20 Best Press Release Distribution Sites Revealed
Updated on July 13, 2010 (we added 15 new websites to the previous list.)
Press release distribution was the focal point of 2009 link-building campaigns. Many high-end SEO companies used this technique to:
1- Provide their clients with a presence on Google News
2- Drive more targeted traffic to their clients’ sites
3- Obtain high-quality inbound links.
We were no exception. We used press releases extensively. We even spent countless hours researching and testing different press release distribution sites and prepared the list below. This list will help you identify the best press release distribution sites and only submit to those that are worth while – saving much time, money and energy in testing them yourself.
Note: you need a standard high-quality press release before submitting to these sites, or your release will be rejected.
We do provide a top-quality and inexpensive press release development/distribution service (it’s 100% custom designed to fit your needs). Click here to learn more.
Press release distribution sites – ranked based on the ROI we observed:
| URL | Google PR | Text Links/URLs Allowed | Pricing Options |
| MarketWire.Com | 7 | 4 | Depends on the distribution circle – $75 for the advanced SEO package which includes text links within the content |
| NewsWire.Ca | 7 | Depends on the distribution circle – also charge per text-link |
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| Earthtimes.Org | 7 | 5 | Free |
| Prweb.Com | 7 | 5 | $80- $140- $200- $360 |
| Pr.Com | 7 | 5 | free- $199- $499 |
| Prfire.co.uk | 7 | 5 | free- $30- $75 |
| Prlog.Org | 6 | 3 | Free |
| 24-7PressRelease.Com | 6 | 8 | $49- $89- $139- $369 |
| PrLeap.Com | 5 | 8 | $49 |
| TransWorldNews.Com | 5 | 8 | $49.95- $64.95- $99.95- $114.95- $999- $50- $65- $2,495 |
| BusinessWireIndia.com | 5 | 6 | $112 |
| FastPitchNetWorking.Com | 5 | 8 | $18 and up |
| Seopressreleases.Com | 5 | 8 | $49- $99 |
| OnlinePrnews.Com | 5 | 6 | $12- $49- $349 |
| Express-press-release.net | 5 | 10 | $29 |
| Pr-USA.Net | 5 | 8 | Free |
| PressBox.Co.Uk | 5 | 6 | Free |
| PressReleasePoint.Com | 5 | 7 | Free |
| Live-pr.Com | 5 | 6 | Free |
| Impactwire.Com | 5 | 6 | Free |
| DropJack.Com | 5 | 7 | Free |
| WiredPRNews.Com | 4 | 2 | $19.95- $24.95- $1995 |
| BigNews.Biz | 4 | 1 | Free |
| PressRelease365.Com | 4 | 5 | $24.95- $49.95- $99.95 |
| BeforeItsnews.Com | 4 | 8 | Free |
| Widespreadpr.Com | 4 | 8 | Free |
| Free-press-release- center.Info |
4 | 3 | $2.99 |
| FreePressrelease.Com | 4 | 8 | Free |
| FreePressindex.Com | 4 | 1 | Free |
| FreePressreleases.co.uk | 4 | 8 | Free- $50- $120- $230 |
| PressReleaseSpider.Com | 4 | 1 | $4.95 |
| FreePressRelease.Com.au | 4 | 1 | Free |
| PressMediaWire.Com | 3 | 8 | $30- $80- $149 |
| PrWallstreet.Com | 3 | 8 | Free- $19- $59 |
| InfoDento.Com | 2 | 8 | Free |
Stay tuned for more link-building techniques/lists to emerge soon.
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Good List. Thank you
I’d be interested to know your reasoning behind not including PRWeb on your list above. Does their site lack anything that is needed for it to be a good posting site?
Not at all. PrWeb was designed for the purpose of SEO and they have many promotional tools, programs. However, the “link-juice” coming from their site is less than most of the other sites listed above (and their SEO package is minimum $199).
