Quote + Link from Associated Press
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So almost everyone here has talked about the marvel (for a small business like me, at least) that is HARO. Recently, I was quoted in a story that was written by the Associated Press, by responding to a HARO inquiry. (story resides on their site here in case you want to look).
So looking at it with a critical mindset, is this a glorified press release at this point (the thing shows up virtually everywhere since after all, it was written by the AP).
Should I be expecting any SEO help from this?
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Thanks for taking the time to respond guys. Greatly appreciated. Seriously.
I think one thing I run into, the SEO side of the business is so incredibly important, but running the actual business doesn't exactly allow me to focus on it the way I might like. It's nice to get some reassuring voices saying that yes, this is something that is going to help over the long term.
I really do appreciate you all taking the time to reply.
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Agree with John. That link is pure, unadulterated 24k SEO gold. It's dofollow, it comes from a 92 DA web site ... it will pay SEO dividends for years to come. Also it's much better than a typical press release because all credible press release platforms have changed their links to "nofollow" at the urging of Google in the last year or two. Kudos to you for putting in the effort to get that.
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Yes, congrats that link is gold. It is a follow link. Links like that are very hard to get. The anchor text is your website, so it will definitely assist your home page DA.
The next mozscape index is on 9 October, I expect you will see a good jump up from today.
So yes you should expect SEO help from the link. If you do not, I would undertake a technical audit of your site. https://moz.com/blog/technical-site-audit-for-2015 track down any issues.
Hope that assists.
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Hi Mark,
It will always help as long as you remember that not everything in SEO will always get you an immediate return in terms of links of visitors but having a press release published on more sites would always help.
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Hi Mark,
It can help but sometimes. Like if your quoted with just your name and not your business name it won't help as much but thats only if your name isn't linked to your business.
The best thing is a link even if it's a no follow link but still great work. Just remember everything when it comes to SEO helps.
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