A Chat Application with Visitor Visualization

eyebees is a cool chat tool that connects people on a website and visualizes visitors like the co browsing software of me.dium. Now, when the visitors are visualized they are able to click each other and to chat with each other. The eyebees software even shows at which page a visitor is browsing. By this they are able to talk about particular topics. To homepage owners and webmasters it is even a great tool to see where the buzz happens and to join a discussion. The installation happens by a simple integration of code.

Tangler is for Live Discussions at Websites

Tangler is another live application for websites. It is a hosted forum solution for live discussions, meetings and events. The application is customizable by templates or individual design and easy to integrate into websites. Even media can become posted and the status of a live forum can be public or private. Furthermore it has social networking features by user profiles and the ability to share discussions at other websites and blogs.

Tangler is already hosting over 10000 discussions. The forums can be explored by an own search engine.

Live Blogging with Scribble Live

Scribble Live is another extended blogging platform for instant publishing and live conversations.

Scribble Live has some unique features that start with the login. There is no registration required. Logging in happens by using an existing account. Actually this may happen by OpenID, a Facebook or a Microsoft Live account. Secondly there is a function to invite others to follow a live coverage and furthermore to let them participate in a discussion. For invitations and participation there is an invite function sending out invite codes for collaborative blogging. By this it is most usable for events. Last but not least it is multimedia enabled. Multimedia files may become added either by linking or uploading.

By these features Scribble Live has an interesting approach. The site is still in beta and further features and tools are likely to follow.

Widgets for Live Chat and Communications

Some new widgets came up for live chat and communications. Even video chat on blogs is feasible.

The first one is SideSparks. It is a free chat application that enables live chat on a blog or website. What is great with this chat widget is its immersive web features, which enables chat with others at the blogosphere or the web beyond the own site. This feature is named tagged chat. It is tagging topics at participating sites to led people find interesting topics. Cross border features are great for sites with low traffic to populate an application.

Toksta is an instant messaging and video chat widget. It works by webcam and is designed for usage at social media sites. It is free and offering a business opportunity by revenue sharing of the advertising income.

Similar features are offered by mabber, a mobile connected instand messaging widget, meebo me with chat and Wengo Visio with audio and video. There are a couple of further services offering text messaging and phone widgets.

A Live Web Application, Six Groups

Six Groups is another live and social networking application. Like the live blogging application Covert it Live it can easily become added to a weblog or website. Six Groups is a community application with social networking features. If added, a bar will appear at the top of a site with a link to view lifestreams of the community activity and member login. For social networking members may add people as friends and groups may become created. Furthermore there is a twitter integration and a syndication feature by widgets. Posts within Six Groups may happen by text, photo and video.

Live Blogging, Stream your Posts

Cover it Live is an amazing live blogging application. It enables live streaming of posts similar to a news ticker, which visitors and viewers can read and watch without reloading and scrolling. This is most convenient for events or reporting. Posts do appear immediately and may contain images, photos and videos. Visitors are able to comment and to participate in polls in realtime, too, by a chat like input. Results of polls do immerdiately appear within the stream. Further features are the integration of related news and recommendations. After finishing a live session a streams containing all media and polls may become stored and made available for later access.

It is a hosted solution that may easily become integrated at blogs and homepages and which is available in various languages. For further information there is a demo video at the Cover it Live homepage. For other live application see the label live at the top of the blog.