Ratings & Awards
Rating & Ranking
Awards & Recognitions
IM invasion: top chat apps compared
The free, legendary chat client just keeps getting better; ICQ is the best pick, along with Yahoo Messenger, for features and versatility.
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The free, legendary chat client just keeps getting better; ICQ is the best pick, along with Yahoo Messenger, for features and versatility.
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The Download.com Hall of Fame honors ICQ for its outstanding quality, popularity, and longevity
""I seek you" was among the first graphical standalone instant messaging applications, and it spawned a revolution in the way people communicate over the Internet. First launched in 1996, ICQ won high praise from users and our editors for its friendly interface and ground breaking functionality. Though the field of instant messaging services has greatly expanded since ICQ first broke ground on this new territory, two versions of this pioneering chat application remain at the top of our Most Popular list today: the beefed-up ICQ Pro and the stripped-down ICQ Lite."
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""I seek you" was among the first graphical standalone instant messaging applications, and it spawned a revolution in the way people communicate over the Internet. First launched in 1996, ICQ won high praise from users and our editors for its friendly interface and ground breaking functionality. Though the field of instant messaging services has greatly expanded since ICQ first broke ground on this new territory, two versions of this pioneering chat application remain at the top of our Most Popular list today: the beefed-up ICQ Pro and the stripped-down ICQ Lite."
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Rocket Download picks ICQ as one of the 25 most innovative and influential Windows downloads of the late 20 th Century
"ICQ isn't an instant messaging program, IT IS instant messaging. This tool certainly brought IM to the masses. With the ability to send instantaneous messages from desktop to desktop, ICQ helped make e-mail technologically obsolete. This program has brought everyone, including distant friends, gamers, lovers and entire families, closer together. Despite challenges from such pretenders as AOL and Microsoft, this program is still the best, bar-none."
"ICQ isn't an instant messaging program, IT IS instant messaging. This tool certainly brought IM to the masses. With the ability to send instantaneous messages from desktop to desktop, ICQ helped make e-mail technologically obsolete. This program has brought everyone, including distant friends, gamers, lovers and entire families, closer together. Despite challenges from such pretenders as AOL and Microsoft, this program is still the best, bar-none."
ICQ Chosen for Killer App Hall of Fame in the Context Magazine 3rd Annual Killer App Awards
"ICQ isn't an instant messaging program, IT IS instant messaging. This tool certainly brought IM to the masses. With the ability to send instantaneous messages from desktop to desktop, ICQ helped make e-mail technologically obsolete. This program has brought everyone, including distant friends, gamers, lovers and entire families, closer together. Despite challenges from such pretenders as AOL and Microsoft, this program is still the best, bar-none."
"ICQ isn't an instant messaging program, IT IS instant messaging. This tool certainly brought IM to the masses. With the ability to send instantaneous messages from desktop to desktop, ICQ helped make e-mail technologically obsolete. This program has brought everyone, including distant friends, gamers, lovers and entire families, closer together. Despite challenges from such pretenders as AOL and Microsoft, this program is still the best, bar-none."
ICQ Chosen as Best Online Chat Service!
Toronto's Eye Weekly's Eye Readers Choice Awards 2002, awarded ICQ with THE BEST ONLINE CHAT SERVICE award.
Toronto's Eye Weekly's Eye Readers Choice Awards 2002, awarded ICQ with THE BEST ONLINE CHAT SERVICE award.
Most Popular Instant Messaging Service for Chinese Speakers!
ICQ 2000b was voted "Most Popular Software" (Instant Messaging Software category) by PC Market Magazine, Hong Kong! ICQ 2000b got the highest marks, competing against Yahoo Messenger, Symantec Winfax Pro 10.0, and Symantec PCanywhere 9.0.
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ICQ 2000b was voted "Most Popular Software" (Instant Messaging Software category) by PC Market Magazine, Hong Kong! ICQ 2000b got the highest marks, competing against Yahoo Messenger, Symantec Winfax Pro 10.0, and Symantec PCanywhere 9.0.
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ICQ Chosen as Best Chat & Chat Line!
Toronto's Eye Weekly's Eye Readers Choice Awards 2001, awarded ICQ with THE BEST ONLINE CHAT & CHAT LINE awards.
Toronto's Eye Weekly's Eye Readers Choice Awards 2001, awarded ICQ with THE BEST ONLINE CHAT & CHAT LINE awards.
People's Choice in 2000
The Shareware Industry Awards Foundations "People's Choice Awards" awarded ICQ 2000 for being the "Best Internet Communication Program".
The Shareware Industry Awards Foundations "People's Choice Awards" awarded ICQ 2000 for being the "Best Internet Communication Program".
ZDNet Download Deathmatch Winner!
"After five hard-fought rounds-and four wins by ICQ-we've got to declare ICQ the winner of our Deathmatch. With top-notch communication services, an incredible array of options, and an interface that puts incredible power at your fingertips, ICQ knocked our other IM software out of the ring."- ZDNet Downloads, February 2000
"After five hard-fought rounds-and four wins by ICQ-we've got to declare ICQ the winner of our Deathmatch. With top-notch communication services, an incredible array of options, and an interface that puts incredible power at your fingertips, ICQ knocked our other IM software out of the ring."- ZDNet Downloads, February 2000
Web Innovator Awards
With its simplicity and immediacy, ICQ could threaten that venerable bastion of person-to-person communication--the telephone--in favor of an ever-expanding desktop community.
With its simplicity and immediacy, ICQ could threaten that venerable bastion of person-to-person communication--the telephone--in favor of an ever-expanding desktop community.
PC World Magazine
ICQ winner of PC World Magazine, 4th Annual Best Free Stuff Online in Web Utilities.
ICQ winner of PC World Magazine, 4th Annual Best Free Stuff Online in Web Utilities.
Had-Award ® of Switzerland
ICQ2Go wins Switzerland's Had-Award ® for giving the ability to send and receive instant messages through firewalls. Awarded at 20th December 2002.
ICQ2Go wins Switzerland's Had-Award ® for giving the ability to send and receive instant messages through firewalls. Awarded at 20th December 2002.
Web Reviews & Awards
Those Who Liked It:
ZDNet, January 19, 1999
ICQ.com ... the tools it offers--namely, the downloads you need to chat privately online with your friends and colleagues all around the world--have caused one of the Web's biggest sensations.
ICQ.com ... the tools it offers--namely, the downloads you need to chat privately online with your friends and colleagues all around the world--have caused one of the Web's biggest sensations.
Info World
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Internet World Daily
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The Mining CompanyTM
ICQ - Best of the Net
ICQ - Best of the Net
ZDNet
"Top 10 Female And Male Sites Ranked By Average Duration ... 3# Mirabilis 75 minutes "
"Top 10 Female And Male Sites Ranked By Average Duration ... 3# Mirabilis 75 minutes "
Those Who Didn't Like It:
ZDNN (ZDNet), August 31,1998
"These site designs aren't just bad... they're oh, boy bad".
"These site designs aren't just bad... they're oh, boy bad".
ZDNN (ZDNet), October 29, 1998
"Nauseous" Mirabilis.com wins ugliest Web site award.
"Nauseous" Mirabilis.com wins ugliest Web site award.