Why use free PR sites, if they don't post to Google news?

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Hi, there,

I might jsut be getting this wrong, which is why I'm asking.

I'm starting to see the benefits of Press Releases, but it seems that the only way to get your site on Google news or anything like that, is for ones who offer paid services.

Am I getting it wrong that a "free" PR site only posts to their own site?

I'm not sure the big advantage of that, to tell you the truth, but then again, I haven't been doing this for a long time, either.

Thanks a lot for any of your wonderful marketing insights.

- Paul
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  • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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    Google controls all of the news in the world?
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  • Profile picture of the author TheAngelGuy
    Hi, Joseph,

    Thanks for the reply but I'm trying to understand the answer in context of my question.

    It seems like the free PR sites do NOT post to Google news.

    Am I getting that wrong?

    Thanks for your expertise.

    - Paul
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  • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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    1. I don't know if they post to Google News. The stuff I write aren't typically Press Releases, or time sensitive to my audience.

    2. The point I was jokingly making was that all of the news in the world does not come from Google News, so whether or not they get posted there does not matter. Get the content in front of your audience in the most efficient way possible. Now if Google actually is the most efficient way? You have a problem lol.
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  • Profile picture of the author TheAngelGuy
    Yeah, you're right, my fault.

    It seems that the free services don't post to any of the news outlets - seems like you have to pay for these.

    Am I getting this wrong?

    And if I am, I certainly don't mind...

    ;-)

    Thanks again, and sorry for wasting your time with my explanation being so off the mark.

    - Paul
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    • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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      Originally Posted by TheAngelGuy View Post

      Thanks again, and sorry for wasting your time with my explanation being so off the mark.
      Worry not, you're asking a relevant question and thus not wasting anyone's time who makes the decision to open the thread. You could make a case that my slightly sarcastic answer prolonged things though, but you get used to that (get this, some people seem to like me on here ).

      Anyways, how about some examples. What PR services are you looking at? What kind of stuff are you thinking of putting there? Why do you think putting them there would be the best way to reach your audience?
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    • Profile picture of the author Black Hat Cat
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      Originally Posted by TheAngelGuy View Post

      Yeah, you're right, my fault.

      It seems that the free services don't post to any of the news outlets - seems like you have to pay for these.

      Am I getting this wrong?

      And if I am, I certainly don't mind...

      ;-)

      Thanks again, and sorry for wasting your time with my explanation being so off the mark.

      - Paul
      Most of these free PR sites are nothing more than glorified article directories. If you can do so efficiently, it doesn't hurt to submit to them, but if you want your PR to get picked up by legitimate sources, you'll have to go the paid route.
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      • Profile picture of the author Slazengeer
        Originally Posted by Black Hat Cat View Post

        Most of these free PR sites are nothing more than glorified article directories. If you can do so efficiently, it doesn't hurt to submit to them, but if you want your PR to get picked up by legitimate sources, you'll have to go the paid route.
        You are absolutely right, as all the PR submission websites have high page rank but don't help your website to drive in Google news. Nowadays, they are just used for SEO purposes, where high pagerank websites give quality backlinks and no exposure and publicity.
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        • Profile picture of the author FredJones
          Originally Posted by Slazengeer View Post

          You are absolutely right, as all the PR submission websites have high page rank but don't help your website to drive in Google news. Nowadays, they are just used for SEO purposes, where high pagerank websites give quality backlinks and no exposure and publicity.
          Yeah, agree. Most people don't even understand the difference between the implications and posibilities of a PR, and confuse that with SEO. So obviously, the only use of such PR will be SEO, and that will essentially mean they would set their focus to submit these PRs to the maximum number of PR-sittes regardless of quality.

          So Google/Yahoo News or not, the problem is really about the objective that most people start working with. That sets the tune of the work completely wrong.
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          • Profile picture of the author Pradeep Bhagwat
            Sorry to disturb discussion but I want to ask one sily quesiton. Can we submit manually to Google news? If this question is silly then forgive me and continue discussion... and if... please answer it.

            Pradeep
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            • Profile picture of the author mosthost
              Originally Posted by bhagwat68 View Post

              Sorry to disturb discussion but I want to ask one sily quesiton. Can we submit manually to Google news? If this question is silly then forgive me and continue discussion... and if... please answer it.

              Pradeep
              Pradeep, the only way to get your article into Google news is by having it published on a website that's already included in Google news. Some of the free PR sites are, so submitting to them is sufficient.
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  • Profile picture of the author Chri5123
    Originally Posted by TheAngelGuy View Post

    Hi, there,

    I might jsut be getting this wrong, which is why I'm asking.

    I'm starting to see the benefits of Press Releases, but it seems that the only way to get your site on Google news or anything like that, is for ones who offer paid services.

    Am I getting it wrong that a "free" PR site only posts to their own site?

    I'm not sure the big advantage of that, to tell you the truth, but then again, I haven't been doing this for a long time, either.

    Thanks a lot for any of your wonderful marketing insights.

    - Paul
    Hey Paul,

    Some of them can give you targeted niche traffic plus you will get back links from most of them.

    Plus you might not get on Google news but some will get you on Yahoo news as well.
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  • Profile picture of the author Lightlysalted
    I've used Free PR sites for a while and I have never had a press release posted to Google news. I guess that you have to pay to get noticed, which seems wrong to me.
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  • Profile picture of the author TheAngelGuy
    Thank you.

    Got any recommendations for the paid ones that are worth it, and which "level" of service that's worth paying for?

    Thanks, and sorry if this is too much.

    - Paul
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  • Profile picture of the author arkueckelhan
    What I have found is that even when I use my $200 PR webs, I still get horrible exposure. We craft some rather great press releases and get picked up by 130-170 different sites, but I ran tests and it appears that all these sites are just auto-approving the content to try and build some rather bad SEO. Actual views are VERY low everytime we send out a release and that has a lot to do with the news sites just not giving the content any exposure.


    If you really want in Google news, create a news site... done.
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    • Just to help you out, PR.com and prlog.com are both free PR distribution sites and they will distribute to Google News. However, it does take a few days before the release will appear. Give them a shot.

      If you go the paid route: Prweb or Businesswire are the best.
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  • Profile picture of the author anuj291
    Free PR sites wont help you rank at all... They are over used and their links have almost no value..

    PR Web is considered the top in the game..


    I have recently joined hands with PRWeb, Email Wire and SB Wire and have launched PR writing and distribution services.

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    • Profile picture of the author Steve B
      Google News sites are typically not controlled by Google - there are thousands of them in many different targeted niches.

      Anyone can apply to have a "Google News" authorized site if it meets Google's criteria. These sites then get a lot of Google love and traffic pushed to them.

      So you wouldn't necessarily send your desired post to Google news per se. In my experience, most designated Google News sites are active private sites run by ordinary folks that curate content in their niche and do it often.

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