Yahoo! and Google have announced that they will integrate their instant messaging services - Yahoo Messenger and Google Talk respectively. The announcement was done along with the big announcement of their Non-Exclusive Search Advertisement Deal.
We users are going to love it. Everyone knows that maintaining so many accounts with having so many messenger clients is a pain. Integration between Google talk (Gtalk) and Yahoo messenger will allow anyone to cross-talk between the two instant messaging clients, that means, a person sitting on Google Talk will be able to talk directly with a person on Yahoo Messenger, and of course vice versa. Sounds cool!
We already have Yahoo Messenger + Windows Live Messenger
It’s not the first time that two IM Giants getting into a same bed. We earlier saw a very similar agreement between Microsoft’s Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger. It was a superhit among users. I myself is using the inter-connectivity quite heavily.
Don’t forget Google Talk + AOL Instant Messenger
Sometime ago, Google also tied with AOL to let the Google talk (Chat in Google) users to link their AIM screen-name, which lets you connect to you AIM buddies while you on Google Talk.
Let’s see how much time does it take to inter-operate between Yahoo Messenger and Google Talk. Users are happy, what else.
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