Professionally written press releases is a 2013 SEO best practice since it creates quality backlinks to a website as well as providing quality content for Google and Bing search engines to index. Good press release services create a permanent keyword friendly URL. Here are some examples from PRweb.com and PRNewsWire.com.
Check out the URL’s on these press releases…MAJOR SEO Friendly!
- http://www.prweb.com/releases/usedfurniture/installation/prweb10372101.htm
- http://www.prweb.com/releases/phoenixville/plumbing/prweb10372059.htm
- http://www.prweb.com/releases/robinrenee/mantramusic/prweb10368512.htm
- http://www.prweb.com/releases/dcbuttdoctor/plasticsurgery/prweb10157978.htm
- http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/10-seo-tips-to-adapt-to-google-penguin-update-by-miklinseo-190206181.html
The PR Newswire VP of Social media agrees. Check out Sarah Skerik’s article on SEO Trends for 2013 that was published in January 2013.
Using press releases to get the word out on your business and services is NOT a silver bullet however. Having and SEO optimized website, an active social media and blog writing strategy as well as a quality back-link development plan are all key components to generating the visibility and web traffic that lead to Internet business leads.
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