How to group excel items based on custom rules?

Question

I have a set of data (webmaster tools search queries) which is in excel with the following header:

Query | Impressions | Clicks | Date

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Answer 1

This small macro assumes your data is in Sheet1 and your rules are in worksheet rules in columns A & B:

Sub catagorize()
    Dim s1 As Worksheet, s2 As Worksheet
    Dim N1 As Long, N2 As Long
    Set s1 = Sheets("Sheet1")
    Set s2 = Sheets("rules")
    N1 = s1.Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
    N2 = s2.Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
    For i = 2 To N1
        v = s1.Cells(i, 1).Value
        For j = 1 To N2
            If InStr(1, v, s2.Cells(j, 1).Value) > 0 Then
                s1.Cells(i, "D").Value = s2.Cells(j, "B").Value
            End If
        Next j
    Next i
End Sub