23 Useful Free Press Release Distribution Websites
Online Business, Search Engine Marketing Add commentsResources to submit press releases have been around since the age of the internet, but they are no less important. News sites and industry publications still rely on press releases to acquire new information and maintain corporate communications.
Some of these PR distributors are free, many require a payment.
Good PR distribution sites
PRweb.com –PR Web is not free but it is the largest and best press release distribution outlet available. PRweb coupon packages start at $40 and are definitely worth it. If you take the time to write an interesting and helpful press release, your 40 bucks will go a long way.
1888PressRelease.com – Free distribution, paid services gives you better placement and permanent archiving.
24-7PressRelease.com – Free release distribution with ad-support
ClickPress.com – Distributs to sites like Google News and Topix.net, Gold level will also get you to sites like LexisNexis.
EcommWire.com – Focuses on ecommerece and requires you include an image, 3 keywords and links.
Express-Press-Release.com – Free distribution company with offices in 12 states.
Free-Press-Release.com – Easy press release distribution for free, more features for paid accounts.
Free-Press-Release-Center.info – Distributes your release, offers a web page with one keyword link to your site. Pro upgrade will give you three links, permanent archiving and more.
I-Newswire.com – Allows for free distribution to sites and search engines, premium membership differs only slightly in adding in graphics.
NewswireToday.com – All the usual free distribution tools, premium service includes logo, product picture and more.
PR.com – Not only will they distribute your press releases, but you can also set up a full company profile.
PR9.net – Ad supported press distribution site.
PR-Inside.com – European-based free press release distribution site.
PRBuzz.com – Completely free distribution to search engines, news sites, and blogs.
PRCompass.com – Distribute your press release with a free or paid version, others can vote it up ala Digg style.
PRUrgent.com – Not only distributes your release, but attempts to teach you how to write one, and even offers downloadbale samples for you to work with.
Press-Base.com – Submit your release for free and get on their front page and the category of your choice.
PressAbout.com – A free press release service formatted as a blog.
PressMethod.com – Free press release distribution no matter what, but extra services based on the size of your contribution.
PRLeap.com – Free distribution to search engines, newswires, and RSS feeds. Fee based bumps get you better placement.
Pressreleasepoint.com – free press release distribution and submission to topical news aggregators.
PRLog.org – Free pr distribution to Google News and other other search engines.
TheOpenPress.com – Free distribution for plain formatted releases, fees for HTML-coded releases.
Inspired by the Mashable list of Press Release Distribution Sites
Have a good PR site that is not on this list?
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September 18th, 2009 at 10:59 am
Missing this great one from your list PRZOOM.com. Visibility is great, but articles MUST be business related. Great blog by the way!
D.
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Hey Dave, thanks for the addition of PR Zoom!
December 30th, 2009 at 11:14 am
Good content, is this like a sales site for something or is it your content, because it’s good.
January 22nd, 2010 at 4:07 am
We are developing a service for free press releases. Check our site soon for the release date.
April 6th, 2010 at 10:10 am
We started localnews.biz (a free press release site) six years ago. The intent was for South Florida local news, but a majority of the submissions are global. Over 50% come from Europe an Asia. Feel free to use it.
May 5th, 2010 at 11:11 pm
Great post, I work in online advertising, so this list of website submission options is really helpful to me. Thank you!
June 1st, 2010 at 8:00 pm
This is astonishing information and a great help for content promoters. I would like to ask the community for discount codes for the press release sites mentioned above.
June 3rd, 2010 at 7:47 am
Thanks for listing PR-Inside.com. This is our favorite business for news distributions.
June 5th, 2010 at 2:42 pm
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June 14th, 2010 at 8:25 am
I’ve been doing some writing work with
http://www.ereleases.com and I think they’d be a good addition to your
list. Although they charge more than some sites, they offer more as
well–including distribution through PR Newswire for a couple hundred
bucks less than PR Newswire itself charges. I hope you’ll consider making
this addition to your post.
In any case, thanks very much for all the great resources! I’ve added your
site to iGoogle (I think I’m one of the four people in the world who
actually likes iGoogle) and will be checking back for new posts. I don’t
know where you find so many sites for your various lists posts, but
they’re very helpful!
Best,
Jelena Woehr
June 27th, 2010 at 1:27 am
Probably the most effective PR system at the moment is targeted online press releases. It offers the most cost effective marketing solutions in the world and it only has a one time cost to send a press release to any news site in the world. The ability to send a press release to every search engine with the click of a button is revolutionary.
