Wednesday, April 07, 2010

The need to SEO your press release

If you don't understand how to write a good SEOed press release, the result will be either a press release that isn’t optimized at all or one that’s over-optimized and difficult to read. Have you ever read a press release with too much emphasis on trying to impress search engines? Hello Mr. Press Release Writer! Your news still needs to be understood by PEOPLE! Don't obsess over cramming keywords in every paragraph of your press release. Instead, do research on which keywords are effective and use the effectively where it doesn't sacrifice readability. A good press release should be easy-to-read that also just happens to be optimized for search engines.

Google has a keyword tool that you can use to analyze your website to determine keywords that may attract the most attention.

Many newswires, such as PRWeb, will let you embed links back to your site -- and if they're well placed and turn keywords into anchor links that take the reader to relevant pages on your site, then your press release expands its ability to not only drive traffic to your site, but help educate readers by steering them to the right places for more information.

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