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Sites where “cbs 42 news” is a top search keyword

One site on record lists “cbs 42 news” among the searches that send it the most visitors, by traffic estimates. It is searched about 590 times a month on Google, worldwide (Google Ads, Sept 2026). Each site checked on the backlink value checker adds its top five search keywords, so this list grows as sites are checked.

Keyword intelligence

590Google monthly search volume−41% since Oct 2025

−17%Last 3 months vs 3 beforesteady

27/100Demand scoreweak

9/100Keyword difficulty (US)very easy

NavigationalSearch intentlooking for a site

550Third-party estimated keyword demandSept 2026

1Sites getting visits from itSept 2026

LowPaid competition (Google Ads)0 of 100 advertisers' index

What the data says

Demand is down on the year, now levelling off: Google searches for “cbs 42 news” fell 41% (1,000 to 590) from Oct 2025 to Sept 2026; the last three months averaged 730, 17% below the three before.
The listed sites' estimated visits from “cbs 42 news” (1,170 a month) exceed its 550 searches: the estimates count visits from close searches too, so the listed sites take most of its traffic, not more than all of it.
No advertiser pays for “cbs 42 news” (cost per click $0 in both sources): its traffic is worth audience, not ad money.

1Demand

Search demand, month by month

Google monthly search volume (Google Ads, worldwide)Third-party estimated keyword demand

Every month's figures

	Oct 2025	Nov 2025	Dec 2025	Jan 2026	Feb 2026	Mar 2026	Apr 2026	May 2026	Jun 2026	Jul 2026	Aug 2026	Sept 2026
Google monthly search volume (Google Ads, worldwide)	1,000	880	1,000	1,300	880	880	880	880	880	880	720	590
Third-party estimated keyword demand	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	550

Google monthly search volume: Google Ads, worldwide, read 1 Nov 2026. Third-party estimated keyword demand is a separate source, on the same axis: the two can differ.

2Who gets the traffic

Share of the visits, Sept 2026

Site	Share	Visits	DR	Linking sites
cbs42.com	100%	1,170	76	17K

Each site's latest estimate of its visits from this keyword; DR: Ahrefs Domain Rating; linking sites: sites linking to it (third-party link index).

Where these sites' visitors are

United States55%
Canada3%
Brazil3%
United Kingdom3%
Mexico3%
Other countries33%

The listed sites' own visitors by country (all their traffic), weighted by each site's visits from this keyword: their audience, not where the keyword is searched.

3Ranking competition

9/100Keyword difficulty (US)very easy

48/100Ranking easecontested

DR 95First page, median Ahrefs DR

229Linking sites per top-ten pageaverage, US

On Google's page:VideosRelated searchesAI Overview

Google's first page, United States

#	Site	Page title	DR
1	reddit.com	Ex-CBS affil WIAT becoming Alabama's 42 on Sat., will be ...	95
2	youtube.com	Alabama's 42	99
3	alabamas42.com	On-Air \| Alabama's 42	26
4	facebook.com	Starting August 1st, Channel 42 in Birmingham drops its ...	100
5	alabamas42.com	What's on Alabama's 42	26
6	cbs42.comlisted here	Former state and local officials share expectations for primary ...	76
7	al.com	Birmingham TV news station plans layoffs	84
8	linkedin.com	Alabama's 42	99
9	reddit.com	Ex-CBS affil WIAT becoming Alabama's 42 on Sat., will be ...	95

Google's results for “cbs 42 news” in the United States, in English, read 1 Nov 2026. DR: Ahrefs Domain Rating; “—”: Ahrefs gives no rating.

Keyword difficulty is 9 of 100 for US results: very easy on the vendor's scale.
reddit.com has 2 results in Google's top 9 for “cbs 42 news”.
1 of the sites listed here is in Google's US top 9: cbs42.com (#6).
The first page's median Ahrefs DR is 95; the lowest-rated result, alabamas42.com at #3, has DR 26: a weak site already ranks on page one.
The top ten pages have about 229 linking sites each on average (US results, third-party link index).
Google shows an AI Overview for “cbs 42 news”, citing 6 sites: it sits above the results and takes clicks from them.

4Intent and related searches

Navigational: looking for a site · also informational
The searcher's goal, as a third-party keyword database classifies it (US).

Google's related searches

Cbs 42 news live
Cbs 42 news anchors
CBS 42 News Birmingham al
WVTM 13 CBS
NBC 13
WIAT-42
ABC 33/40
WBRC

Keywords the same sites get visits from

birmingham 1 of these sites · 1 site in all
christian gonzalez contract 1 of these sites · 1 site in all
foo hai 1 of these sites · 1 site in all
pedestrian 1 of these sites · 1 site in all

Keywords the listed sites also get visits from, the most shared first: linked by the same sites' traffic, not by meaning.

5Opportunity

27/100 · Demand score, weak

How much searching there is and what advertisers pay for it.

Searches	35	590 a month · weight 40%
Year	31	−41% since Oct 2025 · weight 20%
Momentum	33	last 3 months −17% on the 3 before · weight 20%
Commercial	0	$0.00 a click · weight 20%

48/100 · Ranking ease, contested

How open Google's first page is: 100 minus its difficulty and strength.

Keyword difficulty	91	9 of 100 (US) · weight 50%
First-page strength	5	median Ahrefs DR 95 · weight 50%

What to do with it

Treat it as a brand search: Google answers “cbs 42 news” with the brand's own pages, so a third-party page competes for what is left; Google's related searches show the angles people take: “Cbs 42 news live”, “Cbs 42 news anchors”, “CBS 42 News Birmingham al”.
Google answers part of it in an AI Overview: the pages it cites get a link above the results.

A business score needs your own figures (conversion, deal value) and is not made here. Scores are fixed formulas over the figures shown; they are not Google's.

6Sources

Google monthly search volume, Google Ads cost per click, bids and paid competition: Google Ads, worldwide, read 1 Nov 2026.
Third-party estimated keyword demand, cost per click and each site's visits (est.): third-party traffic estimates, Sept 2026.
Keyword difficulty, intent, SERP features, top-ten links: a third-party keyword database, United States, read 1 Nov 2026.
Google's first page, AI Overview, related searches: Google search, United States, read 1 Nov 2026.
DR: Ahrefs Domain Rating. Linking sites: a third-party link index.

Tiles, findings, scores and actions are worked out from the figures on this page by fixed rules.

Site	Report	Visits (est.)	Month
cbs42.com	Audited	1,170	Sept 2026

Listed A–Z. A top search keyword is one of the searches that bring a site the most visitors, by estimate. It is not a position in Google, and the order here is not a ranking. Visits (est.): the traffic estimate's own figure for the keyword on that site, which behaves like visits a month, not an amount of money (2026-09-29: it had been shown in dollars). This page is kept out of search results until 15 sites share the keyword.

Searches, cost per click and ad value above: Google Ads, worldwide. Sites and their visits: third-party traffic estimates, Sept 2026. The traffic estimates' own searches figure for the keyword is in the section below; the two sources often differ several times over.