2020 Update: Top 10 List of Free Press Release (PR) Distribution Sites

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I get asked all the time if I can I provide a list of free press release submission companies. Despite being antithetical to my press release distribution business, which relies on reaching media directly by email and dedicated newswire feeds to newsrooms nationwide, I thought it would be worth venturing into this murky world to give you a comprehensive list of free press release (PR) websites. I caution you to use at your own risk and to realize that a free press release is not a mechanism of public relations or PR, but an offshoot of search engine optimization (SEO) — with no proven track record of actually improving a website’s SEO.

Warning – Check out the following links regarding the pitfalls of free press release websites:

In fact, getting real earned media is the only way to get lasting SEO benefit from press releases, which you cannot do with free press release sites. Read our Case Studies here: https://www.ereleases.com/case-studies/ (including this press release that generated media pickup and links from more than 100 media outlets). Just imagine what links from Wall Street Journal, CNN International, Bloomberg, Harvard Business Review, etc., could do for your business (and SEO).

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Be sure to read: Free Press Release Websites Are Expensive

Top 10 Free Press Release Distribution Websites

IssueWire
https://www.issuewire.com

PR-inside.com
http://www.pr-inside.com

PRZoom
https://www.przoom.com

OpenPR
http://www.openpr.com

PR LOG
http://www.prlog.org

PressReleasePoint
http://www.pressreleasepoint.com

ClickPress
http://www.clickpress.com

Newswire Today
http://www.newswiretoday.com

1888PressRelease.com
http://www.1888pressrelease.com

Market Press Release
https://www.marketpressrelease.com

Additional Free Press Release Services

PRWings
https://www.prwings.com

PRFire (Free UK Press Release Distribution)
https://www.prfire.co.uk

Free Press Release
http://www.free-press-release.com

Pressbox (UK)
http://www.pressbox.com

PressMethod (German)
http://www.pressmethod.com

PR9.NET
http://www.pr9.net

Post a Free Press Release
http://www.postafreepressrelease.com

Free Press Release Center
http://www.free-press-release-center.info

prFocus
http://www.prfocus.com

Exact Release
http://www.exactrelease.com

PR Urgent News
http://www.prurgent.com

USPRwire (Nonprofits and CSR Only)
http://www.usprwire.com

The Open Press
http://theopenpress.com

Criteria: When developing this list, I looked at several variables, such as: Alexa ranking, Page Rank, credibility indicators, and style. Sites that didn’t make the rank included: simple blogs, industry specific, dead sites (no recent press releases), and sites with broken navigation or ordering systems.

Help Us Keep This List Up to Date

A trend I’ve noticed is that many past free press release websites are no longer free (but let you set up a free account to then pay). If you find any of these sites no longer offer free press release distribution, let us know by commenting below.

Share Your Free Press Release Success or Failure

Please comment below and share your experiences with free press releases.

This article is written by Mickie Kennedy, founder of eReleases (https://www.ereleases.com), the online leader in affordable press release distribution. To subscribe to PR Fuel, visit: https://www.ereleases.com/prfuel/subscribe/.

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Ryan Alford

Oct 06 2009 at 10:46 am

You forgot http://www.pitchengine.com.

William j Ritchotte ii

Jul 16 2020 at 4:42 pm

It’s not free Sir. Nice try though

prfuel

Oct 06 2009 at 12:20 pm

Thanks Ryan. Great addition!

Marti Mayne

Oct 07 2009 at 10:31 am

I don’t see http://www.pr-inside.com/ on this list. It’s one I use all the time and stories are immediately picked up by Google. I am not so sure that reporters read these releases, but it certainly helps our SEO.

Sharon Coward

Oct 07 2009 at 10:39 am

Thanks for this great resource. While Caribbeanpressreleases.com is a non US site and only a few years old, it is a free press release distribution site geared specifically for Caribbean businesses and audiences.

prfuel

Oct 07 2009 at 2:28 pm

Thanks Marti. I’m going to add PR-inside.com to the list.

Sharon, as noted in criteria, I’m going to stick with free press release sites that handle all types of press releases. I discovered industrial free press release sites, travel free press release distribution services, and ones that were geographically-centric so I decided it was best to try to keep the list as broad as possible. Ideally, these sites will be useful across all industries and at least for U.S. businesses.

