GTalk Crushes AIM and Facebook Chat in Reader Vote
Mashable Feb 01 10
Last week, we asked you to vote on which instant messaging (IM) tool was best: AIM, GTalk, or FbChat.
AOL Instant Messenger has been around since 1997, giving it the edge in users and brand recognition. However, while Google Talk and Facebook Chat made their debuts in 2005 and 2008 respectively, they’ve both come a long ways due to their strong integration with more popular products, such as Gmail.
In the end though, over 4000 of you voted on which IM client was best…
…and GTalk emerged on top! With 2189 votes (53%), Google Talk handily took down AIM’s 1257 ballots (30%) and Facebook Chat’s 511 votes (12%). Full story...
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