Let me further explain. SEO companies post press releases on distribution sites to get “back-links” to their clients’ Web sites. Each back-link coming from an authoritative Web site helps further the SEO campaign. However, the more a site links to other sites, each link will have less of a value (link-juice). For example if site A links to site B and that’s the only site that it links too, it is using all of its “voting” power to promote site B. Instead, if it links to site B, C, D, and E, it is dividing its voting power to four and is using each portion for each site.
PRWeb has a Google PR7. Which means the links coming from it ought to have high value. However, it is overused by hundreds of SEO and non-SEO companies on a daily basis. Therefore, the link-juice is reduced to a level that it is now almost worthless. I did some tests with PRWeb during summer of 2009 and in comparison with the other big players, I got almost no results from the posted press releases.
It is interesting to note that a sales rep. and a so called “SEO expert” from PRWeb called me a few days later and wanted to see how my experience was with them. I told him that I would never post anything else with their site and explained why. He tried to argue with me and sell me on the high Page Rank they have. Make a long story short, he promised to discuss the issue with his supervisor and get back with me and guess what… he never did.
Your money will go further along with other sites listed here. That’s all.
I hope I explained this clearly.
It’s a very usefull list for beginners like me in link building campaign.Great job by you Ali.
Thank you.
Great post!! Thanks for writing such an informative and helpful post!
Thanks for the explanation. That makes a lot of sense.
Thanks for such good information . I am soon test above your given websites for my new website. Keep posting more on SEO.
Here is a another good press release site http://www.postpressrelease.com it is instant and your press release is distributed to book marketing sites.
Another good place to add your press release in onlineprnews.com Their $12 plan allows you to add 3 anchor text links and I really see the benefit of using this site for my search engine optimization clients press releases.
Wish you all the Best Thanks for the information
I am very interested all the information relation to the net provider.
Thanks for the explanation. That makes a lot of sense.
I appreciate the work you did on grading these online press release sites. We use many of them also but never took the time to put them in any kind of order depending on their intrinsic value for seo.
relation to the net provider.
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Thanks for your article, it is really informative. My only question is, why do you actually list PRWeb.com in the list, and then say at the end of the article that you didn’t list it. Typo? Error? Or have you updated the article because PRWeb is worth the money now?
Not to mention, the links you get from the other sites that PRWeb sprays your press release out to. For example, I noticed that earthtimes.org picked up a press release I did last week with PRWeb.com.
@Sean Burrows
Thanks Sean… The list was updated and we added PRWeb.com. I removed the note. I have a bigger comment above about PRWeb.com. Nevertheless, it’s worth having it on the list. Some people may find it useful.
@Ali Husayni
While my company has been using PRWeb for a while I am actually surprised about the comments you made on PRWeb. What do you recommend for a press release strategy? There seem to be some pretty good free sites you have listed. I’m curious on your thoughts. We have an SEO team that writes and manually distributes articles for our clients and it works really well for building authority for and rankings for targeted keywords. Would you suggest hitting all 20 sites you list for Press Releases?
@Sean Burrows
Stay tuned.
I’m going to write a full description of our latest strategy on press releases/articles and kind of give-away our secret.
@Ali Husayni
I’m certainly not looking to get something for nothing. We’re both businessmen in the SEO business. Contact me. Let’s work something out.
Sean
Hi Ali,
Great post! Thanks for sharing your research.
I am wondering about Webwire. I’ve seen a few people recommending them. But it seems to cost $20 to get proper results.
If you have an opinion about it, I would love to hear it.
Thanks,
Kim
your article is so good!
Hi.. Mr.Ali
Thanks for your tips and info.
@Kim
Thanks. I’m going to have my team test this site and will give my feedback.
Thank you very much.
Thank you. Very important info.
Thank you for listing, Small suggestion, If your list is separate for free and low cost, it also useful for us.
Would you recommend submitting the same press release to multiple sites or should they be unique?
They should be unique.