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New Smart Match Type

A dropdown menu titled "Match type" with checkboxes for different options: Broad match, Exact match, Phrase match, Exact match (close variant), Phrase match (close variant), and Smart Match Type, which is checked. An "Apply" button is at the bottom.

Greg Kohler shared a screen showing keyword match filtering, and in addition to the usual options, there was also a “Smart matching” match type option.

A dropdown menu titled "Match type" with checkboxes for different options: Broad match, Exact match, Phrase match, Exact match (close variant), Phrase match (close variant), and Smart Match Type, which is checked. An "Apply" button is at the bottom.

Ginny Marvin later tweeted a response from the Google Ads team, stating that it was a bug and that they have no further information at this time.

This was also seen in 2021. Google Ads commented that it was a small experiment that select advertisers have opted into.

Twitter conversation between three users discussing PPC (pay-per-click) marketing. The conversation includes a screenshot of match types in Google Ads with an option "Smart Matching" highlighted. The users discuss a bug with the new "Smart Matching" feature and its resolution.
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