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title: "1 Site Where ietf Is a Top Search Keyword"
url: https://mxverify.uk/keywords/ietf
description: "1 site on mxverify lists “ietf” among the searches that send it the most visitors, by traffic estimates: ietf.org."
site: mxverify
generated: 2026-11-01T14:04:52.760Z
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# Sites where “ietf” is a top search keyword

One site on record lists “ietf” among the searches that send it the most visitors, by traffic estimates. It is searched about **14.8K** times a month on Google, worldwide (Google Ads, Sept 2026), at about $1.90 a click in search ads: a month of its searches would cost about **$28.1K** as search ads. 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

- **14.8K** Google monthly search volume −33% since Oct 2025
- **−24%** Last 3 months vs 3 before falling
- **45/100** Demand score moderate
- **28/100** Keyword difficulty (US) easy
- **Informational** Search intent wants to learn
- **$1.90** Google Ads cost per click top-of-page bids $0.97–$3.14
- **7,820** Third-party estimated keyword demand +13% vs Aug 2026
- **1** Sites getting visits from it Sept 2026

### What the data says

- Demand is falling: Google searches for “ietf” fell 33% (22.2K to 14.8K) from Oct 2025 to Sept 2026; the last three months averaged 13.9K, 24% below the three before.
- The listed site takes about 3,990 visits a month from “ietf”, 51% of its 7,820 searches (traffic estimates). The other 49% goes to sites not on record here, or ends without a click.
- From Aug 2026 to Sept 2026: ietf.org gained most (3,220 → 3,990 visits).
- At $1.90 a click (Google Ads), the listed sites' 3,990 visits a month from “ietf” would cost about $7,581 as search ads. That is what the traffic would cost to buy, not what it earns.

### 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 22.2K, Nov 2025 18.1K, Dec 2025 14.8K, Jan 2026 18.1K, Feb 2026 18.1K, Mar 2026 18.1K, Apr 2026 22.2K, May 2026 18.1K, Jun 2026 14.8K, Jul 2026 14.8K, Aug 2026 12.1K, Sept 2026 14.8K; Third-party estimated keyword demand: Aug 2026 6,950, Sept 2026 7,820

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) | 22.2K | 18.1K | 14.8K | 18.1K | 18.1K | 18.1K | 22.2K | 18.1K | 14.8K | 14.8K | 12.1K | 14.8K |
| Third-party estimated keyword demand | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6,950 | 7,820 |

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

**Visits from it by site, month by month**

ietf.org

Visits from the keyword by site, month by month. Aug 2026: ietf.org 3,220; total 3,220. Sept 2026: ietf.org 3,990; total 3,990

Visits from this keyword (est.), stacked by site: a column is all the listed sites' visits from it that month.

**Share of the visits, Sept 2026**

Each site's latest estimate of its visits from this keyword; “As ads”: those visits at its cost per click, what they would cost to buy; DR: Ahrefs Domain Rating; linking sites: sites linking to it (third-party link index).

**Where these sites' visitors are**

- United States 20%
- China 8%
- Russia 7%
- India 7%
- Germany 6%
- Other countries 53%

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.

**Phones and computers**

- Phones 70%
- Computers and tablets 30%

Page loads of the listed sites by Chrome users (Chrome UX Report), weighted by each site's visits from this keyword: a site's device mix, not the keyword's. No source gives a keyword's device split.

### 3Ranking competition

- **28/100** Keyword difficulty (US) easy
- **41/100** Ranking ease contested
- **DR 91** First page, median Ahrefs DR
- **575** Linking sites per top-ten page average, US

On Google's page: People also ask Product considerations Videos Perspectives Related searches Knowledge panel AI Overview

**Google's first page, United States**

| # | Site | Page title | DR |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | github.com | Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) | 97 |
| 2 | rfc-editor.org | RFC 3233: Defining the IETF | 91 |
| 3 | [ietf.org](https://mxverify.uk/publications/ietf.org) listed here | IETF blog & news | 93 |
| 4 | cadeproject.org | Internet Engineering Task Force - CADE | 59 |
| 5 | dialogic.com | What is Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)? - Dialogic | 67 |
| 6 | secureframe.com | IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) Best Current ... | 80 |
| 7 | iso.org | IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force | 92 |
| 8 | rfc-editor.org | RFC 7221: Handling of Internet-Drafts by IETF Working ... | 91 |
| 9 | study.com | Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF): Standards & Protocol | 85 |

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

- Keyword difficulty is 28 of 100 for US results: easy on the vendor's scale.
- rfc-editor.org has 2 results in Google's top 9 for “ietf”.
- 1 of the sites listed here is in Google's US top 9: ietf.org (#3).
- The first page's median Ahrefs DR is 91; the lowest-rated result, cadeproject.org at #4, has DR 59.
- The top ten pages have about 575 linking sites each on average (US results, third-party link index).
- Google shows an AI Overview for “ietf”, citing 8 sites, ietf.org among them: it sits above the results and takes clicks from them.

### 4Intent and related searches

**Informational: wants to learn**  
The searcher's goal, as a third-party keyword database classifies it (US).

#### Google's related searches

- Ietf rfc
- IETF full form
- IETF meaning
- IETF protocol
- IETF standards
- IETF location
- IETF 125
- Ietf careers

#### Questions people ask

- What is the RFC process through the IETF?
- Who runs the IETF?
- Which of the following best describes the role of the IETF?
- Are IETF standards free?

#### Keywords the same sites get visits from

- [opus 5.1](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/opus-5-1) 1 of these sites · 2 sites in all
- [rfc](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/rfc) 1 of these sites · 2 sites in all
- [web proxy](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/web-proxy) 1 of these sites · 2 sites in all
- [olxc](https://mxverify.uk/keywords/olxc) 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

**45** /100 · Demand score, moderate

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

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Searches | 63 | 14.8K a month · weight 40% |
| Year | 35 | −33% since Oct 2025 · weight 20% |
| Momentum | 26 | last 3 months −24% on the 3 before · weight 20% |
| Commercial | 38 | $1.90 a click (Google Ads) · weight 20% |

**41** /100 · Ranking ease, contested

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

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Keyword difficulty | 72 | 28 of 100 (US) · weight 50% |
| First-page strength | 9 | median Ahrefs DR 91 · weight 50% |

### What to do with it

- A contested first page (ease 41) for moderate demand (45): compare your site's strength with the first page's median Ahrefs DR before committing.
- Watch ietf.org: it gained most visits from it last month (3,220 → 3,990).
- 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, Aug 2026 to 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.
- **Phones and computers**: Chrome UX Report.

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

| Site | Report | Visits (est.) | Month |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [ietf.org](https://mxverify.uk/publications/ietf.org) | Audited | 3,990 | 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). Ad value is what advertisers pay for the keyword — its searches × cost per click — not how hard it is to rank for. 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 ietf Is a Top Search Keyword", https://mxverify.uk/keywords/ietf (retrieved 2026-11-01). How every figure is worked out: https://mxverify.uk/methodology