How to Get Featured in Patch
Patch draws about 20.1 million monthly visits, holds a domain rating of 90, and publishes in three to five days.
Hyperlocal, at national scale
Patch runs local news sites for more than a thousand American communities, with about 20.1 million monthly visits combined at a domain rating of 90.
The structure is the point. A Patch piece appears in a specific town's edition, read by people who live there. For a local business, a franchise, a practice or a regional operator, that is a far better match than a national publication where your customers are a rounding error.
It also means the local angle is mandatory rather than optional.
The routes in
Local business news: openings, expansions, hiring, community involvement.
Community stories with a business behind them.
Local expert commentary.
Events and local milestones.
A placed feature, written and approved by you before it runs. That is what we handle, and it is a different product from an editor there choosing to write about you.
How long it takes
Three to five days. Fast, against a market average closer to two weeks. Fast enough to sit alongside a launch rather than trailing it.
Your own approval still sits inside that window. A draft waiting on you is not a draft in production.
Links and indexing
Nofollow. No ranking authority passes, which is normal at a domain rating of 90. Buy it for the audience and the name, not for your rankings.
It indexes and AI engines read it, so the piece works as a citation when someone asks an assistant about you, not only as a link.
What gets turned down
National stories with no community hook, which is the main filter.
Anything that would read as advertising to a neighbour.
Claims about local standing that neighbours could dispute.
Who it suits
Local and multi-site businesses. Franchises. Medical, dental and legal practices. Contractors and home services. Estate agents. Anyone whose customers live within a few miles.
The short version
20.1 million monthly visits across 1,000+ communities, domain rating 90, nofollow, three to five days. National authority on a page read by one neighbourhood.
Get featured in Patch, or see what it reaches.
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Frequently asked questions
01How do you get featured in Patch?
Three routes: pitch an editor directly, be quoted as an expert in a piece they are already writing, or use a placement service. We write the article, you approve every word, and we secure the placement. Patch draws about 20.1 million monthly visits and publishes in three to five days.
02How long does it take to get published in Patch?
About three to five days from approval to publication, against a market average of roughly two weeks. Your own review sits inside that window rather than after it.
03Does Patch give a do-follow link?
Patch marks its outbound links nofollow, so no ranking authority passes. It is bought for the audience and the name. It is still indexed and still read by AI engines, which cite by content rather than by link attribute.
04Can a local business get featured in Patch?
Yes, that is what it is built for. Patch runs editions for more than a thousand American communities, so a local business, franchise or practice appears in the edition its actual customers read. The requirement is a genuine local angle: an opening, an expansion, hiring, community involvement or local expert commentary.
