So earlier this month we launched about 18 new, FREE press release distribution services that cover some very specific subjects. By offering these new services, our intent is to reach a very targeted audience with your press releases.

When you post a press release to one of these new sites, it will also AUTOMATICALLY be posted to our flagship press release distribution site, BigNews.biz . We are also setting up Twitter accounts for each site. As an example, the Twitter page for the new PR distribution site BigTravelNews.info can be viewed here. We’ll also be setting up Facebook Fan pages for each Web site as well as offering the press releases you submit to Google News.

We will also feed your release via RSS to sites like Weblogs.com Blo.gs, Technorati, Feed Burner, Syndic8, NewsGator, My Yahoo!, PubSub.com, Blogdigger, BlogRolling, BlogStreet, Moreover, Weblogalot, Icerocket, News Is Free, Topic Exchange, Google Blog Search, Spinn3r, Bloglines, AideRSS, SkyGrid, Bitacoras. As well as all of the major search engines.

Here is a list of all the sites in our new network. Pick one and give it a try today!

• News-Antique.com - A free press release distribution service for the Art, Antiques & Collectibles trade

• News-Sports.net - A free press release distribution service covering all things sports related

• BigTravelNews.info - A free press release distribution service covering all things travel related

• BooksMovies.info - A free press release distribution service covering books and movies
• EatsNews.com - A free press release distribution service covering food and restaurants
• PetNews.biz - A free press release distribution service about pets
• PoliticalNews.me - A free press release distribution service covering domestic and international politics
• Real-Estate-News.net - A free press release distribution service covering the Real Estate business
• SEO-News.biz - A free press release distribution service covering Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

• TechyNews.net - A free press release distribution service covering Technology, Computers, Cell Phones, Smart Phones, Tech Gadgets, Software, Games, etc.
• CraftingNews.biz - A free press release distribution service covering arts & crafts hobbies.

• Eco-News.info - A free press release distribution service covering the ecology of the planet and “Green” issues.

• GardenNews.biz - A free press release distribution service about gardening and plants.

• LINews.biz - A free press release distribution service covering Long Island, New York businesses

• Auto-News.me - A free press release distribution service covering the automobile industry
  
• Fashionews.info - A free press release distribution service covering the fashion, jewelry, accessories and clothing trade.

• Health-News.me - A free press release distribution service covering health, medical, fitness, diet and well being.

If you have suggestions for other targeted topics, drop me an email at phil@Bignews.biz and I’ll consider them.

In this latest version of the bignews.biz Web site you can create multiple email lists to send your press releases to.
This is an extremely powerful marketing tool for your press releases. Just login to your account and in the left column select “My Mailing Lists”. If you have not already been authorized for this feature, you will be prompted to type in a valid phone number to confirm that you are an actual person. Enter your phone number and I’ll give you a call to confirm the number. I’ll then authorize your account to create and send your press releases to your own private email lists. Every time you post a press release, you can also automatically send it to one of your email lists. If you need help or have any questions, drop me an email at phil@BigNews.biz and I’ll be happy to help.

THE PR HELP! Newsletter for April 20, 2009 - From BigNews.biz

A little help getting more people to pay attention
to your press releases.

In this issue:
1. 4/20/09 UPDATE - List of Top Free Press Release distribution sites
2. Twitter. Why you should use it with your press releases.
3. More eyeballs for your releases
4. Did your release get rejected?
5. Need some help with your online PR strategy?
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1. 4/20/09 UPDATE - Some HUGE changes in the top 18 free press release distribution sites. See http://www.bignews.biz/blog/?p=6 . All the upward movement over the past month or two has slowed down for most of the sites in the middle of the group. Some have even slipped backwards in traffic and popularity.
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2. Twitter - Why you should use it with your press releases.
Over the past month I’ve been experimenting with posting approved releases from BigNews.biz to Twitter. I’ve seen traffic to some releases double just from a twitter link. First, if you don’t have a twitter account, go to http://www.twitter.com and get one. It’s free.

After you have your account, note that on BigNews.biz there is now a big blue button above every press release that we publish that allows you to post that release directly to your twitter account. Every reader on BigNews can also send releases from bignews to their twitter account as well.

Even if you don’t have anyone following your twitter account, people can still find the releases you have posted to twitter on twitter search at http://search.twitter.com . With 20,000,000 registered users, this site can drive alot of readers to your press releases and it’s growing fast.

