Ever wish there was an easy way to let visitors to your web site chat with you without giving out your IM contact info? Plugoo lets you embed a chat widget on any web page. You can customize the look and feel of the widget, change its size, and decide whether visitors need to enter their name to send you a message.

But here's the coolest part: When someone sends you a message using Plugoo, it will be forwarded to you regular IM account. You can forward messages to AOL IM, MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messnger, Google Talk, Jabber, or ICQ. And you don't even have to give Plugoo your login information for your chat client, since all the service does is forward messages.

Once you add the widget to your site, you can continue to customize it by logging into your Plugoo account. Any changes you make in your account settings will be reflected on your blog or web page.

You can also chat with other Plugoo members by visiting the Planet Plugoo member of the company's web site. But honestly, the embeddable widget is really where Plugoo shines.

[via MakeUseOf]