Chat Rooms are a fantastic way to add interactivity to your website. This is a great way of making users coming back to your website and can increase traffic and hits. If you need to create a buzz or attract new visitors then add a free chat room to your website with a relevant theme, add a bit of viral marketing and watch the traffic increase.

Chat-forum.com

Free Java Chat room service that allows you to add a private chat room to your website. The chat room is hosted on the chat-forum.com server so it does not even take up any of your own valuable bandwidth.

Funkytimes.com

A free java based chat program you can embed into your websites. Highly customisable, with no advertising & no cost.

Bravenet.com

One of the biggest names on the web, bravenet offer various other webmaster resources as well as free chat rooms.

Para Chat (Recommended)

Remotely hosted chat software that allows you to embed the chat client into your own website. You can easily customise it to make it fit into your site. Totally free.

Chat Files.com

A Java based chat program that you can add to your website. The free version allows up to 20 simultaneous users, if you need more you have to pay from $10 per month onwards. The chat client also displays adds which you have no control over unless you purchase the paid versions.

The Chat Shack Network

Very similar to Para Chat where you sign up, add in a few details and away you go. The chat client also displays advertising which you can get rid of if you upgrade to their Gold service. The chat program is displayed as a popup and not within the webpage.