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SearchTermTargetingStatus

AI-generated Key Takeaways

This information indicates whether a search term is a targeted or excluded keyword.
Keywords can be ADDED, meaning they are targeted, or EXCLUDED, meaning they match a negative keyword.
A search term can also be ADDED_EXCLUDED, meaning it is both targeted and excluded.
If a search term is neither targeted nor excluded, it is indicated as NONE.

Indicates whether the search term is one of your targeted or excluded keywords.

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`UNSPECIFIED`	Not specified.
`UNKNOWN`	Used for return value only. Represents value unknown in this version.
`ADDED`	Search term is added to targeted keywords.
`EXCLUDED`	Search term matches a negative keyword.
`ADDED_EXCLUDED`	Search term has been both added and excluded.
`NONE`	Search term is neither targeted nor excluded.

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Last updated 2025-08-07 UTC.