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Andrew
Dec 24, 2011, 6:07:41 AM12/24/11
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Hi guys,
We just opened a new company with a new web site and I'm trying to
just get a press release into Google News as our information is
newsworthy.
Could somebody list for me some genuine web sites that can post our
press release online? I found so many scam web sites that offer for
free but actually charge hundreds of dollars. Don't mind paying a few
dollars but a free solution would be ideal.
Cheers for that
A)
We just opened a new company with a new web site and I'm trying to
just get a press release into Google News as our information is
newsworthy.
Could somebody list for me some genuine web sites that can post our
press release online? I found so many scam web sites that offer for
free but actually charge hundreds of dollars. Don't mind paying a few
dollars but a free solution would be ideal.
Cheers for that
A)
Bob Milutinovic
Dec 24, 2011, 9:11:16 AM12/24/11
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"Andrew" <andrew...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:9a491485-237f-4322...@r13g2000prr.googlegroups.com...
If you're wanting to get your press release onto Google News, abandon all
hope. The Google News service is purely for news, not press releases or
endorsements, or even commentaries.
From
http://support.google.com/news/publisher/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=40787
...
"News content. Sites included in Google News should offer timely reporting
on matters that are important or interesting to our audience. We generally
do not include how-to articles, advice columns, job postings, or strictly
informational content such as weather forecasts and stock data.
We mean it -- stick to the news! Google News is not a marketing service. We
don't want to send users to sites created primarily for promoting a product
or organization."
The launch of a web site isn't generally viewed as newsworthy. However, if
you genuinely feel it is, you'll want to contact a news provider (newspaper,
magazine, etc.) to do a full article on your site/business - that's the only
way it'll become news.
If on the other hand all you're wanting is to get your site listed in the
Google search engine, submit it at http://www.google.com.au/addurl and wait.
Google states that they can't make promises nor guarantees of when and even
if a site will be crawled and added, but based on past experience your site
will likely be up within a week or two. Depending on the quality of your
site, its content and layout, and presence of SiteMapXML mark-up, you'll be
working your way toward the top within a month.
I'd also suggest you sign up to Google's Webmaster Tools
(http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/); you'll find a lot of useful free
tools to help determine how visitors are coming to your site, how they see
your site, and how to get more visitors and better site performance through
simple tweaks.
--
Bob Milutinovic
Cognicom
news:9a491485-237f-4322...@r13g2000prr.googlegroups.com...
hope. The Google News service is purely for news, not press releases or
endorsements, or even commentaries.
From
http://support.google.com/news/publisher/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=40787
...
"News content. Sites included in Google News should offer timely reporting
on matters that are important or interesting to our audience. We generally
do not include how-to articles, advice columns, job postings, or strictly
informational content such as weather forecasts and stock data.
We mean it -- stick to the news! Google News is not a marketing service. We
don't want to send users to sites created primarily for promoting a product
or organization."
The launch of a web site isn't generally viewed as newsworthy. However, if
you genuinely feel it is, you'll want to contact a news provider (newspaper,
magazine, etc.) to do a full article on your site/business - that's the only
way it'll become news.
If on the other hand all you're wanting is to get your site listed in the
Google search engine, submit it at http://www.google.com.au/addurl and wait.
Google states that they can't make promises nor guarantees of when and even
if a site will be crawled and added, but based on past experience your site
will likely be up within a week or two. Depending on the quality of your
site, its content and layout, and presence of SiteMapXML mark-up, you'll be
working your way toward the top within a month.
I'd also suggest you sign up to Google's Webmaster Tools
(http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/); you'll find a lot of useful free
tools to help determine how visitors are coming to your site, how they see
your site, and how to get more visitors and better site performance through
simple tweaks.
--
Bob Milutinovic
Cognicom
Andrew
Jan 2, 2012, 6:17:15 PM1/2/12
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On Dec 25 2011, 12:11 am, "Bob Milutinovic" <cogni...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> "Andrew" <andrewlsum...@gmail.com> wrote in message
article published and it has propagated through news web sites and
news feeds and has a few articles on Google News, so we are very
pleased with that and the feedback so far.
