What is Yahoo Messenger ?
Learn More About Instant Messenger

Yahoo Messenger is a great piece of software that allows two people to communicate together in a number of ways over the internet.

Of course each person will need to have a copy of Instant Messenger installed, but it’s free.

Yahoo instant messenger allows you to communicate in the following ways.

By typing on your keyboard, everything you type can be seen by the person on the other end in real time.

Another nice feature of Yahoo instant Messenger is the ability to initiate conversations over the internet in audio.

For this you need to have a relatively fast internet connection around 512k or above will give you clear audio. You also need to have speakers to hear the other person and a microphone so they can here you. Just imagine free phone calls period, no matter where you call in the world.

And now adding another string to Yahoo instant Messengers bow is the ability to make video calls, this means you can see the person you are calling and vice versa.

Now with Yahoo Instant Messenger you can even make called to landlines and mobile phones, there is a small charge for this service though, but it’s still so much cheaper using Yahoo Messenger than calling from a phone though.

To begin using Yahoo Instant messenger firstly we need to download the software, yahoo.com , depending on your connection type you may need the old yahoo instant messenger version , downloading won’t take too long with a fast internet connection as it’s a relatively small download.

Once Instant Messenger is downloaded run the file and install the Yahoo software , now you’ll need to create a username.

Ok now you’ve installed Yahoo instant Messenger and created your username, click on the add button to add a contact or contacts. The person on the other end will have to accept you as a contact, and it they add yourself as a Messenger contact you’ll have to accept them.

If someone is online Yahoo Instant Messenger shows their in bold and they will have a yellow smiley face and you simply click on the icon to open a dialogue box. Now you simply type your message, hit the ENTER key and it will be sent.

Plug-ins There’s lots of extras for Yahoo Instant Messenger called Plug-ins. With these you can do lots of cool stuff such as checking blogs, wizzy effects and much more. Checkout our other link for other types of instant messenger.

You've seen Yahoo Messenger , Checkout MSN Messenger

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