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A List of Online PR Distribution Services to Consider for your Next PR Campaign

Posted in Driving Website Traffic	October 17, 2006

Permalink: http://daily.mequoda.com/i//driving_website_traffic/list-of-online-pr-distribution-services-to-consider-for-next-pr-campaign_262-1.html

By Kim Mateus , Managing Editor Mequoda Daily and Library

On the Internet, press releases take on new meaning. They provide search-engine visibility—an additional marketing opportunity that only some industries have figured out. Now that the public can read press releases directly on Internet news portals such as Yahoo! News or MSN News, it's becoming more important to optimize press releases for online distribution. They must include keyword-rich headlines and body copy and must provide extensive links back to your website or a specific web landing page.

Some online PR distribution services are free, and some are paid. Here is a list for your consideration:

FREE:	PAID:
www.theopenpress.com www.prweb.com www.i-newswire.com www.24-7pressrelease.com www.pressbox.co.uk/ www.pr.com/ www.prfree.com/	www.urlwire.com www.prwebdirect.com www.internetnewsbureau.com www.eworldwire.com www.businesswire.com www.newsbureau.com www.marketwire.com www.ereleases.com www.xpresspress.com www.massmediadistribution.com

Some of the paid services offer multiple payment options, depending on your distribution preferences. On PR Web, for example, you can choose free distribution, which is limited to PR Web distribution, SEO, and RSS feeds. Or you can opt to pay up to $80 to be included in Google News, Yahoo! News, eMedia Wire, and others.

For more information on using PR to drive website traffic, see our new special report, Making the Most of PR and Earned Media, available now in our bookstore.

If you know of any other online PR distribution services not mentioned in the list above, please share them with us below.

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COMMENTS

Looks like we left out a very worthwhile website - complete oversight on our end - we're sorry!

Here is Eric Ward's reply by email:

Hi Don, Eric Ward here. A bit surprised to say the least that URLwire was not mentioned. URLwire is older than *all* the others by several years.

Eric Ward

U R L w i r e . c o m -- http://www.urlwire.com News of Unique and Useful Web Content Since 1994

URLwire is the only service designed just for site reviewers, web guide and best picks editors, writers, and seekers of unique web content. Available via the web, rss, blog, google group, msn group and via private one-to-one email based on your interests.

Comment by: kim m | October 20, 2006

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