Here are three things you can do NOW to drive traffic from twitter to your press releases.
1. If you don’t have a twitter account, get one here http://www.twitter.com it’s free.
2. Login to your BigNews.biz account and scroll down to the bottom of your account page where all of your published releases are listed. Click on the “preview” link. When the page releads with your release, click on the blue “Send to Twitter” button that appears at the top of your release. Repeat this process for each release that you would like to send to twitter.
3. If you don’t have any releases, submit one and I’ll check them in the morning. After they are approved, login to your account and repeat step #2 above.

Here is more info on the new BigNews twitter service http://www.bignews.biz/?id=798640
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3. More eyeballs for your releases - On BigNews.biz we are now pinging these search engines once a day with our RSS feed that contains your press releases. Weblogs.com, Blo.gs, Technorati, Feed Burner, Syndic8, NewsGator, My Yahoo!, PubSub.com, Blogdigger, BlogRolling, BlogStreet, Moreover, Weblogalot, Icerocket, News Is Free, Topic Exchange, Google Blog Search, Spinn3r, Bloglines, AideRSS, SkyGrid, Bitacoras.

If that’s not enough to get you to post a new release to BigNews, remember Google news only runs press releases for 30 days, so if you have not published a release in the last month, your old release has been deleted from Google news.
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4. Did your release get rejected? - If your release was recently rejected or deleted, it’s probably because it was in violation of our terms of service. Every release is reviewed before we publish it. We don’t edit releases, but if it is in violation of our terms of service, it will get rejected. Please see: http://www.bignews.biz/?go=terms
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Need some help with your online PR strategy? - We do consulting. Drop me an email at phil@BigNews.biz or give me a call at 516-578-1386

Last list Update 4-16-10

First off, yes I do design and sell Web sites that distribute press releases online. I also use free press release distribution sites for my PR clients, so I’ve seen both sides of the online PR distribution business.

Based on this experience, I have a bit of a bias about what I am looking for in a press release distribution service. The number of Web sites in this space seems to change from day to day. Sites disappear, change policies and appear daily. So this list needs to be just as dynamic.

Before you post a complaint that I’m missing a site, keep in mind that this list is a work in progress. It had to start somewhere so consider this a first draft. PLEASE don’t hesitate to submit a site for consideration. We’ll probably include it, as long as your submission fits the 4 criteria outlined below.

There are quite a few free pr distribution sites on the Web. Many of them are not worth the time it takes you to submit a release. However, there are some that are quite good. Following are the 5 criteria that I used to create this list of the top free press release distribution sites.

1. Page Rank - What is the Google page rank of the site? I’m only listing free PR sites that have a page rank of 4 or higher. To determine the page rank of a site,

2. Google News - Are most of the press releases that are published by the site picked up by Google news? To find out if a PR distribution site is getting their content indexed by Google news, go to Google News and do a search for “site:sitename.com”. This will show all of the stories by that site that have been indexed by Google News. As an example, a search for all press releases for the free PR site BigNews.biz, would look like this “site:BigNews.biz”

3. Traffic - Does the free press release site get any traffic? For this list we used Alexa.com to check traffic. You will have to set your own standard for what you feel is acceptable. For this list, I’m using any site that is ranked above or around 50,000 by Alexa.

4. Cost - For this list we are looking for sites that are primarily free. However, they may offer additional premium services for a fee.

5. Rejection - We found that some sites seem to reject or delay posting a release even though all of their rules have been followed. If a site accepts valid submissions but never posts them, we are going to remove it from our list.

Keeping in mind the 5 points listed above, here is my list. Feel free to send me additional suggestions, but they must fit the 5 criteria listed above. The order listed here is loosely based on the sites Alexa rank and can change from day to day.

Note: All of the following site statistics are updated daily and all of these sites feed their content to Google news.

1. PRLog.org -

2. BigNews.biz -

3. PR-Inside.com -

4. 24-7pressrelease.com -

5. Onlineprnews.com -

6. ClickPress.com -

7. PR-USA.net -

8. OpenPR.com -

9. PowerHomeBiz.com -

10. SBWire.com -

11. Live-PR.com -

12. free-press-release-center.info -

13. NewsWireToday.com -

14. TheOpenPress.com -

15. USPRWire.com -

Again, this list is a work in progress. So if you have suggestions for sites to include, please forward them to phil(at)BigNews.biz.

Notes:
On 3-29-10 I added Live-PR.com to the list

On 3-1-10 I removed two sites from the list. The first was PR.com because almost all of the recently submitted releases to that site had been rejected. This was a good sites to get listed in because it had a Google pagerank of 6. The second was Marinews.com another good site with a pagerank of 6 but they have been very inconsistent in when they post releases and they appear to be rather heavy handed in editing releases as well. I’m still listing them here, because your experience might be different from mine.

.:Phil:.