Usefulness of Meebo

I’ve had a MeeboMe widget in place on the sidebar of this blog for a while without much traffic or contact from others. Recently however, some brave souls have begun to initiate contact in order to let me know what they think of FML. Usually I have no idea who they are, but I really appreciate these chats and enjoy the instant interaction that having this handy little widget provides. A more subtle form of interaction comes when I can see whether someone is actually visiting the site based upon the existence of a Meebo “guest” user. This information shows up as long as I am signed into Meebo at the same time as someone visits my site. It is rare to have more than one “guest” show up in my Meebo IM list — I think the all-time high for simultaneous “guests” was something like five or six, after I posted comments on the then-pending merger between Endeavor and Ex Libris.

Overall, Meebo is an excellent tool and I highly recommend it.