I can see though that lots of web sites had been built in the past to
abuse Google News but if people stick with reputable news providers
then there's no problem.
Cheers
> Fromhttp://support.google.com/news/publisher/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=4...
wrote:
> "Andrew" <andrewlsum...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:9a491485-237f-4322...@r13g2000prr.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Hi guys,
> > We just opened a new company with a new web site and I'm trying to
> > just get a press release into Google News as our information is
> > newsworthy.
> > Could somebody list for me some genuine web sites that can post our
> > press release online? I found so many scam web sites that offer for
> > free but actually charge hundreds of dollars. Don't mind paying a few
> > dollars but a free solution would be ideal.
> > Cheers for that
> > A)
>
> If you're wanting to get your press release onto Google News, abandon all
> hope. The Google News service is purely for news, not press releases or
> endorsements, or even commentaries.
Hi Bob, well unfortunately I didn't take your advice and we had an
> news:9a491485-237f-4322...@r13g2000prr.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Hi guys,
> > We just opened a new company with a new web site and I'm trying to
> > just get a press release into Google News as our information is
> > newsworthy.
> > Could somebody list for me some genuine web sites that can post our
> > press release online? I found so many scam web sites that offer for
> > free but actually charge hundreds of dollars. Don't mind paying a few
> > dollars but a free solution would be ideal.
> > Cheers for that
> > A)
>
> If you're wanting to get your press release onto Google News, abandon all
> hope. The Google News service is purely for news, not press releases or
> endorsements, or even commentaries.
article published and it has propagated through news web sites and
news feeds and has a few articles on Google News, so we are very
pleased with that and the feedback so far.
I can see though that lots of web sites had been built in the past to
abuse Google News but if people stick with reputable news providers
then there's no problem.
Cheers
> Fromhttp://support.google.com/news/publisher/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=4...
> ...
>
> "News content. Sites included in Google News should offer timely reporting
> on matters that are important or interesting to our audience. We generally
> do not include how-to articles, advice columns, job postings, or strictly
> informational content such as weather forecasts and stock data.
>
> We mean it -- stick to the news! Google News is not a marketing service. We
> don't want to send users to sites created primarily for promoting a product
> or organization."
>
> The launch of a web site isn't generally viewed as newsworthy. However, if
> you genuinely feel it is, you'll want to contact a news provider (newspaper,
> magazine, etc.) to do a full article on your site/business - that's the only
> way it'll become news.
>
> If on the other hand all you're wanting is to get your site listed in the
> Google search engine, submit it athttp://www.google.com.au/addurland wait.
>
> "News content. Sites included in Google News should offer timely reporting
> on matters that are important or interesting to our audience. We generally
> do not include how-to articles, advice columns, job postings, or strictly
> informational content such as weather forecasts and stock data.
>
> We mean it -- stick to the news! Google News is not a marketing service. We
> don't want to send users to sites created primarily for promoting a product
> or organization."
>
> The launch of a web site isn't generally viewed as newsworthy. However, if
> you genuinely feel it is, you'll want to contact a news provider (newspaper,
> magazine, etc.) to do a full article on your site/business - that's the only
> way it'll become news.
>
> If on the other hand all you're wanting is to get your site listed in the
Bob Milutinovic
Jan 3, 2012, 10:52:51 AM1/3/12
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"Andrew" <andrew...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:d4242774-5db5-4fc1...@d6g2000pra.googlegroups.com...
Glad you took my advice after all:
> > The launch of a web site isn't generally viewed as newsworthy. However,
> > if
> > you genuinely feel it is, you'll want to contact a news provider
> > (newspaper,
> > magazine, etc.) to do a full article on your site/business - that's the
> > only
> > way it'll become news.
--
Bob Milutinovic
Cognicom
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