Call me stupid, but I can't figure out how I can submit a press release straight to Google. I've searched and googled, but nothing. Who can help? P.S. I know there are sites, but how can I do it myself?
A year or two ago a young whipper snapper of about 13 years of age submitted a press release to google saying that he was hired by google at quite the sallery. Since then, they removed that functionality.
Press releases submitted to PRWeb (http://www.prweb.com/sharenews.php) are used by Google News. I've personally used the service before, and indeed my press release made it onto Google News. It didn't generate much traffic for me though. I was promoting some eBay-related software. I would still use the service again.
I found a list of PR sites on http://mashable.com/2007/10/20/press-releases/ I am not too sure if this list helps but hopefully it does.