How to Add Gmail Talk to Your Webpage

The Google Talk chatback badge lets your website visitors communicate with you.

Google Talk, sometimes called "Gmail Talk" or "Gchat," gives Google users the ability to exchange instant messages with one another using the Google Talk software or from within the Gmail website. If you own a blog or website, you can embed a Google Talk "chatback badge" on your site so that your visitors can see when you are online and click the badge to chat with you. Your website visitors don't need a Google account to chat with you using the chatback badge.

Things You'll Need

• Website administrative access

Instructions

1. Open a Web browser and navigate to the "Create a Google Talk Chatback Badge" page. If you are not already logged in to Google, type your Google email address and password in the boxes on the right side of your browser window and click the "Sign In" button.

2. Click inside the HTML code box at the bottom of the page to highlight it. Copy the code to your computer's clipboard by holding down "Ctrl" and pressing the "C" key on your keyboard.

3. Open your Web page template and paste the code where you want the Google Talk chatback badge to appear. Save the template and load the Web page in your browser to verify that the new chatback widget is positioned where you want it.

References

• Google Talkabout: Google Talk Chatback

Resources

• Google: Create a Google Talk Chatback Badge