Can I use the keyword explorer to find negative keywords?We focus on a few things in our business that we focus on but the feedback that I get from the tool is not helpful

[sliceofhome]

All in all,this business focuses in a very small area,and there are things that others in our business do that we do not.Yes,a guy that knows nothing about SEO...

This is a junk removal  business,and some of the competition do everything.This is a small outfit that only hauls junk.Much of the competition that we have sells junk bins,we do not.We just haul junk..we do not paint,or any of the things that they do.

I just keep getting things sent to me me in my list here about bin sales etc,and it is making impossible to search for keywords without a way to manage what is coming in some way..Google let me do this,but I am  just hoping to use this tool entirely if I am going to pay for it.Maybe I am lost being new,and confused.

How can  I use this tool?

Are there any settings,or anything that you can teach a non SEO minded guy like me?

Thanks

[sliceofhome]

Thanks my friend.

I suppose that the more that I mess with it the more it will fall in to place.

So far I have been able to remove some of the thing's that we do not use from our path.

thanks

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Negative keywords would have their biggest value as a way to filter out unproductive queries in paid search... not SEO.

Yes, the keyword explorer can help you build a long list of negative keywords for your adwords/paid search campaigns. As such you could use those negative keywords on the adgroup, campaign or account level and save your client alot of money in non-converting clicks.

For organic search, you'd really be using Keyword Explorer to get ideas for keyword phrases you can/should compete for.

Hope that helps!