7 Tips for Writing Search Optimized Press Releases
21 Jan 2006
Let’s Call them Search Releases for Now On
The very concept of writing and distributing a press release is to let the world know what you are doing, and more specifically to let the press know so they can tell the world.
With the explosion of news hubs such as Google News and Yahoo! News most people looking to find, or reference, timely information on a specific topic will first conduct an online search and seek results from the news hubs.
For the press its better defined: 98 percent go online daily, 92 percent for article research, 81 percent for search, 72 percent to find new expert sources and 73 percent for press releases.
The idea behind the creation of these news hubs is to provide the most current and relevant information on a specific subject or keyword. Being current is a pivotal algorithm to these hubs. Normally it takes a search engine up…