On the heels of this post: Could Instant Messaging (XMPP) Power the Future of Online Communication? the announcement thatMeebo Launches Rooms API - Chat Gets Everywhere reminds me of the potential of IM on Local 2.0 sites. It looks like you can pretty easily embed a chat room in a web site with Meebo (I’ll have to try this) and I understand that XMPP (the protocol behind Jabber) is used as the foundation for the mobile platform of Android from Google. More and more plug-and-play and standardization in IM means more consumer adoption and probable interest in its use for interacting with businesses. Of course, I’m not so sure there’d be a lot of activity in your local plumber’s chat room but I imagine tying chat with events, like where you going to watch the Superbowl would find a lot of interest.
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