Using free press releases to get the word out about your business and to create some powerful links to your website (which can only increase your rank in the eyes of the search engines) is widely known in the online world. However many offline businesses do not know about it or understand how it works. So I am always on a mission to educate my clients about this strategy. You can build valuable assets on the internet that give you near term boost for your site but also creates long term assets that help your traffic and rank for years to come.

In order to help local businesses out we found a good list of free press release sites where you can submit your press releases. They are pretty simple and easy to navigate and submit to, however if you should desire there is always the option to automate or outsource this task.

So, here is the  list, ordered by Google PageRank. The links lead to “Add/Submit a Press Release” or “Register” page.

No.
Directory
PR
Free
Comments
1
http://www.betanews.com 
7
Yes
2
http://www.directionsmag.com 
7
Yes
* Register
3
http://www.prleap.com/ 
6
Yes
* Register
4
http://news.thomasnet.com/ 
6
Yes
5
http://www.nanotech-now.com 
6
Yes
6
http://www.npr.org/ 
6
Yes
7
http://www.prlog.org/ 
6
Yes
* Register
8
http://www.bizeurope.com/ 
6
Yes
9
http://www.free-press-release.com/ 
5
Yes
10
http://www.clickpress.com/ 
5
Yes
* Register
11
http://www.downloadjunction.com 
5
Yes
12
http://www.newswiretoday.com/ 
5
Yes
* Register
13
http://www.openpr.com/ 
5
Yes
14
http://www.pressbox.co.uk/ 
5
Yes
15
http://www.filecluster.com/ 
5
Yes
16
https://secure.digitalmediaonlineinc.com/  
5
Yes
* Register
17
http://www.sbwire.com/ 
5
Yes
* Register
18
http://www.1888pressrelease.com/ 
5
Yes
* Register
19
http://www.afreego.com/ 
5
Yes
20
http://www.sanepr.com/ 
4
Yes
* Register
21
http://www.theopenpress.com/ 
4
Yes
* Register
22
http://www.free-press-release-center.info/ 
4
Yes
* Register
23
http://www.prfree.com/ 
4
Yes
* Register
24
http://www.ukprwire.com/  
4
Yes
* Register
25
http://www.pressreleasespider.com/ 
4
Yes
26
http://pressabout.com/ 
4
Yes
* Register
27
http://www.pr-inside.com/ 
4
Yes
* Register
28
http://www.itbsoftware.com/ 
4
Yes
29
http://www.pressmethod.com/ 
4
Yes
* Register
30
http://www.itbinternet.com 
4
Yes
31
http://www.newsblaster.com/ 
4
Yes
32
http://www.24-7pressrelease.com 
4
Yes
* Register
33
http://www.freepressreleases.co.uk/ 
4
Yes
* Register
34
http://freepressindex.com/ 
3
Yes
35
http://pr-gb.com/ 
3
Yes
* Register
36
3
Yes
37
http://www.prcompass.com/ 
3
Yes
* Register
38
http://www.pressexposure.com/ 
3
Yes
* Register
39
http://www.i-newswire.com/ 
3
Yes
40
http://www.cgidir.com/ 
3
Yes
* Register
41
http://www.mediasyndicate.com 
3
Yes
* Register
42
http://www.techprspider.com/ 
3
Yes
43
http://prmac.com/ 
3
Yes
* Register
44
http://www.publicitywires.com/  
3
Yes
* Register
45
http://www.seenation.com/ 
3
Yes
* Register
46
http://news.eboomwebsolutions.com/ 
2
Yes
* Register
47
http://www.afly.com/ 
2
Yes
* Register
48
http://emeapr.com/ 
2
Yes
* Register
49
http://www.prwindow.com/ 
2
Yes
* Register
50
http://www.pressreleasecirculation.com/ 
2
Yes

*You need to create an account in order to submit a press release.

If you know a site not listed where you can submit your press release it’d be great if you could comment below.

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