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A brief tutorial on how to optimize news releases for search engines or online distribution

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Optimizing News ReleasesFor Search Engines

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 18, 2009

LOS ANGELES (September 18, 2009) – The American Association for,

a leader in this industry, today announced some big news.

COUNTRY’S LARGEST ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS

The organization, which celebrated its 150 year

“This is an opportunity for us to

said John Doe, CEO and president

after years of planning

The highlight of the

Optimizing News ReleasesFor Search Engines

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 18, 2009

LOS ANGELES (September 18, 2009) – The American Association for,

a leader in this industry, today announced some big news.

COUNTRY’S LARGEST ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS

The organization, which celebrated its 150 year

“This is an opportunity for us to

said John Doe, CEO and president

after years of planning

The highlight of the

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 18, 2009

LOS ANGELES (September 18, 2009) – The American Association for, a leader in this industry, today announced some big news.

COUNTRY’S LARGEST ASSOCIATION

The organization, which celebrated its 150 year “This is an opportunity for us to aid John Doe, CEO and president fter years of planning The highlight of the

The organization, which celebrated its 150 year “This is an opportunity for us to aid John Doe, CEO and president fter years of planning The highlight of the

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 18, 2009

LOS ANGELES (September 18, 2009) – The American Association for, a leader in this industry, today announced some big news.

COUNTRY’S LARGEST ASSOCIATION

The organization, which celebrated its 150 year “This is an opportunity for us to aid John Doe, CEO and president fter years of planning The highlight of the

The organization, which celebrated its 150 year “This is an opportunity for us to aid John Doe, CEO and president fter years of planning The highlight of the

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Old Distribution Model:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 18, 2009

LOS ANGELES (September 18, 2009) – The American Association for, a leader in this industry, today announced some big news.

COUNTRY’S LARGEST ASSOCIATION

The organization, which celebrated its 150 year “This is an opportunity for us to aid John Doe, CEO and president fter years of planning The highlight of the

The organization, which celebrated its 150 year “This is an opportunity for us to aid John Doe, CEO and president fter years of planning The highlight of the

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 18, 2009

LOS ANGELES (September 18, 2009) – The American Association for, a leader in this industry, today announced some big news.

COUNTRY’S LARGEST ASSOCIATION

The organization, which celebrated its 150 year “This is an opportunity for us to aid John Doe, CEO and president fter years of planning The highlight of the

The organization, which celebrated its 150 year “This is an opportunity for us to aid John Doe, CEO and president fter years of planning The highlight of the

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Old Distribution Model:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 18, 2009

LOS ANGELES (September 18, 2009) – The American Association for, a leader in this industry, today announced some big news.

COUNTRY’S LARGEST ASSOCIATION

The organization, which celebrated its 150 year “This is an opportunity for us to aid John Doe, CEO and president fter years of planning The highlight of the

The organization, which celebrated its 150 year “This is an opportunity for us to aid John Doe, CEO and president fter years of planning The highlight of the

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 18, 2009

LOS ANGELES (September 18, 2009) – The American Association for, a leader in this industry, today announced some big news.

COUNTRY’S LARGEST ASSOCIATION

The organization, which celebrated its 150 year “This is an opportunity for us to aid John Doe, CEO and president fter years of planning The highlight of the

The organization, which celebrated its 150 year “This is an opportunity for us to aid John Doe, CEO and president fter years of planning The highlight of the

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Old Distribution Model: Social Media changedthe game

News ReleaseSocial Media

•democratizes access•ensures accuracy•embraces context•builds community •is findable

One Response:

How to Be Findable to

How to Be Findable to

Difference between writing forReaders vs. Searchers

Difference between writing forReaders vs. Searchers

What are theKeywordssearchers would use?

Google InsigthsCompare search volume patterns across specific regions, categories, time frames and properties

Google AdwordsHelps you pick keywords

AdCenter LabsEntity Association GraphKeyword Group DetectionKeyword Mutation DetectionKeyword ForecastSearch Funnels

Helpful Tools

Top searches refers to search terms with the most significant level of interest. These terms are related to the term you've entered.

Other terms Internet users have used in their searches on ‘face masks’:

• n95 face mask (also a rising search)• cpap• 3m mask

Keyword ‘face mask’:

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Keyword ‘flu’:Rising searches: searches that have experienced significant growth in a given time period, with respect to the preceding time period

• Rising searchers all related to swine flu• Breakout: over 5000% growth rate

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size,

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Which term gets the most interest?

• ‘Laptop size’ gets consistantly more search volume • Might want to focus on laptop size instead of color/weight

Size up theCompetition

• Generic words• Brand name keywords

High Competition:

• Specific/targeted wordsLess Competition:

for your keywords

Make sure yourKeywordsreflect natural language

• Facebook Lexicon• Twitter Search

Find out what words people use when talking about your topic:

See the buzz surrounding different words and phrases on Facebook Walls

Compare up to five different words or two-word phrases and see how many people talked about that term each day

Explore language trends across FacebookLe

xico

n Allows you to:

Mentions of ‘symptoms’ spike with ‘swine flu’

Mentions of ‘Mexico’ spike with ‘swine flu’

Words associated with ‘swine flu’ on July 13Women use more tentative language than men

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Generate enough search volume

Make sure yourKeywords

• Use Google Insights• Check SERPs

To do so:

Strategically integrate the

into your news releaseKeywords• Focus on position, not frequency

• Incorporate into headline, body

• Don’t break the flow

• Should still read natural

Credits:Dr. Corinne WeisgerberSt. Edward’s University

Blog: http://socialmediaprclass.blogspot.comEmail: corinnew@stedwards.edu

Twitter : @corinnew

News Release Optimization tips based on: Edelman Position Paper on Search Engine Visibility

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