Martin Woods, Author at Martin Woods

Martin Woods

I can trace my relationship with computers back to my early school days, when I was sat in front of a shared computer on wheels, playing a game called Granny’s Garden on a BBC Micro. Using a computer was a real treat; we didn’t have a computer in my primary school, so we had to walk a mile down the road to ‘the big school’ to use one. My fascination with computers and the media continued to grow, and after earning a degree at the University of Bradford I began my career in digital.

Since I started my career as an SEO Consultant I have been fortunate to work on many exciting campaigns, from large multilingual international SEO, to small start-ups backed by some of the biggest names in retail.

Aug 14th 2014

Google News to aid publishing sites with Publisher Center

By Martin Woods

Anyone hooked up to Google News (Google Alert anyone?) will have heard the news announced by Google last week about the new portal, Google News Publisher Center. This really is…

Aug 7th 2014

Three very dead SEO tactics that no agency should ever suggest

By Martin Woods

If you’re thinking of hiring or changing an SEO agency, but aren’t quite sure what to look out for, here are three red flags that should set alarm bells ringing…

Google Penalties

Aug 6th 2014

Video: How to identify a Google penalty?

By Martin Woods

This is a video I produced at a former SEO agency before founding SALT.agency while I was Head of technical SEO. In it I describe arguably the most important part…

Google Penalties

Jun 7th 2014

Video: How to remove a Google penalty?

By Martin Woods

In the following video I describe how I and my team remove a Google Penguin algorithmic and manual action.