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Change historychevron_rightGoogle Adschevron_rightFeb 4, 2021

Phrase match expanded to cover broad match modifier traffic and BMM was scheduled for retirement

Date
Feb 4, 2021
Effective
Jul 1, 2021
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Google announced that phrase match would absorb broad match modifier's matching behaviour while still respecting word order where it matters to meaning. The new behaviour began in mid-February 2021 for both match types, and creation of new BMM keywords ended in July 2021, with existing BMM keywords continuing to serve under phrase match rules.

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