It depends on the project... For tech-heavy companies, obviously not. But for content plays, sometimes outsourcing makes sense. International outsourcing can

It depends on the project... For tech-heavy companies, obviously not. But for content plays, sometimes outsourcing makes sense. International outsourcing can be tough, but domestic outsourcing (simply using a third-party firm) often works. My friend who started the website http://academicearth.org http://academicearth.org outsourced the entire thing with a firm out of North Dakota, and his website was named by Time magazine one of the top 50 Websites of 2009 (along with YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, etc.)