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Using Press Releases To Build Links

August 22nd, 2008 by

Online press releases can provide a good source of targeted traffic from industry related websites and other sources. A lot of industry news sites and general topic sites publish press releases regularly in order to help bolster their own content and provide solid information for visitors. Some of these sites perform well in the search results and, therefore, can be used to generate good traffic and get powerful back links.

Finding sources of targeted traffic is an ongoing battle for any website. Adding press release distribution to an online marketing mix gives another source of previously untapped traffic. Because they are only used by industry related websites you can be sure that the traffic they do generate is highly targeted to the topic of your own site. Furthermore, because visitors first read the title and then the body of the release before visiting your site they are highly targeted.

As well as being used to directly drive traffic, some press release services will allow you to include HTML links to one or two pages of your site. By using this opportunity to add keyword rich anchor text it can give search engine rankings a real boost with a sustained effort.

Press releases have long been used as a form of generating new leads and the process has now been repeated online to great success. Website owners can submit newsworthy and relevant press releases to distribution sites and see their release picked up and posted by many topically relevant websites.

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6 Responses to “Using Press Releases To Build Links”

  1. Rowan says:

    Press release optimization for search engine purposes has been a growing segment of the SEO industry. Press release makes the effort to reread the content and insert your SEO keywords with appropriate title, first paragraph, section headers etc. Also include a link back to your site which allowed by the PR site.

  2. Conner says:

    Press releases are really an effective way to reach people and promote the latest developments or new feature of your site. A high quality release is picked up and syndicated by other sites and a nice snowball effect can build up helping to increase your brand awareness.

  3. Serafina says:

    Press release can also be utilized to build link equity and page rank to help improve your search engine rankings. Press releases can provide a reliable source of targeted traffic for your website. Press release makes the effort to re-read the content and insert your SEO keywords.

  4. Liam says:

    Press releases are great for new and ongoing link building campaigns. Early PR submissions can be used to promote your site’s launch and help to spread the word about what your site has to offer; with this type of release you should look to link back to your sites homepage and highly relevant internal pages.

  5. Hazel says:

    Press release was picked up by the national news media and before long was being covered by every major online news site all over the world. This only served to fan the flames of publicity, the viral effect of using press releases meant that this news was being reprinted everywhere from blogs to bulletin boards.

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