Online Article and Press Release Submissions List of sites.

Submitting online articles and press releases is a great way to promote your site and collect backlinks (via your resource box) on an ongoing basis - as the number of sites that use your material grows - so do your backlinks.

Credit goes to WilliamC via perlcoders.com/marketing/press.html for most of the list of places to submit online press releases to - I just converted the links to BBC code - but intend to add to it.

Below I have included a list of sites so you can get started. I intend to maintain and update it for my own selfish purposes as well as for the benefit of others. I realise that some of the sites below allow both and if I get the time I will redo this resource to include a third "Both" section.

Enjoy!


Mike


Online Article and Press Release Submissions - Automated and Manual

http://www.activelymarketing.com/ (AKA Supersubmitter - mentioned below)


Online Article Submissions

Updated to include Nicky's list contribution and others and converted to BBC code (without the www bit) to provide an alphabetical listing that makes it easier to see if your link is in here.

R indicates registration required

allbusiness.com
alumbo.comR 21 Nov 2004
amazines.comR 14 Nov 2004
amazines.com/R 14 Nov 2004
articlecity.com
articleresponder.com 21 Nov 2004
boazepublishing.bizR 21 Nov 2004
boconline.com
bpubs.com 21 Nov 2004
businessclique.comR
businessknowhow.com
businessnation.com 21 Nov 2004
http://business-opportunity.biz 14 Nov 2004
businesstoolchest.com 14 Nov 2004
cerebuswebmaster.com
certificate.net
clickforcontent.comR
connectionteam.com
constant-content.comR 21 Nov 2004
digital-women.com
dreams2freedom.comR
ebooksnbytes.com
ebusinesshelpsite.com
expertarticles.comR
ezine-writer.com.auR 21 Nov 2004
ezinearticles.com
family-content.com
freesticky.com 21 Nov 2004
freewebarticles.comR 21 Nov 2004
freezinesite.com
goarticles.comR
herassistant.com 14 Nov 2004
home-based-business-opportunities.com 14 Nov 2004
howtoadvice.com 21 Nov 2004
ideamarketers.comR
internetbasedmoms.com 14 Nov 2004
innerself.com 14 Nov 2004
isnare.comR
lilengine.com 21 Nov 2004
lyonsinternational.com
mailbiz.comR
marcommwise.com
marketing-seek.com
mbnet.com 14 Nov 2004
netpreneurnow.com
netterweb.com
powerhomebiz.com 21 Nov 2004
purplehelp.com 21 Nov 2004
sbinformation.about.com 14 Nov 2004
selfgrowth.com
site-reference.com 14 Nov 2004
smallbusinessoutpost.com 21 Nov 2004
thewhir.com
upromote.com 21 Nov 2004
virtual-professionals.com 14 Nov 2004
workoninternet.com 14 Nov 2004
web-source.netR
webmaster-resources101.comR
webmasterslibrary.com
webpronews.com
websitefuel.comR
websuccessmaker.com 14 Nov 2004
womans-net.com
zinos.comR 21 Nov 2004
zongoo.com

Online Press Releases

agencyfaqs.com
ap.org
bizeurope.com
click2newsites.com
designfirms.org
dime-co.com
durhamregion.com
e-xl.com
express-press-release.com
free-press-release.com
greatpossibilities.com
hotproductnews.comR
kcsmallbiz.com
lilengine.com
looselycoupled.com
pr9.netR
press-world.com
pressbox.co.uk
prfree.comR
prleap.comR
prweb.comR
quirks.com
webmasteryellowpages.comR
xbiz.com
zongoo.comR

Please feel free to PM me or post into this thread with details of any other sites and I will backedit this list to include them.

Here is another list I posted in the Marketing forum: -

http://www.webworkshop.net/seoforum/vie ... php?t=3864

Good list Nicky

Mind if I de-dupe them and add them in to this one?

Mike

I de-duped em and am making an auto submitter for them all

I've a feeling Will is not joking

Mike

Well you please please please please please please allow us to try out this auto submitter of yours once it's done?

It shall kick ass

Dont mind at all me dear - but I do think Will should...

S H A R E ! ! !

That he should With all the pretty colours included.

