Yesterday, I mentioned that I would be pointing out some noteworthy widgets in the future, and the future is here today. Today’s noteworthy widget is Plugoo. Plugoo lets you very easily chat with your website’s visitors via your own every day IM client. Whatever instant messenging client you normally use – Yahoo Messenger, MSN (Live) Messenger, AIM, Google Talk, Jabber, or ICQ – you can use that same program to chat with visitors to your site.

You simply embed the Plugoo widget into your site and your users can chat with you when you are available. And although you’ll be using your regular IM client, the visitor won’t know your real IM address. The visitors don’t have to set up anything or have anything already installed. They simply type into the widget on your site. Although I haven’t activated Plugoo on this site yet, here’s a screenshot of what the widget would look like if I did. (I chose the color, but you can configure the color to your liking). (Remember, this is just a screenshot, it’s not live).

This is a great way to connect with your users. Get your own Plugoo here, or read more about it at the Plugoo FAQs.