Top Press Release Sites: The Mega List
Sending out press releases is a great way to get picked up by news sites and blogs. If you choose sites that link back to you, you can also increase your rankings in Google. But which press release sites should you use? My goal was to separate the contenders from the pretenders.
I combined the Mashable press release distribution list, plus a bunch of other lists, and then did my own Google searches to put together a definitive list of press release distribution sites. Then I checked every site to see that it was actually a press release distribution site. I cut out the sites that were closed down or taken over by spam sites. Here is the mega list.
The sites are ranked by Google Page Rank (higher is better), Compete.com unique monthly users (more is better), and Alexa rank (lower number is better). Please leave a comment if this list was useful, or if you find something that I missed.
| URL | PageRank | Compete | Alexa |
| prnewswire.com | 7 | 889924 | 7442 |
| prweb.com | 7 | 852266 | 9082 |
| businesswire.com | 8 | 618286 | 13363 |
| betanews.com | 7 | 426250 | 3117 |
| free-press-release.com | 5 | 371917 | 4038 |
| pr.com | 5 | 318042 | 27946 |
| prlog.org | 5 | 317049 | 12434 |
| PR-Inside.com | 4 | 213970 | 19564 |
| marketwire.com | 7 | 212979 | 23099 |
| geek.com | 5 | 203488 | 14692 |
| 1888pressrelease.com | 5 | 108564 | 52478 |
| 24-7pressrelease.com | 4 | 104261 | 17789 |
| prleap.com | 6 | 101296 | 56060 |
| express-press-release.com | 4 | 50635 | 48974 |
| pr-usa.net | 5 | 40223 | 62852 |
| NewswireToday.com | 5 | 37252 | 44901 |
| i-newswire.com | 3 | 31800 | 69321 |
| eReleases.com | 5 | 31038 | 89090 |
| PressBox.co.uk | 5 | 28732 | 47297 |
| openpr.com | 5 | 26588 | 40531 |
| theopenpress.com | 4 | 20886 | 58283 |
| downloadjunction.com | 5 | 20798 | 92504 |
| pressreleasepoint.com | 4 | 20268 | 49718 |
| free-news-release.com | 4 | 18503 | 49814 |
| free-press-release-center.info | 4 | 17493 | 48955 |
| pr9.net | 4 | 16720 | 60862 |
| BizEurope.com | 6 | 16474 | 70257 |
| eworldwire.com | 5 | 15985 | 142631 |
| pr-gb.com | 4 | 15378 | 100726 |
| przoom.com | 5 | 13127 | 84277 |
| IndiaPRWire.com | 6 | 13016 | 18613 |
| live-pr.com | 3 | 12187 | 46473 |
| clickpress.com | 5 | 10856 | 42290 |
| freshnews.com | 5 | 10773 | 175872 |
| eCommWire.com | 3 | 10723 | 91254 |
| prunderground.com | 3 | 10533 | 206741 |
| MassMediaDistribution.com | 5 | 10127 | 167695 |
| PRCompass.com | 3 | 10005 | 64957 |
| bignews.biz | 4 | 9660 | 62307 |
| PRurgent.com | 3 | 9613 | 70393 |
| prfree.com | 4 | 9324 | 181769 |
| caymanmama.com | 2 | 8859 | 143924 |
| PressRelease365.com | 4 | 8408 | 181769 |
| mediasyndicate.com | 3 | 8270 | 98541 |
| pressexposure.com | 2 | 7841 | 79066 |
| newsalbum.com | 2 | 6707 | 226727 |
| prbuzz.com | 3 | 6618 | 193986 |
| prarticle.com | 3 | 6519 | 129618 |
| pressabout.com | 4 | 6089 | 83803 |
| sbwire.com | 6 | 5795 | 129095 |
| pressreleasecirculation.com | 2 | 5191 | 158905 |
| freepressreleases.co.uk | 3 | 5117 | 49316 |
| MyPRGenie.com | 0 | 4907 | 311001 |
| efytimes.com | 6 | 4733 | 62044 |
| AddPR.com | 3 | 4506 | 149782 |
| pressreleasespider.com | 4 | 4292 | 66276 |
| usprwire.com | 4 | 4029 | 173749 |
| pressmethod.com | 4 | 3900 | 57678 |
| malebits.com | 4 | 3613 | 101990 |
| pressbox.com | 0 | 3533 | 419110 |
| pressreleaseforum.com | 0 | 3451 | 225127 |
| information-online.com | 4 | 3209 | 159547 |
| pressmediawire.com | 4 | 2987 | 275700 |
| myfreepr.com | 3 | 2713 | 98374 |
| businessportal24.com | 0 | 2545 | 42643 |
| FreePressIndex.com | 3 | 2531 | 93356 |
| clicnews.com | 3 | 2524 | 335777 |
| prfocus.com | 3 | 2466 | 112759 |
| seenation.com | 2 | 2200 | 105832 |