Cheers Nicky (and other contributors)

I'll update it later today - just in case Will's SUPERSUBMITTER! takes a while to put together.

In the meantime I reccomend copy/paste from a pre-prepared plain text document.

Mike

LOL Pwetttyyy colourrrrssss.

No, I was not joking. Keep em coming, preferably seperated by either article or press release sites

This is for a free resource site, so you are also helping yourselves.

Oh BTW, My partners are also looking for several people to help them run the site when it is launched. Theres all sorts of areas, and plenty of room for anyone to promote themselves well with this venture. You can PM me for details.

Updated as promised.

I will add some refinements (and some sites) and improve the separation between PR and article submissions tomorrow.

Cheers

Mike

WOOOOOOOOOOOOHHH The list is pretty.

Trimmed the list this morning to remove sites that want money, bad links etc.

I will update it later to indicate which sites require a registration and any future additions to the lists will be dated.

Mike

Updated to indicate sites requiring registration.

Now I will start piling-in more links

Mike

Thanks for putting that togther - I do a lot of writing of articles and release press releases all the time. They have really helped with links and keywords. Had about 75% of your sites already through my own digging but found some crackin' ones through the list that will really help.
Cheers

No probs!

Now you have posted in you'll get notified when I stuff the next lot in!

Kind regards

Mike

Cheers Spider that is a great list.

When you do a press release do u link from the text in that to your pages, or do you just write a text only article, then submit, and gain one link back via whatever method the site offers?

I'm interested to know before writing the article up.

Dan, the great thing about press releases, is that if you submit it to the right places, it gets picked up by many many other places. It gives you a lot of links yes, but even better is that it can give you a ton of traffic as well.

Mike, nice going with the updating. That list is looking awesome, and I am quickly adding them all into my submitters.

Hi Dan,

Some sites will allow html in the body of the article but many don't and will strip any html code automatically. Plain text for the article is the most common option it seems.

The link most commonly comes from your resource section (credit) at the bottom of the article which (if html is not allowed) usually is a straight http:www(yoursite) and a mailto:(for your email address) - their page processor sorts the links out - a bit like the way the code is processed here.

I would have two versions - one straight text and one with html embellishments where I can get away with it

Thanks for the comments Will - I will chat with you later when I get back from shopping (dull)

Mike

By the way,

I would add that many submission sites require a valid email address in order to submit your article - for goodness sake don't supply your main email address - as you will get spam.

I am also researching useful guidelines as to content standards - which I will add to this thread.

The best advice I have read so far...

We realise your article is a blatent advertisement - please don't write it that way - it will be rejected!

Fair point!


The advice that you should read the guidelines before submitting that applies to submitting to directories also applies here.

I would also add that it could be useful to put such articles and press releases on your own/customers sites - as some submissions require a URL for the location of the article (presumably to put it in a frame) rather than submitting the article itself (this gives you total control over the presentation and the linking).

Having a site/area where your writing is available for download is also advisable as - thanks to Google and the engines following suit - there are "bots" out there looking for content and this is one area where you would encourage re-use of your content (with the proviso that it is re-produced in-tact including the links).

Got some more links to add-in later.

Mike

Wow, the tips keep on coming. thanks chaps.

Now for the doozy. Would anyone have a sample press release that they have submitted, to give us an idea?



I have a throwaway email address, that is a freebie, but is not considered a free-one. Like hotmail etc... so it bypasses those "no free email address" sites hehehe ;)

Visit the sites and look at what's there already.

You'll get thousands of examples!

Mike

Dan, this should help: http://www.prwebdirect.com/pressreleasetips.php

tips on writing a press release and a solid standard example.

Good link Will!

I will repeat it at the top of the thread when I update it.

Must eat - Kerry is looking worried!

Mike

Thanks for asking the questions Dan, helped me a lot
- I bookmarked that site, it's very helpful. Thanks Will!


Hahah, good tip! Spammin' bastards.

I repeated the link at the top of the thread as promised.

SPAMMIN BASTARDS!

Could not agree more!

Mike

13 more links added and dated.

Mike

Thanks for the resources Mike & Will. It's all rocking now

Looking good Mike!