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title: "1 Site Where cbs 42 news Is a Top Search Keyword"
url: https://mxverify.uk/keywords/cbs-42-news
description: "1 site on mxverify lists “cbs 42 news” among the searches that send it the most visitors, by traffic estimates: cbs42.com."
site: mxverify
generated: 2026-11-01T13:18:42.882Z
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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](https://mxverify.uk/backlink-value) adds its top five search keywords, so this list grows as sites are checked.

## Keyword intelligence

- **590** Google monthly search volume −41% since Oct 2025
- **−17%** Last 3 months vs 3 before steady
- **27/100** Demand score weak
- **9/100** Keyword difficulty (US) very easy
- **Navigational** Search intent looking for a site
- **550** Third-party estimated keyword demand Sept 2026
- **1** Sites getting visits from it Sept 2026
- **Low** Paid 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

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

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**

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 States 55%
- Canada 3%
- Brazil 3%
- United Kingdom 3%
- Mexico 3%
- Other countries 33%

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

- **9/100** Keyword difficulty (US) very easy
- **48/100** Ranking ease contested
- **DR 95** First page, median Ahrefs DR
- **229** Linking sites per top-ten page average, US

On Google's page: Videos Related searches AI 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.com](https://mxverify.uk/publications/cbs42.com) listed 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](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/birmingham) 1 of these sites · 1 site in all
- [christian gonzalez contract](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/christian-gonzalez-contract) 1 of these sites · 1 site in all
- [foo hai](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/foo-hai) 1 of these sites · 1 site in all
- [pedestrian](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/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](https://mxverify.uk/publications/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.

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Source: mxverify, "1 Site Where cbs 42 news Is a Top Search Keyword", https://mxverify.uk/keywords/cbs-42-news (retrieved 2026-11-01). How every figure is worked out: https://mxverify.uk/methodology