| FreePressRelease.co.cc | 0 | 2142 | 319 |
| webnewswire.com | 3 | 1917 | 294631 |
| TechPRSpider.com | 3 | 1890 | 190521 |
| pressbooth.org | 0 | 1840 | 592299 |
| afreego.com | 4 | 1644 | 117921 |
| press-world.com | 4 | 1518 | 529699 |
| newsblaster.com | 3 | 1470 | 178098 |
| afly.com | 2 | 1422 | 132720 |
| PageRelease.com | 2 | 1404 | 204161 |
| epicpr.com | 0 | 1347 | 306974 |
| pressreleasemonkey.com | 0 | 1183 | 513400 |
| exactrelease.com | 0 | 1167 | 119142 |
| epressreleases.org | 3 | 1105 | 487928 |
| speedypr.com | 1 | 0 | 151953 |
| prwindow.com | 2 | 0 | 172024 |
| postafreepressrelease.com | 3 | 0 | 263729 |
| PressFlow.co.uk | 0 | 0 | 269904 |
| pr2work.com | 1 | 0 | 276300 |
| prfriend.com | 1 | 0 | 359509 |
| newsreleaser.com | 2 | 0 | 397281 |
| press-network.com | 1 | 0 | 412968 |
| media-press-release.com | 2 | 0 | 569148 |
| your-story.org | 3 | 0 | 1790950 |
| MrRelease.com | 1 | 0 | 4369528 |
This is an interesting list. Thanks for compiling it. While I believe the paid wires are a better bet if you want to get pick up in marquee magazines, some of the free wires have some interesting benefits – especially if you are in a tight niche. It all depends on your goal. The freebies are best for SEO value, clearly. I’ve also noticed these freebies tend to transition into paid wires in a year or two after launching. Whatever wire you use, remember, the key word is consistency.
Jennifer LeClaire
ConsistentReach.com
http://www.consistentreach.com
Comment by Jennifer LeClaire — November 28, 2008 @ 5:46 am
There are some totally free press release sites that are good and drives traffic to your site.
Comment by Press Release — December 28, 2008 @ 3:13 pm
Very good list, useful too…have book marked this page
Thank you..
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Comment by Rocky Junior — February 6, 2009 @ 6:31 am
thanks great list
Comment by Fraser — March 25, 2009 @ 3:03 am
I liked your information on all the best free Press Release sites and all The best Paid Press Release sites. I needed a press release done for me. When I contacted most of these you could not really get a real person. I had lots of questions and they all directed me to an email that I had to post my question on and they would reply via email. Even more incredible was the fact that a lot of theses sites wanted me to create a user name and password first. That to me is extremely annoying. After researching them, I came up with 2 or 3 sites I liked. Most contact ed me after a day, some emailed me in minutes. there was one site though that contacted me within 5 minutes of my email. NO JOKE..Try it.. The site http://www.prunderground.com really helped me out and understood my needs. I have become a fan of theirs thank in part to their excellent customer service and great rankings for my release.
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Really thank you very much for your list. Absolutely very useful for my new site. Thanks
Comment by Swapna — May 11, 2009 @ 10:21 pm
Very good list, was hoping you could add JKHanok Press Release Centre to the list. Its at
jkhanok.com
PR4, no spam, no charges, only high quality Press Releases
Comment by Free Press Release Centre — May 16, 2009 @ 2:52 pm
nice list, thanks for putting it together and posting it. I’m currently considering putting out a release. Is there one in particular that you would recommend?
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Comment by jon — July 29, 2009 @ 11:54 am
Wow !
This is a pretty comprehensive list.
Good work.
Comment by Steve — September 18, 2009 @ 8:49 am
Excellent list, thank you for compiling it!
Comment by Scopes — September 24, 2009 @ 2:03 pm