Chat or Shout Boxes has a big impact on reader/visitor interaction, for most blogs it does have an important role in keeping your visitors engaged in a conversation even if they’re just blog walking.

Getting a Chatbox/shoutbox or a chat plugin adds a new dimension of interaction to your website or blog. these are unique chat and messaging applications that brings the best features of traditional chat and tagging systems to the social web. And the best part is – these applications are all for free.

Here’s where I’ll list some of my favorite chatboxes/shoutboxes/chat plugins that i’ve used and that i am currently using on my blog and some of the blog’s i’ve helped with.

  • First Up is meebo me, it is designed for anyone with a home on the web. If you’ve got a web page where you’d like to communicate with your visitors, meebo me allows you to see the people who are visiting your web page and chat with them.

  • ShoutMix – a social chat+comments platform that enables you to reach and engage your web audience in real-time. New Version |Old Version – Will be phased Out Soon.
  • Last but not the least, Cbox – im not endorsing this chatbox ok?! I just have a good experience and also a good review for this app since this is what i use and i have a premium subscription of it for better usage. It Loads alot faster than the other chatboxes, and u can chat with your visitors realtime, for more info about it. read below…
  • CboX – Free - Unlike traditional chat, Cbox has perpetual message history so your visitors are placed immediately in context. Cbox is finely customizable to blend with your websites theme or template (for blogger users), it’s intuitive, making it fun and easy to use, and it’s secure, giving you control over who can post, and blocking spam.
  • CboX Premium – is designed to be highly scalable, supporting hundreds of concurrent users on a single chat; its compatibility is unmatched – engineered to function on every browser, Cbox takes advantage of newer technology where it’s available, degrading gracefully on older systems. Cbox uses HTML and AJAX technologies – requires no plugins. We’ve packaged this great featureset with additional support into our Premium service. Also you will get with the Premium is live chat, name registration and moderators, one-click delete and ban, transcript archival, and more. With no ads. You also get rapid email support should you need it. They also have a 30-day money-back guarantee for complete peace of mind.
So there you have it, hope this will make you guys want to put a chat/shoutbox on your sites or blogs. I’ll see if i can update this post with WordPress chat plugins that i use. 

Hope you enjoy this post.. and you’ll find it a little helpful! :)

Peace Out!