Best,

Mickie Kennedy

Vikas

Oct 08 2009 at 2:21 am

Great post. I have a question. Will you help us by mentioning how to write an effective press release as well. I will be grateful.

Vikas

prfuel

Oct 08 2009 at 8:39 am

Vikas,

I would recommend https://www.ereleases.com/howtowrite.html as well as check out some press release samples here: https://www.ereleases.com/press-release-sample.html

Best,

Mickie Kennedy

prfuel

Oct 08 2009 at 8:41 am

Vikas, I would recommend you read the tips on press release writing here: https://www.ereleases.com/howtowrite.html — as well as check out some industry-specific press release samples here: https://www.ereleases.com/press-release-sample.html

Best,

Mickie Kennedy

prfuel

Oct 08 2009 at 8:43 am

Best,

Mickie Kennedy

Edward Moore

Oct 08 2009 at 5:59 pm

You might want to add pressdr.com to the list.

prfuel

Oct 08 2009 at 6:13 pm

Edward, Unfortunately, my viewing of that site determined they are no longer free. Press release distribution starts at $35.

Best,

Mickie Kennedy

Mayank patel

Oct 10 2009 at 7:34 am

This is great resource given by you.
I am working in india.is this list helpful for India?
also any list about Indian PR website like this?

Hayley

Oct 12 2009 at 10:57 am

Another online press release distribution service is:

PressFlow.co.uk [Editor: not free so not included above]

Steven Johnson

Oct 14 2009 at 2:46 am

For Mayank Patel. A popular site that provides free releases for India:

http://www.merinews.com/

Sites that are on the list that now charge:

http://express-press-release.net/ Price $29 per press release
http://www.pressmediawire.com Require payment, see below

http://www.pressmediawire.com/press-release-service-pricing.cfm

http://www.pitchengine.com They require you to provide a credit card!
http://www.pr9.net/ Slowed way down. I think they register for free, but charge for submission?

Sites that have slowed way down:

http://www.prfocus.com Good luck, if you can navigate out of the pop up ads!!
http://www.exactrelease.com Not much action on this site!

These free sites are okay for temporary Internet Visibility and to establish branding, but don’t expect much traffic, and an even less chance you’ll get contacted by a media source!

indiabizlist

May 22 2019 at 2:10 pm

I Agree with this. Most of this are paid.

Sofia Ribeiro

Oct 14 2009 at 9:53 pm

Great resource! Thanks for putting together this list.

sam

Feb 23 2020 at 1:46 pm

we wish to get our site reviewed and possibly to be included in the list. thepressrelease.org is the site.

Steve Johnson

Oct 15 2009 at 6:01 pm

No problem Mickie!

That’s the best top 10 list I’ve come across yet.

Additionally, I’d like to add that these free sites also lack any real SEO benefits. Such as helping establish high quality back links or having a positive effect on your website’s key metrics.

However, they can be good tools to use to practice your press release writing skills, and to learn the proper way to format them. Providing you have a lot of time and patience!

prfuel

Oct 15 2009 at 4:09 pm

Thanks Steven, I’ve updated the list and removed express-press-release.net and pressmediawire.com, which now appear to be charging.

Mickie Kennedy

michael

Nov 16 2009 at 10:27 pm

This is a great list of pr release sites and free traffic is bound to follow.

Isaac Aboagye

Nov 18 2009 at 9:15 pm

Hi Mickie, seoPRwire is also a free press release distribution site that is thriving. Since its launch in August 2009, we have improved and worked hard on our SEO and now stands at Google Page Rank 3. Another great resource for small business world wide. Thanks and you can also add it on your list.

Alex Smith

May 04 2010 at 5:58 pm

We are currently using pressmediawire.com. They offer unlimited press release distributions for $1200 first year and $720 (40%) each year after http://www.pressmediawire.com/authorsignup.cfm I think it is a good deal. We also use seoprwire for free press release distribution. it is PR 3 and provides great results in searches.

Sara

Jun 19 2010 at 6:51 pm

Why is mine not included lol www. postpressrelease.com a name you can’t forget

PR Fuel

Jun 19 2010 at 9:32 pm

Sara,

Largely because of no pagerank, no traffic, and authority.

