Keyword Syntax with negatives

Can't get negatives to work

[dolfantimmy]

If I define my keywords on adwords like this...

"red widgets"
"blue widgets

etc, it works fine, but when I do this...

"red widgets" -green

I get this:
"Partial punctuation is not allowed "

What's wrong with this syntax, and what's proper?

Tim

[roitracker]

"red widgets"
-green

[dolfantimmy]

But what if I only want to exclude 'green' when 'red widgets' is matched, but not when 'blue widgets' is matched. Do I have to create a seperate ad group for this?

[keywordguru]

Yes,
I would say that you must create a new group. Negatives take account on all words within that group. Simply create 2 groups, one green, and one red, and leave the negative out of the one which you want it to still show.
KG

[dolfantimmy]

Man, this site is something, every question answered, well, except the "secrets", but I believe finding those yourself is half the fun.

Just kidding, thanks folks, that worked great! I hated paying for clicks on those 'green "red widgets" ', when what I'm selling is plain "red Widgets"

LOL
Tim