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  • Paul78
    Paul78 last edited by Nov 23, 2011, 5:38 PM

    Hi there,

    I'm always trying to think of new ways of getting great links and thought HARO could be really beneficial to our SERPs, the only issue I think is that we are a UK website and mainly the reporters are based in the USA, writing for Chicago Tribune, NY magazines etc, is this an issue?, here are a few more questions:

    1. Has anyone had success using HARO?

    2. Anyone outside the USA had success with HARO?

    Kind Regards

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    • Harbor_Compliance
      Harbor_Compliance Subscriber @Harbor_Compliance last edited by Apr 2, 2013, 3:37 PM Apr 2, 2013, 3:37 PM

      Just a follow up to my previous post - I ended up submitting 4 of these to HARO.  Contrary to what I said previously, I submitted direct to other press sources, not through HARO, so I only ended up submitting 4 to HARO.  Anyway, I got 2 published.  It took a week or so before they went through, but I got my company and photo listed along with a link.

      So I think it takes some work to come up with quality information and send it out, but at a 50% (with limited statistics) conversion rate, I'm definitely going to continue using it.

      Good luck all!

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      • Harbor_Compliance
        Harbor_Compliance Subscriber last edited by Mar 27, 2013, 4:08 PM Mar 27, 2013, 4:08 PM

        I signed up and have been submitting 2-3 daily for the past week.  I've yet to see a link let alone a response from a reporter.  It may be too soon to fairly dismiss the service but with the many people on SEOMoz that have cited it as a useful resource, I would be surprised if it doesn't work out.

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        • RandyHT
          RandyHT last edited by Nov 23, 2011, 11:44 PM Nov 23, 2011, 11:44 PM

          I signed up for HARO and received a flood of newspaper queries that weren't even related to my field (law).  It was too hard to keep up with all the topics, and so I quit it after a month.  Even if you are quoted as a source, I think it is rare that you would get a link.

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          • Paul78
            Paul78 @mjtaylor last edited by Nov 23, 2011, 6:09 PM Nov 23, 2011, 6:09 PM

            Hi there,

            Thanks for the quick feedback.

            That's unfortunate, I was thinking this could really work for us, may I should give it a go and see how things go.

            What industry were you targeting?

            You mentioned there a lot of others offering useful info too, can you be ever so kind in telling me what these are?

            Thanks again

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            • mjtaylor
              mjtaylor last edited by Feb 3, 2012, 8:50 AM Nov 23, 2011, 5:56 PM

              I have never had success in getting a link from or even an idea picked up by/through HARO. And I do think that I have offered some useful tidbits, etc, but there are a lot of others offering useful info, too.  The service is probably more effective for journalists than for SEOs or webmasters. I  am US based.

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