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Primary objective for press release distribution is still to get wider reach to journalists and news reporters. In parallel we can add

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As technology caught up, \u201cnewswire\u201d services were created, which would syndicate these press releases much more widely than they had been previously. In many ways, this was the beginning of the information overload that we all face today.<\/p>\n

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The idea behind the release is that it would be sent to many different news media outlets and hopefully one or more of them would have a journalist contact the company for more information \u2013 to write a story about the event or advancement or to interview someone at the company.<\/p>\n

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Historically, the press release has always been a means to an end. Press releases were used as a way for companies to let journalists know about big events, such as winning an award, launching a new product, or winning a significant contract.<\/p>\n

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This, like so many questions about SEO, doesn\u2019t have an easy answer. It helps to have information on the history of press releases and what they were used for, as well as how they were once abused for SEO.<\/p>\n

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