BANAGLORE, INDIA: There are two kinds of visitors to any website: those who come for the first time and those who visit regularly. So obviously, it's every website's endeavor to try and convert first time visitors into regular ones.

One of the things that would enable that of course is the quality of content, because that's what most users really come to your site for. The others are features that would make life much more convenient for them on your website.

In this article, we'll talk about one way of doing the latter. We'll tell you how to integrate some of the latest features available on Microsoft's Windows Live service in your own website.

Microsoft has controls available that can be added into its Web Developer 2008 softare, which allow you to integrate Windows Live services into your own website in just a few clicks.

With these controls you can add video streaming, Windows Messenger, Windows Live Contact and moreover you also have an option to authenticate a user with their Windows Live ID.

The Windows Live Tool can be obtained from 'http://dev.live.com/tools'. Download, extract, and run the setup file. Follow the onscreen instructions and your Windows Live Tool is installed.