Mickie

Dave Panfili

Sep 21 2010 at 8:48 am

Very nice list here. Good starting point. Thanks.

Mark

Oct 10 2010 at 2:53 am

good，thanks for your share

Reena Millinor

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Michael Thorn

Apr 26 2020 at 7:53 am

Great list indeed.Thank you for it.Just wonder now when we are thinking about pitching and press releases about our latest project called Websst.com which would be the best paid PR services to use for it.In my opinion the free option is not as good as the paid one but this is my personal opinion.

Take care :Michael

Resa

May 13 2011 at 3:06 am

kind of liked this article 🙂 It was a pleasant read, thanks for the article! 😉 Best regards, Resa

Gina

Sep 09 2011 at 12:31 pm

Thank you so much for this list! I had been looking all over the place for press release sites and couldn’t find any… very much appreciated 🙂

V.O.

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W.H.

Nov 15 2011 at 9:02 am

I use http://www.pressreleasefiles.com and is strongly recommended

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ND

Apr 03 2013 at 6:05 am

Hi, Will a press release really help to improve the page rank of the website?

If yes, how? Please let me know. I will be grateful…..

PR Fuel

Apr 03 2013 at 11:48 am

Personally, I don’t think press releases help the page rank of a website. They might result in a bump in traffic as they themselves (the press releases) will get search engine traffic but Google has made it clear it doesn’t to reward the page rank of sites because of press release campaigns.

I think press releases are powerful when sent to the media. Most online press release sites, including free and low cost providers, are a distraction and you are NOT reaching the media through them.

Try a service like eReleases that reaches the media and distributes over PR Newswire, the oldest and largest newswire of press releases.

Best,

Mickie

Julian

Jan 14 2014 at 7:19 pm

You can try also http://listfree.org/ – Alexa ranking 68,958

James

Nov 01 2018 at 10:17 am

Hey,

Thank you so much for sharing the list of Press Release sites and I’ m new to Press Release, Yesterday I shared one PR on a few sites which are famous but still I’m looking for such type of sites to share My PR content. I hope this list can help my business.

Thank you once again for sharing the useful list and Keep update more.

Michel

Nov 30 2018 at 2:14 pm

A new site free without limitations: https://free-press-release.3w24.org

john

Dec 02 2018 at 11:24 am

also prelease.club free friendly press release website

Bruce Jones

Aug 05 2019 at 2:53 am

Looks like http://bignews.biz/ went bye bye

Prabir Sinha

Sep 16 2019 at 8:27 pm

Hi, I am quite surprised to not see this website on your list https://www.issuewire.com/

Faselis Growth

Apr 22 2020 at 9:17 am

That’s a huge list of most high quality press release websites. Thank you for sharing the information. Press release is an important task and it requires proper distribution so that the information can reach to the right audience.

kalpana

Jun 03 2020 at 7:34 pm

Thanks for sharing this information. I also want to suggest you a 100% free PR site https://www.freepr.org/ You can also add in this list

Raj Kumar

Jul 21 2020 at 8:16 pm

Hi Michael

Hope you are great!

I am not putting directly the link here, but Prwings is a free & paid press release site also, so I request if possible then please do include it in the list.

Thanks In Advance

Mickie Kennedy

Nov 08 2020 at 10:13 pm

I have added PRWings to the list. Thanks for the recommendation.

krishna

Dec 27 2020 at 2:09 pm

I recommond mangaloremirror.com . You can publish free press release here

Rojer

Dec 30 2020 at 10:03 am

Hi,
Thank you so much for sharing the great list of Press Release submission sites, quite surprised to not see this website, So, please includes my Pr site
Site name: Press Release Power
URL: https://www.pressreleasepower.com

Jaype

Jan 04 2021 at 4:44 pm

Here’s new and free press release site: https://wireinside.com/

Thea Bakeman

Feb 01 2021 at 10:05 am

Hello Team,

I hope you are doing great!

My name is Thea Beckman, and I am the founder of ToStories. I found your website is very good, and I love all types of site list on your website that helps a lot of people.
ToStories.com is a FREE Press Release submission website that offers instant approval and a permanent follow link. So if you could add our website to your list, it will be great for me and also for your audience those who are looking for a good website.
Please let me know if you are interested in this.

Thank You
Thea Beckman
https://tostories.com/