How To Clean Up Your List

I recommend you sort the list alphabetically. It will make going through it easier. Select Data Sort Ascending.

As you go through your list of keywords, you will see some terms that just shouldn’t be there because they are too general or untargeted. For example, you may see a keyword like “recipe.” This has more to do with cooking and less with weight loss.

Or, you may find a term like “spoon” (unlikely but these things happen sometimes). You need to note down the “bad term” as a negative keyword in your negative keywords file.

Don’t be too “anal” – just go through the list quickly and note down everything that looks weird. Pay special attention to very short keyword entries becausethese are general keywords that can bring a lot of untargeted traffic (which is undesirable). For example, somehow the term “dog” may end up on your list. This is something you need to pick up.

To clean up your list of keywords, you can use this free tool: http://tools.seobook.com/keyword-list-cleaner/stripper.php

Just enter your list of keywords in the text area. Add your negative keywords in the text area. Check “Strip Any Phrase Including a Bad Word:” (only that). Then, click “Clean Me Up Scotty!”. Your list is now clean.