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Special Characters in Negative Keywords in Ads
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Howdy, fellow mozzers,
I came across this weird suggestion in my Bing account (screenshot link: https://dmitrii-regexseo.tinytake.com/tt/NDY3OTc5NF8xNDgyMzY4OA)
It almost that the dollar sign in the negative keyword is acting like a wildcard character, or being disregarded completely.
I did some tests, it seems that in Google Ads that is not happening.
Does anyone have an idea if this is normal behavior? I have never seen this before.
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