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AI Max help doc was updated: broad keywords are not treated as exact match for keyword prioritization

Date
Sep 1, 2026 (first reported)
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Search Engine Roundtable

Barry Schwartz spotted new guidance that advertisers must add exact match copies of keywords to preserve keyword prioritization in AI Max, at the cost of historical data.

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