Answers
Should I use shared negative keyword lists?
Yes — one maintained list applied across campaigns beats twenty divergent ones.
The short answer
Yes — one maintained list applied across campaigns beats twenty divergent ones.
Shared lists mean a new exclusion protects the whole account immediately, and nobody has to remember which campaign got it.
Keep campaign-level negatives for the ones that are genuinely specific to that campaign’s job.
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