positives, brand, competitor, support, and jobs policies are explicit, and every applied negative has a rollback record. Give every rule an example that should pass and an example that should fail so reviewers interpret it consistently. Have the business owner approve the rule register and record any unresolved policy questions before data is scored.
A versioned rule register with pass conditions, examples, severity, and exception codes.
Version the rules independently from the workflow; changing a threshold should not erase which policy produced an earlier decision.
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