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How Many Backlinks Do You Get From A Press Release Submission Service?

by yourreviewer
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Hi there,
I am looking into Press Releases for getting some backlinks and wanted to know how many backlinks you typically get from a Press Release submission.

If cost wasn't a consideration, what would be some Press Release submission services that you would recommend and how many backlinks can you typically expect from using their services.
#backlinks #press #release #services #submission
  • Profile picture of the author Jay D
    It all depends on how well the PR has been syndicated and what site you used to submit them.
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by yourreviewer View Post

    I am looking into Press Releases for getting some backlinks and wanted to know how many backlinks you typically get from a Press Release submission.
    You get one backlink per site that publishes the press release when it's submitted.

    "Numbers of backlinks" isn't what press releases are about, at all. It matters what they are and where they are.

    For "numbers of backlinks" you can submit a copy of any article to 1,000 article directories using some submission software, after all, but it doesn't mean that the backlinks will be of much value, because they'll almost all be on non-context-relevant PR-0 pages and most of them will only be temporary anyway. There are similar considerations with press releases.

    Originally Posted by yourreviewer View Post

    If cost wasn't a consideration, what would be some Press Release submission services that you would recommend
    I don't know. But if cost were a consideration and I wanted a particularly good value service from which I'd get plenty of benefit (without looking at it in terms of the "number of backlinks"), for myself I'd probably look no further than Dana W, whose expertise, experience and professionalism come highly recommended.
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  • Profile picture of the author yourreviewer
    Thanks. Pardon me for my ignorance. But don't experts recommend Press Releases because they can easily be "picked up" by other sites. I was wondering what factors play a role in having these press releases picked up by other sites.

    Also what would be the difference between using a service like PRWeb compared to free press release sites?
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  • Profile picture of the author auradev
    Yes, Press Releases are a great way to build backlinks because you will get a lot of links from many very different sites.

    One big catch though - your story has to be interesting or otherwise your press release will be ignored.

    PRWeb is a great tool for this, but I would wait a little while and try the free ones until you get good at this strategy.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
    depends on entirely on how news worthy your press release is. You won't get much traction form it if what your are announcing is not notable in some way.
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  • Profile picture of the author russells
    It depends on a few things as people have already said.

    As far as press release services I am a fan of prlog.org (not affiliated)

    It's free and I always get a backlink from each press release I submit. Some of my press releases have made it to Bing news.

    ~Russ
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  • Profile picture of the author iAmNameLess
    My very first press release submission has been syndicated and on 2,150 sites.
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    • Profile picture of the author aaronphilip
      I just used PRWEB for my first press release submission and I have over 30k indexed pages showing up in Google now with my press release title in them. The problem is, when I search for how many backlinks were created, I show 0... Why is this?
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      • Profile picture of the author hpad06
        I used the pr service from warrior forum, although they claim to be on domains with PR up to PR 9, most links do not cached in google, I believe this is due to duplicate content.

        Did I get a bump on traffic? Yes, but only a few days, after that, traffic back to normal.
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        • Profile picture of the author aaronphilip
          If done correctly, I know you can build links to the site, but for some reason my links are not showing up at all even though Google shows over 30k results for my press release title...
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