Yahoo! Messenger Online Status Checker is actuallly on online tool. You can find it by visiting http://www.yahoo-status.com/.

Many of you may have already used Buddy Spy, the small application which offers you the ability to see if your friend is truly online or if they are invisible. As some you you might know, Buddy Spy is a standalone application which needs to be downloaded and installed on your computer.

Yahoo! Messenger Online Status Checker is actuallly on online tool. You can find it by visiting http://www.yahoo-status.com/. Checking whether your contact is online or not is a simple task. Just enter your buddy's name in the field and click the 'Go' button.

It may take a little while before your buddy's status will be displayed together with the avatar. There are also some extra options on the page: you can add teh selected Yahoo! ID to your friends list, you can send a message to that contact (for this Yahoo! Messenger must be running) and you can view your buddy's profile.

No more downloading, installing and no more config is needed. Just go to http://www.yahoo-status.com/ and chech on all your buddies. Simple and smooth.