Today I had a conversation with a client in which he told me about his frustrations trying to get quality web development done overseas. The lure of ultra low-cost development is definitely powerful and I certainly read plenty of success stories in my business magazines.

So why isn’t it working for my client? Why hasn’t it worked when my company has tried it? I’m not certain I know all of the reasons, but I have a few ideas at this point.

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In my inbox this morning I found a message from Google announcing new features in their AdWords tool. The email is actually the first edition of a quarterly newsletter they’ve launched.

The list of features is pretty compelling. From my own use of AdWords over the past few years, I can say each of these features is a welcome addition.

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