Jun 20 2009

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Michael Fleischner

Use Online Press Releases To Build Tons of Links To Your Website

Posted at 8:39 am under News

by Michael Fleischner

Improving a website's search engine rankings is easy with the help of an online press release. If you haven't spent a lot of time in public relations, then here's a quick idea of what a press release is and how it can help improve search engine rankings. What you learn may surprise you.

The purpose of a press release is to communicate news or information to members of the news. Often times companies send out press releases to inform the media of a new product, service, or important change within their company. For nearly a decade, press releases are distributed via email or posted online. There are even online services that manage the posting and distribution process for you.

Press releases are sent by individuals, corporations, and government agencies. The purpose of which is to announce a new product, service, or event. The PR industry has used press releases as a way to filter the news and focus on what is most relevant. Not only has it served as an efficient way to distribute the news, but an effective way to receive it.

A press release is simple to create and follows a pretty standard format. Many releases include a date, headline, body, and company description. Online releases include the same information with an added feature, a link back to the company's website. The challenge and opportunity with an online press release is to create a release that is newsworthy and finds itself being distributed across the web.

Today there are hundreds of online press release websites designed to guide reporters through a significant amount of clutter to find what is most relevant to their given audience. The benefit to those doing business online is that an additional outlet exists for publishing information about your website or product and building in-bound links to your website at the same time.

This is good news for anyone trying to promote a new product, service, website or blog. But how do you get noticed? When I started out in Internet marketing, I thought it was all about writing a fantastic release and having it distributed across the web. And even today, that still holds true. However, when using press releases for SEO value, the key is simply to write a good release that helps build back links to your website or blog.

There are a few press release services out there that allow you to submit your news for distribution at no charge. Be careful though. Some of these sites will not let you include a link back to your website. If you've been paying attention, that's the whole point of using online press release services. Just make sure you understand a services limitations before you spend your time creating your release and registering with a site.

When I want to build a large number of back links to my website in short order I always look to press release distribution. You can implement this simple strategy quickly and easily. It's not hard to think of something newsworthy and over time it gets much easier to find something that will resonate with your target audience the media the cater to them.

I am okay as long as the fees are less than twenty dollars. With a small budget, you can have your release, and your links, distributed across the internet. Try using press releases to build back links to your website. You will be amazed by the results.

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