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The other day on the Gmail and Google blog it was announced that the planned Gmail chat and AIM integration we have all been waiting for is finally here.

We can now finally talk to both our Gtalk friends and AIM friends by signing on to both networks right from one site and one browser window.

Enabling the ability to chat with friends across both networks simultaneously AND having access to Gmail will be very beneficial for people who can’t access the AIM client for whatever reason.

And, even though web-based integration between different IM networks has been done by services such as Meebo.com, none give you access to your Gmail as well.

For more information on how it all works check out the post at the Gmail blog located here.

It seems as if Google Talk will finally be integrated with AOL’s AIM client.

This upgrade to Google Talk and AIM couldn’t have happened any later!

It has been two years since Google bought 5% of AOL and announced, amongst other things, that the integration of the two clients would occur as long as certain conditions were met.

As to how the integration will work or what all the conditions may be, that is still largely unknown, but it is safe to bet it has something to do with Google serving ads through AIM.

Given that Google has been strategically partnering with and acquiring many companies that it now uses to serve ads through. It seems like the most logical step for Google is to now desire to serve ads through AIM, the most popular instant messaging on the web.

If my predictions become a reality, Google will take on step forward to becoming the one stop shop for anyone looking to buy ads in RSS feeds, search engines, in many popular web destinations, and a many other, now unforeseen, locations- basically almost the whole internet.