Mashable, a leading social media outlet covering web 2.0 and social networking, has compiled a list of 20 free press release distribution sites and EPR Network has been ranked #5 with its nationwide represented network of 12 regional U.S. State based PR sites.

We are seeing an increased number of web 2.0 start-ups starting to use free and for fee press release distribution sites, aside the well known web 2.0 influencers, in order to get the word out for their ventures and NextNetNews was among the first blogs to outline that trend a few months ago.

About EPR Network

Express-Press-Release.com (EPR) is amongst the oldest and most trusted (human optimized, published, edited and monitored, spam/scam/low quality PR content free) PR sites on the web with more than 10,000 company and individual press releases distributed per month. The EPR’s nationwide network comprises of 12 State based PR sites, one major PR forum and a PR blog and what started as a hobby on Internet years ago turned out to be a rapidly growing business today. EPR is putting your press releases on top of all major search engines’ results and reaching thousands of individuals, companies, PR specialists, media professionals, bloggers and journalists every day.

About Mashable

With in excess of 5 million monthly pageviews, Mashable is the world’s largest blog on social networking.