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I have heard a lot about a thing called Meebo for the last 8 months or so. As is the situation with new tech I hadn’t really had a chance to check it out. I knew it was something to do with social networking, but wasn’t really sure. Well having now found a moment to look into it, it is to do with social networking, but more importantly it offers a way to aggregate all of those annoying, different instant messaging accounts you have into one web-based solution.

I have to admit, it’s a really neat solutions. And not just for instant messaging but it seems for chat rooms too. Users don’t need to be logged into Meebo to take advantage of the chatting functions – now this is a huge benefit as it means that people can just participate as a guest if they don’t like logging in and signing into something that they might only use occasionally.For those of us who do use these things for business or pleasure it means that we can interact with folk online without too much hassle. I’ve got Facebook, Windows Live and Google Talk all in front of me at a glance – so I can see who’s online and who’s available for a quick chat.

Meebo also provides widgets to embed functionality into other websites – check out my own IM widget on the sidebar of this site. If I’m around, you can IM me as a guest or logged in. Quite cool.

The only thing missing is a Skype IM function. I’d love to see that at some stage – then Meebo would be the perfect solution.

The other important thing to note is you don’t need to install any software on your computer if you don’t wish too. I’ve installed a Firefox add-on that makes it all quite cool.

So give Meebo a try. I think you’ll find it most useful.

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