Do press releases help SEO?
What Google has said about press release links since 2013, the king of AEO AI Overview test, journalist data, and when a release is worth paying for.
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Do backlinks still matter in 2026?
What Google has said about links and PageRank, Ahrefs data on pages with no backlinks, how links relate to AI search, and which links still count.
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Digital PR vs link building
Who decides, what each delivers, what Google has said, Muck Rack 2025 journalist data, brand mentions and AI search, costs, and when to use each.
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Does guest posting still work in 2026?
What Google’s spam policies say about guest posts, why some links get neutralized, what 69,597 publisher listings show, and five checks before paying.
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How to get your brand mentioned in ChatGPT
What OpenAI documents about OAI-SearchBot, what Ahrefs fan-out and 75K-brand data show, whether backlinks help, and how to track mentions.
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Yahoo Finance press release: cost, routes and what you get
The six wires Yahoo lists, how private companies get published, verified vendor prices, nofollow links and USA Today releases.
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Brand mentions vs backlinks for AI search: what the data shows
What the Ahrefs 75K-brand studies found, why links still matter, linked vs unlinked mentions, and which placements earn both.
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How to get cited in AI Overviews: an agency playbook
The eligibility checklist, query fan-out, page format that gets quoted, mentions and Digital PR, ChatGPT sources, and how to track citations in Search Console.
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GEO Link Building: what links and brand mentions do for AI search
Mentions vs backlinks for AI Overviews, how answer engines pick sources, why DR alone misleads, and what agencies should report to clients.
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Guest Post Pricing 2026: what 69,597 publisher listings cost
Median list price, price vs traffic, referring domains and DR, the share of DR 50+ sites under 1,000 visits, topic and country medians, plus a CSV of the tables.
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How to Brief a White-Label Link Building Vendor
Scopes, SKUs, publisher constraints, approval gates, unbranded reporting, and replace-or-refund warranty terms — the agency checklist for a vendor brief.
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Guest posts vs niche edits vs Digital PR for SEO agencies
New article vs aged-URL insert vs media outreach — DF/NF labeled, no invented rankings. How to brief each lane on a white-label desk.
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Pricing, cost per backlink, guest posts vs niche edits vs digital PR, affordable vs cheap — the educational guide. Packages stay on the packages page.
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The fulfillment workflow, the margin math, the six things to demand from any supplier, and the three risks to contract away.
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Nine checks in elimination order, the DR-vs-traffic quadrant, and the red-flag table that predicts a worthless link.
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