tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519198.post3936425686453619143..comments2023-09-13T06:17:41.165-04:00Comments on technoflak: Tom Foremski needs to get over himselfUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519198.post-44155342553981976972007-10-10T20:21:00.000-04:002007-10-10T20:21:00.000-04:00As I attempted to explain in the post, many reader...As I attempted to explain in the post, many readers, especially those who follow IT stories, have Google News subscriptions. They read almost everything sent to them by Google. The story on PR Newswire is just as visible as Silicon Valley Watcher. <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://technoflak.blogspot.com/2007/09/google-alerts-why-press-releases-are.html" REL="nofollow">I have been told that press releases are preferred to independent reporting</A>. This astounds me, but many readers consider editors filters that get between them and the story. They consider press releases "direct from the source."<BR/><BR/>I only have anecdotal evidence. Every event I attend, and I attend 3 or 4 every month, I ask people what their prefer source of news is, increasingly that source is news releases. Many readers tell me they go to corporate news sites to read the news.<BR/><BR/>You may think our news releases are boring and need to "Die! Die!," but the people who make purchasing decisions think we are providing important news. Maybe they shouldn't, but they do.<BR/><BR/>You are a reporter, why not contact Google PR and ask how may Google News Alert accounts there are and if there are any regional patterns. The answers may surprise you.Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13910093886404792584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519198.post-90921848154824263312007-10-10T17:38:00.000-04:002007-10-10T17:38:00.000-04:00Alice, how is putting press releases into Google n...Alice, how is putting press releases into Google news pushing things forward? Do you think that readers can't tell the difference between a company news release and an independently produced news story? And that you can get around the journalist in this way? A lot of people in PR think so... And how is all of this a step forward for PR? It is just business as usual except there is another distribution channel (free).TomForemskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00047023331999932762noreply@blogger.com