August 2nd, 2010 at 7:38 pm
Download to see more PR resources. I did a mass paid submission and was disappointed with the results.
August 24th, 2010 at 2:19 pm
Hmmm, interesting I didnt realize there were so many places to submit pressreleases.
August 25th, 2010 at 7:55 pm
Personally I think it is very nice to have a list of verified PR submitters after using a worthless article submission service. Thank you for sharing, I will retry my PR activities.
August 29th, 2010 at 6:59 am
Widepr.com is missing
it’s new and absolutely free to post press releases.
1. Free account: Are there more possibilities than just to log in and submit releases, e.g. to create a user or business profile or to handle multiple releases? To control the success of your submitted news it would be nice to have some user behavior statistics displayed.
2. Free directory: Is your profile (if offered) taking part in a searchable business or web directory for free?
3. Free submission: Is there a possibility choose a category and to add keywords? Do you have the chance to preview and edit your release before submission for free? Will it be released for free (usually within 24 hours) or is there a hidden charge (as known from many web directories) to get it out as soon as possible?
4. Free distribution: Does your free press release service offer a free xml news and sitemap feature to make your business news available for search engines and news sites like google or yahoo? Will your release be conditioned to get distributed thru 3rd parties via mail-to-friend, print, pdf-download and social bookmarking options?
5. Free link building: To expand your online visibility for free it should be possible to add clickable links into your press release and business profile within your free account.
6. Free image upload: To present you products and services well and to grab readers attention it might be usefull to add some images to your press release text and a logo for your company’s profile.
7. Free archiving: Your release should be filed in a searchable index to make it accessible for interested readers and designated customers.
September 1st, 2010 at 2:38 am
An effective design is worth a hundred words. And it’s a truth really, everyone pays attention to design.
September 11th, 2010 at 7:41 am
Very nice collection of high PR press release websites!
Very nice info, keep it up!
I am very fond of this stuff, and keep looking for that!
Not only this post, but other pages of this site were really very appreciative!
Thanks!
September 28th, 2010 at 8:55 am
Here’s another to add to that list:
Post Free Press Releases.com
http://www.postfreepressreleases.com
Free account sign up, free press release submission, press releases published to the site immediately, and HTML links are allowed.
Cheers!
October 4th, 2010 at 8:25 pm
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October 5th, 2010 at 2:08 am
Nice Press Release Listing :
“A press release is a written or recorded communication directed at members of the news media for the purpose of announcing something claimed as having news value. Examples include new product announcements, company awards, earnings reports, new sales, hiring of executive officers, scheduled events, product enhancements, legal updates, government legislation, political campaigns, and much more. Press Releases are typically sent by mail, fax, or email to the editors at newspapers, magazines, radio stations, television stations, and/or television networks. Commercial press release distribution services, such as FV Newswire, PressReleaseOnly, and FreePressRelease365, are also used to distribute them.”
October 7th, 2010 at 6:16 am
Hi,
We Launched news free press release distribution service.
Please Visit http://www.freepressbox.com
Thank You
December 29th, 2010 at 4:29 am
Informative and useful sites for fully SEO’d press release submissions.
January 11th, 2011 at 5:55 am
Also try http://www.mycompanypr.com – nice for b2b press
January 12th, 2011 at 8:07 am
Because there simply aren’t anywhere near enough free press release websites, I’ve set one up at http://www.releasewire.org/. Free media upload, free dofollow links, free automatic tweeting of posts. It’s new so no PageRank yet but I’ve tried to make the design less eye-bleeding than most of the other ones out there.
January 14th, 2011 at 7:30 am
Thanks for the PR news site ideas, these are good for creating viral content.
January 28th, 2011 at 10:27 pm
Press releases will slowly fade away as people consume news from facebook friends.
January 28th, 2011 at 10:32 pm
Are there any PR outlets focused on the Middle East?
May 26th, 2011 at 12:43 am
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June 15th, 2011 at 11:48 pm
Allow me to introduce PressReleaseCircle, a new web 2.0 optimised free press release distribution website where You can submit a press release absoluitely free. Also use our service to distribute press releases to 50+ free PR websites for a small fee.
June 30th, 2011 at 4:49 am
PR sites only promote good content, and you really only need to submit your release to the top sites to be effective.
September 14th, 2011 at 5:22 am
As the first truly fully automated PR distribution tool, the No Hands SEO will save hours every day that we would normally spend manually submitting press releases.
September 22nd, 2011 at 2:49 am
Its a nice list of resources to distribute PR.
I must say thank you for this great list but it is hard to keep up with changes.
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