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Press Releases and Branding: Build Your Brand for Better SEO

With two billion active users and 130 million domains on the web, indexing the torrent of information is a challenge for large search engines and impossible for individuals. One way to distinguish your company or organization is to build a trusted brand within your niche. Press releases, done well, can play a role here. Search [...]

SEO 104: Press Release SEO Final Exam

Welcome to the final edition (for now) of our SEO Q&A mini-series.  If you haven’t yet, I recommend taking a few minutes and reading through the previous posts: SEO 101, SEO 102 and SEO 103. If you’re the impatient type, feel free to go straight to the Final Exam.  Otherwise, continue on to our final [...]

SEO 103: Advanced Press Release SEO Questions From Our Webinars

Welcome to the third edition of our webinar Q&A series.  If you missed the first two posts, please take a moment to read SEO 101 and SEO 102 so you’ll be prepared for the final exam at the end of SEO 104. Ready?  Here’s the third selection of questions straight from attendees of our press [...]

Do special characters in press release headlines matter?

Judging from my recent experiment, they do. For years, conventional wisdom suggested  avoiding special symbols such as ® (registered trademark) and ™ (trademark) in press release headlines.  The assumption has been that search engines and downstream sites to which releases are pushed have difficulty digesting words with symbols attached and your release may be misconstrued. [...]

How Many Links are Enough? It Depends: All Things Press Release Podcast

We talk a lot about links in press releases at Business Wire.  Why?
Because links are important signposts for both readers and search engine robots.   They can help with your page rank, drive traffic to your website, amplify your message and help increase engagement and understanding.
In this edition of  the  All Things Press Release podcast,  our EON [...]

SEO Tip Jar: Common Questions about Press Release Link Practices

Looking to learn more about the art and science of Search Engine Optimization?  Join Joseph Miller, EON Product Manager, for a new batch of tips from his SEO Tip Jar.
Links are the currency of the web and are quickly becoming more important to savvy PR practitioners and communicators.  Links help determine where you rank in [...]