Prweb.com & prnewswire.com do they still work?

[ScottBaxterWW]

Howdy Guys,

Does anybody still use prweb.com or prnewswire.com?

I'm thinking of signing up but just want someone else's views on the sites?

Thanks,

Scott

[Webpresence]

Hi Scott, you should ask yourself why you want to use the services? Is it to publicise a newsworthy story and increase brand awareness or to simply build backlinks to your site for SEO gain? If it's the latter I wouldn't recommend them!

It is fine using these services, and in my opinion, worth the cost but PR marketing should be done with PR in mind, not SEO. Only submit a release when you truly have something interesting to report, it's about encouraging coverage of your news/brand, and that goal wouldn't be achieved with cr@p content!

Hope that's helped!

Lee

[Saijo.George]

It depends on what you want out of it ? Do you have a new product / service and want to create buzz for it ? Then if you go with the right right press release package .. you might catch some journalists attention who might approach you for a story .

Pro Tips : Target Local Outlets , make sure the press release goes out at a time when people usually reads the news.

If you are after backlinks .. most outlets might no follow the links , have a text version of the press release out AND the press release is usually posted in its own section .. go through some of the older post and see what kind of Page Authority ( not Doamin Authority ) those pages have . Not much I would bet.

.. I follow a simple rule when it comes to link .. the harder to get the link the more valuable it usually is .

Pro Tip : The easiest quality backlink you can usually get is a well written blog post on blogs that accept guest posts. ( try to find something in your niche try searching for

• “guest post” + keyword
• "guest author" + keyword
• "write for us" + keyword
• etc

[hireawizseo]

Hi Scott,

I am in the same boat. After a lot of research I have come to the conclusion that if you are just looking for back links it may not be the best option. If you have something that is newsworthy and want back links as bonus then use PRWEB. You can pull some good coupons from here:

http://www.retailmenot.com/view/prweb.com

Let us know how it goes...