Mac Sage

This is a great lightweight web app (web 2.0) for creating chat windows on your web pages. It’s a barebones chat environment, but it gets the job done for simple and easy in-browser communication. And, the best part is that it’s free — as in lunch.

The 3-step process is really quite simple and fast.

First, create the look and feel of your chat window.

Second, you enter simple login, password and email information.

Third, you copy and paste the generated code into your web page.

The resulting window looks like this:

This is a great way to create a chat window on your web page that doesn’t require the user to install software or create a login account. I’m seeing more and more organizations use this for customer support and help points on their sites. It’s useful for sharing information, and giving quick advice and assistance on both hardware and software issues.

Check it out: Meebo

I know that some of you out there are web developers and/or are maintaining websites for yourself or other folks. Have I got a good find for you!

Google Analytics provides an impressive array of data and analysis of your site that give you a full picture of who the visitors to your site are, how they found you, and how they interact with your site. Once again, Google has identified a need and nicely implemented a solution that shows they’re paying attention to what folks are really doing out there. I’m surprised that I didn’t know of this free service before now.

Check it out: Google Analytics