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What free and paid press release distribution site would you recommend? Which one is good for SEO and allow links (free or at reasonable price)?

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A short, practical update to the original suggestions: press-release distribution still helps get media attention and direct traffic, but it is no longer a reliable, scalable way to build SEO value via dofollow backlinks. and were right that paid wires (and warned about cost); and others correctly pointed to free options — those still exist — but treat them as PR channels, not link-farms.

Google’s current guidance calls out “links with optimized anchor text in articles or press releases distributed on other sites” as link‑spam; links in syndicated releases should be qualified (rel="nofollow" or rel="sponsored") so they don’t pass ranking credit. Many reputable distribution networks now add nofollow/redirects to releases to comply. ()

How to get useful results in 2025 (practical checklist):

  • Make the story genuinely newsworthy (original data, a timely angle, exclusive for a target outlet).
  • Host the canonical release on your own newsroom page (HTML), add Article/NewsArticle JSON‑LD, and link to that page from any wire copy; that preserves your content and gives search engines a single canonical source. (developers.google.com)
  • Use the wire for discovery and journalist outreach, not link-building: aim for earned editorial pick‑ups (those editorial links are the real SEO prize). Amplify via email to targeted reporters, HARO, LinkedIn and social. (searchengineland.com)

Quick rules to avoid trouble: limit links (use branded or visible URLs rather than keyword anchors), don’t publish duplicate releases verbatim across many free sites, prefer moderated services with editorial standards, and measure pickup and referral traffic rather than counting syndicated backlinks. If you need a paid wire, compare which outlets they actually syndicate to (financial terminals, Google News partners, major publishers) and pick the one that matches your PR goals — not just “SEO.”

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Member Avatar for WebDave

For free press release submissions there are many decent sites out there where you can submit to and time taken for approval is usually a day or two. For paid distribution, prweb.com is the one I have used before.

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PRweb is the best but it costs $$$

Free PR... has to be done yourself. There's tons of tricks

Member Avatar for delhijankari

New Press Release and Guest post site is quickinformations.com with page rank. you can use free of cost and ragister and publisht the original content to get back link to improve the ranking in search engine. now tiem google consider only press release and guest post link to improve the back link. don't publish the duplicat content on the press release and guest post site.

Member Avatar for ProSence

This is a good list of press release sites, I hope it was helpful to you too..

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A good free site is PressKing.com. They will allow you to include hypertext links and a picture and video. You can also create a newsroom for your company and insert your logo and a link to your blog.

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