<s>
A	O
chat	B-Protocol
log	I-Protocol
is	O
an	O
archive	O
of	O
transcripts	O
from	O
online	B-Protocol
chat	I-Protocol
and	O
instant	B-Application
messaging	I-Application
conversations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
chat	B-Protocol
or	O
IM	O
applications	O
allow	O
for	O
the	O
client-side	O
archiving	O
of	O
online	B-Protocol
chat	I-Protocol
conversations	O
,	O
while	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
chat	B-Protocol
or	O
IM	O
clients	O
(	O
i.e.	O
,	O
Google	O
Talk	O
and	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	O
</s>
<s>
Messenger	O
11	O
Beta	O
)	O
allow	O
for	O
the	O
saving	O
of	O
chat	B-Protocol
archives	I-Protocol
on	O
a	O
server	O
for	O
future	O
retrieval	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
IRC	B-Protocol
clients	O
and	O
many	O
IRC	B-Protocol
bots	O
include	O
chat	B-Protocol
logging	O
to	O
a	O
local	O
file	O
as	O
a	O
standard	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Web	O
sites	O
exist	O
that	O
publish	O
chat	B-Protocol
logs	I-Protocol
,	O
usually	O
dedicated	O
to	O
a	O
single	O
channel	O
and	O
including	O
a	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
IRC	B-Protocol
networks	I-Protocol
have	O
published	O
guidelines	O
on	O
making	O
chat	B-Protocol
logs	I-Protocol
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
their	O
real	O
time	O
nature	O
,	O
chat	B-Protocol
logs	I-Protocol
may	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
identify	O
anonymous	O
users	O
by	O
correlating	O
information	O
posted	O
on	O
different	O
mediums	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	O
has	O
integrated	O
its	O
own	O
chat	B-Protocol
archiving	O
feature	O
into	O
Gmail	B-Application
,	O
which	O
lists	O
Google	O
Talk	O
conversations	O
alongside	O
email	O
conversations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yahoo	B-Application
first	O
experimented	O
with	O
online	O
archiving	O
of	O
Yahoo	B-Application
Messenger	I-Application
chat	B-Protocol
logs	I-Protocol
through	O
its	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	O
</s>
<s>
Messenger	O
for	O
the	O
Web	O
application	O
,	O
which	O
separately	O
saves	O
its	O
own	O
chat	B-Protocol
archive	I-Protocol
when	O
users	O
communicate	O
through	O
that	O
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
beta	O
of	O
the	O
11th	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
standalone	O
Messenger	O
client	O
featured	O
online	O
archiving	O
of	O
chat	B-Protocol
logs	I-Protocol
,	O
although	O
the	O
archive	O
is	O
only	O
available	O
and	O
viewable	O
from	O
within	O
the	O
logged-in	O
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
bash.org	O
is	O
a	O
website	O
hosting	O
user-posted	O
chat	B-Protocol
logs	I-Protocol
from	O
IRC	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
