Do non-spammy authoritative press release sites exist?
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Hi there,
To help get news out about our business and increase brand awareness, I am considering doing the occasional press release. However doing research on new SEO client backlinks there seem to be a lot of poor quality, spammy press release sites.
So I would appreciate some opinions on decent sites please. Obviously we wouldn't be 'article marketing' so only new unique posts would be put out there and not in duplicates either - so one press release to one site etc.
Also just curious as to whether this still works for SEO? But this is a secondary concern, because the activity would be for brand awareness - so avoiding rubbish sites will save us time, effort and potential damage.
Thanks in advance!
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yes
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Thanks to you all for your feedback it's appreciated!
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Thanks - dealing with press is something new for us so it's good to get some ideas/feedback.
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Thanks I will see if there's a good local/industry source that may be more beneficial. Thanks!
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HARO as in Help-a-Reporter Out?
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prweb.com is a decent pr site. There is a possibility that you can get a link from yahoo news and other big websites. Regarding SEO benefit, it will be temporary as your press release will get archived pretty quickly because of large volume of new press releases being published daily. You should also use HARO for branding purpose.
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Agreed, I would forget the SEO value of the link. I would pay more to your top regional PR firm to do a fantastic release that journos might actually pick up.
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I dont think it works, if anyone can do it, then it more than likly is a waste of time.
but if you can find a industry web site where you can post it, then that may be different, but any places that says post your press release here, then i would say no it have much benifit.
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