Editor’s note: A version of this article ran in our Aug. 14, 2009, print editions as part of our "neighborsgo primer" in the second of three Back to School editions. 

No one knows your community like you do.

This is why we’re always asking you – the experts – to share your stories and photos with us on our Web site, neighborsgo.com.

Once your news is online, we edit and publish it in one of 17 weekly neighborsgo editions.

Sharing your news with us is a good way to share it with your neighbors.

But it’s also a great way to get a bigger audience for your schools, churches and groups, because area media outlets scan neighborsgo.com frequently.

Also, neighborsgo.com is connected to dallasnews.com, one of the Top 15 newspaper Web sites in the country. So search engines often give higher rankings to neighborsgo.com posts, which means more positive attention for your community.

Posting on our site has definite benefits. For examples of how you can receive more recognition for your news by posting with us, please visit neighborsgo.com/help.