When clients are on a budget, it can be tough to build a decent inbound link campaign. Even if you’re only looking to acquire free links, there is a lot of time and effort involved in researching & securing links, especially if you want permanent, high-PR backlinks that are going to help bolster your search ranking.

One method a lot of SEOs use to jumpstart a link campaign is to submit their clients’ press releases to websites that will allow you to do so for free, and will also allow backlinks to your website. We set out to find some of the better, more SEO-friendly free press release sites, and I’ve included our list below (in no particular order). All PageRanks come from the Google toolbar, so they’re more of an approximation of PageRank as opposed to anything official.

Free Press Release Sites

1. www.prlog.org
   PageRank: 6
   Allows backlink: yes
   Custom anchor text: no
2. www.sanepr.com
   PageRank: 5
   Allows backlink: yes
   Custom anchor text: Yes
3. www.pressreleasepoint.com
   PageRank: 5
   Allows backlink: yes
   Custom anchor text: no
4. www.free-press-release-center.info
   PageRank: 4
   Allows backlink: yes
   Custom anchor text: yes
5. www.transworldnews.com
   PageRank: 4
   Allows backlink: yes
   Custom anchor text: yes
6. www.theopenpress.com
   PageRank: 3
   Allows backlink: yes
   Custom anchor text: yes
7. www.information-online.com
   PageRank: 3
   Allows backlink: yes
   Custom anchor text: yes
8. www.pagerelease.com
   PageRank: 3
   Allows backlink: yes
   Custom anchor text: yes
9. www.pressexposure.com
   PageRank: 3
   Allows backlink: yes
   Custom anchor text: yes
10. www.pr-usa.net
    PageRank: 5
    Allows backlink: yes
    Custom anchor text: yes