Press Pathway guide

Do Press Releases Get Indexed by Google?

Distribution does not guarantee that every syndicated copy will be indexed or remain visible in search.

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Why copies behave differently

Search engines decide what to crawl, index and surface. Syndicated releases can appear across many sites with very similar text, so different copies may be discovered or indexed differently.

Focus on the canonical source of your news

Keep an accurate version on your own newsroom or website when appropriate. That gives customers and journalists a stable first-party source even if third-party copies change.

Do not buy an indexing guarantee

No distribution provider can control Google's indexing decisions. Evaluate a service on what it actually delivers, such as publication, targeting and reporting.